NCCPR Child Welfare Blog

JANUARY 5, 2025

Dreadful decisions by two governors and vile grandstanding from one current and one former public official plunged the state into foster-care panic. The monitor reports that many parents wait weeks or months for a defense attorney even to be assigned dramatically prolonging childrens time in foster care.

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NCCPR Child Welfare Blog

JULY 10, 2023

And now Morgan-Besecker is piling on with the false claim that, as the headline put it: “Lackawanna County's child welfare agency places far fewer children in foster care than other counties.” Here’s how it comes out: County Children “served” in foster care per thousand Berks 4.4 Lackawanna 5.3 Luzerne 11.2 Cumberland 4.8

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All For Kids

FEBRUARY 17, 2024

Adoptee Potential Identity Crises Adopted children often face what is known as an identity crisis , where they question their sense of self and their place in the world, according to Kendra Cherry, a psychosocial rehabilitation specialist and author of the “Everything Psychology Book.”

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University of Connecticut

MARCH 28, 2022

I have always been passionate about criminal justice reform and lowering our country’s recidivism rate through rehabilitative practices. Upon graduation, my goal is to work with The Department of Children and Families and continue to work with children in foster care and help aid sibling reunification.

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