Child Welfare Monitor

SEPTEMBER 9, 2024

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.

Child Welfare 154

Child Welfare Medicaid Foster Care Case Management 154

Children’s Defense Fund

MARCH 25, 2025

Implement a waiver for continuous Medicaid coverage for children ages 0-3, with potential expansion to age 6. Expand Medicaid/Childrens Health Insurance Program eligibility to 300% of the federal poverty line. Provide free childcare for childcare workers.

Adoption 59

Adoption Medicaid Foster Care University 59

NCCPR Child Welfare Blog

APRIL 3, 2023

If this all weren’t so dangerous the answer would be laugh-out-loud funny: They know it works, they say, not because the algorithm was good at predicting actual child abuse, but because, in many cases, it was good at predicting whether a child would wind up in foster care! And sure enough, the developers say, it works!

Child Welfare 98

Child Welfare Welfare Foster Care Self-harm 98

Beyond Advocacy

MAY 2, 2023

It is also far worse for youth with special needs, such as LGBTQ youth and youth in and aging out of foster care. The effects of the COVID-19 pandemic have been cited as major factors in the growing problem, as has the influence of social media.

Mental Health 52

Mental Health Medicaid Foster Care Schizophrenia 52

NCCPR Child Welfare Blog

DECEMBER 19, 2023

According to a Boston Globe investigation : … in the vast majority of states, the deaths of babies from Medicaid families are more likely to be attributed to suspected accidental suffocation or listed as needing more investigation - and in some states, by sizable margins. They want to “decriminalize being in foster care.”

Domestic Violence 78

Domestic Violence Medicaid Foster Care Schools 78

NCCPR Child Welfare Blog

DECEMBER 27, 2023

Fong asks in a commentary for the Hartford Courant if the head of the state’s family police agency will make sure there’s no foster-care panic. She writes: DCF has expressed a commitment to keeping families together, and has worked, impressively, to decrease foster care caseloads and refer families to community supports.

Child Welfare 109

Child Welfare Foster Care Welfare Adoption 109

NCCPR Child Welfare Blog

DECEMBER 29, 2024

We can do that because we have actual evidence that, in the overwhelming majority of cases, family preservation is not only more humane than foster care or massive surveillance, its also safer. From KABC-TV, Los Angeles : A story about a civil lawsuit filed by victims of horrific abuse both in their own home and then in foster care.

Child Welfare 117

Child Welfare Welfare Foster Care Adoption 117