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Child Maltreatment 2023: A reduction in child maltreatment victims or a retrenchment of child protection?

Child Welfare Monitor

“New Federal Report Demonstrates Reduction in Child Maltreatment Victims and Underscores Need for Continued Action,” the Administration on Children and Families (ACF) of the US Department of Health and Human Services proclaimed in releasing the latest annual report on the government response to child abuse and neglect.

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A child welfare case leads to a stunning dissent from Michigan’s Chief Justice

NCCPR Child Welfare Blog

More than just a dissent in an individual case, this opinion is a call to transform “child welfare” in Michigan – and everywhere else. Justice McCormack is retiring, and what may be her final opinion in a family policing case goes well beyond any one case. But in some cases, correcting such conditions is, literally, impossible.

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NCCPR news and commentary round-up, week ending Sept. 24, 2024

NCCPR Child Welfare Blog

The reports were careful, nuanced assessments – far better than what’s spewed forth from certain politicians, and the state’s child welfare “ombudsman.” Those last 11 paragraphs are an indirect reminder of how, in less than 25 years, Maine child welfare went from national scandal to national model to national disgrace.

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NCCPR family preservation news and commentary round-up for the year 2023, Part Two

NCCPR Child Welfare Blog

The story begins this way: Growing up Latino in Massachusetts carries a greater risk of entering the foster system than anywhere else in the nation, and for those who end up in foster homes — as well as those who are the subject of child welfare investigations — the consequences can be devastating. Please, Mommy.

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In “child welfare” the horror stories go in all directions – all year long (2024 Edition)

NCCPR Child Welfare Blog

Americas massive child welfare surveillance state was built on horror stories. Thats why weve long extended an offer to the fearmongers in the child welfare establishment: a mutual moratorium on using horror stories to "prove anything. Vermonts human services agency continued to send teens there even after the incidents.