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Child Protective Services in the District of Columbia: An alarming increase in incomplete investigations in FY2024

Child Welfare Monitor

The number of children entering foster care increased for the first time in over ten years. There was a drop in in-home case openings but a similar increase in foster care placements during the year. But the number of children being served in their homes decreased by 50 while the number in foster care increased by 49.

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CDHS increases safe access to services for survivors of domestic violence

CO4Kids

Back to Blogs News & Press CDHS increases safe access to services for survivors of domestic violence October is Domestic Violence Awareness Month DENVER (Oct. In September 2022, the Office of Child Support Services within the U.S. Between Feb.

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Oregon’s “child welfare” agency wants to narrow definitions of abuse – but only when THEY are the abuser!

NCCPR Child Welfare Blog

As I wrote at the time: Why did [the Oregon Department of Human Services] allow all this state-sanctioned child abuse for all this time? And the reason for that is not because there are too few foster parents. When a child is abused in foster care, the abuser is not only the individual who committed the abuse.

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Child Welfare FAQs Regarding Family Detention or Deportation

CO4Kids

The child welfare system for the Colorado Department of Human Services (CDHS) oversees child welfare practices, policies and funding. Each of Colorados 64 counties implements child welfare practices and delivers direct services to children, youth and families in their counties.

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The Opioid Epidemic and Foster Care: The Opioid Epidemic’s Forgotten Victims

Relias

Despite public conversation and consistent news coverage of the individuals affected by the opioid epidemic, there remains a large segment of society that is often overlooked: children and youth in foster care. During these past epidemics, the child welfare and foster care systems became completely overwhelmed.

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The fundamental misconception at the heart of the Family First Act

Child Welfare Monitor

Sometime in the early years of the current century, a group of powerful advocates who thought that too many children were being placed in foster care came up with a proposal for change that they called “child welfare finance reform.” … So under Family First, we created new federal funding for those services.

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Child Welfare Information Regarding Family Detention or Deportation for Impacted Parents or Caregivers

CO4Kids

If a familys child(ren) is detained or deported, families can contact the caseworker or their county human services department for support. To find child welfare offices in Colorado, visit the Contact Your County Human Services Department website for county specific information.