NCCPR Child Welfare Blog

MARCH 17, 2025

If youre wondering why fencing also might be needed to keep dangers out it illustrates another reason why residential treatment is so harmful. Senate Committee report points out: [Residential treatment facilities] are costly, not as effective as community-based behavioral health treatment options, and often harmful to youth in their care.

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Community Care

JULY 10, 2024

Photo: thodonal/Adobe Stock From March 2020 to April 2021, there were 27,179 more deaths than expected among care home residents, while there were 9,571 excess deaths reported among home care users over a similar timeframe ( source: the Health Foundation ).

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Child Welfare Monitor

JANUARY 13, 2025

On August 24, 2024, the Washington Department of Children, Youth and Families (DCYF) proudly announced in a press statement that it had reduced the number of children in out-of-home care by nearly half since 2018. Specifically, the number of children in foster care had fallen from 9,171 in 2018 to 4,971 as of August 14, 2024.

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