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NCCPR in the Nevada Current: Nevada tears apart families at a rate more than 40% above the national average – but they’re still “in denial” about the confusion of poverty with neglect nevadacurrent.com/2025/12/15/t... #childweflare #childabuse #fostercare

NCCPR in @nevadacurrent.com The real problem is housing. The desperate search for “other reasons” homeless kids wind up in #fostercare says more about the system than the families nevadacurrent.com/2025/12/15/t... #childweflare #childabuse

NCCPR in @nevadacurrent.com When children are thrown into #fostercare because their parents lack adequate housing, you know what the *real* problem is? It’s HOUSING: nevadacurrent.com/2025/12/15/t... #childweflare #childabuse

NCCPR in the Toledo Blade (sub required): The increased costs facing Lucas County Children Services are not the fault of a federal law or state stinginess. They’re the fault of the county’s own fecklessness www.toledoblade.com/opinion/lett...

NCCPR in the Toledo Blade (sub required): If Ohio stopped tearing apart families at a rate 50% above national average, counties wouldn’t have to warehouse kids in RTCs, and wouldn’t have to cave to their rate increase demands www.toledoblade.com/opinion/lett...

NCCPR in the Toledo Blade (sub required): Family First requires almost nothing of institutions warehousing kids. But in one Ohio county, providers use it as excuse to jack up rates. Lucas County promptly caves. www.toledoblade.com/opinion/lett...

When judges ask tough questions lawyers call it a “hot bench.” This one was on fire! And at long last, a “#childwelfare” agency, normally accountable to no one for what it does to children, took some heat www.nccprblog.org/2025/12/chil... #childabuse #fostercare

NCCPR #childwelfare Blog: “Despicable” them. That’s just one of the choice words appellate court justices applied to the behavior of the New York City family police agency during oral argument last week. www.nccprblog.org/2025/12/chil... #childabuse #fostercare #domesticviolence

NCCPR in @TheImprintNews on how we keep letting #fostercare apologists put the burden of proof in the wrong place imprintnews.org/opinion/safe... #childabuse #childwelfare

You know how #childwelfare workers often claim they can’t throw children into #fostercare entirely on their own? Check out this story in @TheImprintNews which makes clear once and for all: Most of the time: they’re *lying* imprintnews.org/top-stories/... #fostercare #childabuse

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Now that a Swedish study shows that, compared to comparably-maltreated children left in their own homes children placed in #fostercare are 4x more likely to die by age 20, at long last will burden of proof shift to those who want to keep taking away all those kids? imprintnews.org/opinion/safe...

Today’s reminder: In #childwelfare the horror stories go in ALL directions: www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news... #childabuse #fostercare

Study after study shows that, on average, children do worse in #fostercare even than comparably-maltreated children left in own homes. So when will the burden of proof shift to the foster care apologists to show that what *they* do works? imprintnews.org/opinion/safe... #childabuse #childwelfare

NCCPR in @TheImprintNews on how we keep letting #fostercare apologists put the burden of proof in the wrong place imprintnews.org/opinion/safe... #childabuse #childwelfare

NCCPR in The Imprint: “Safer Compared to What? #Fostercare apologists set an incredibly low bar — and still can’t clear it. They've put the burden of proof in the wrong place. imprintnews.org/opinion/safe... #childabuse #childwelfare

When judges ask tough questions lawyers call it a “hot bench.” This one was on fire! And at long last, a “#childwelfare” agency, normally accountable to no one for what it does to children, took some heat www.nccprblog.org/2025/12/chil... #childabuse #fostercare

You’re 11 years old. Suddenly armed sheriffs are marching through the halls of your school, calling your name. All your new friends can see as they bring you to a semi-public place to interrogate you. That’s @ACSNYC’s idea of “#childwelfare” www.nccprblog.org/2025/12/chil... #childabuse #fostercare

Their mother’s only “crime”: Surviving #domesticviolence. But that didn’t stop the harassment from the #childwelfare agency. The children told the caseworker: “we don’t want to talk to you, don’t call us.” That didn’t stop it either. Now some judges have had enough www.nccprblog.org/2025/12/chil...

NCCPR #childwelfare Blog: “Despicable” them. That’s just one of the choice words appellate court justices applied to the behavior of the New York City family police agency during oral argument last week. www.nccprblog.org/2025/12/chil... #childabuse #fostercare #domesticviolence

ICYMI: You can’t know how #childwelfare systems fail by extrapolating from horror stories. You need audits of a random sample of cases. The next @MAChildAdvocate should be required to do that www.nccprblog.org/2025/11/who-... #childabuse #fostercare

ICYMI: Case 1: Driver pulled over for tinted windows, 5 grams of pot: Children thrown into foster care. Case 2: Alleged drunk driver rear ends a car, flees Kids get to go straight home with mom I’d say guess the difference, but it’s too easy www.nccprblog.org/2025/12/chil... #childwelfare

Massachusetts needs a @MAChildAdvocate who understands that in #childwelfare the horror stories, and the horrible mistakes, go in *all* directions www.nccprblog.org/2025/11/who-... #childabuse #fostercare

ICYMI: In GA police are mandated #childabuse reporters But when Dad allegedly drove drunk, hit a car & fled, while kids were with him, cops didn’t notify CPS “directly” Guess they figured calling Mom was enough–since she runs the state #childwelfare agency www.nccprblog.org/2025/12/chil...

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In GA police are mandated #childabuse reporters. But when Dad allegedly drove drunk, hit another car & fled, all while his kids were with him, cops didn’t notify CPS “directly” Guess they figured calling Mom was enough – since she runs the state #childwelfare agency www.nccprblog.org/2025/12/chil...

Today’s reminder: In #childwelfare the horror stories go in ALL directions: www.civilbeat.org/2025/09/lord... #childabuse #fostercare

Case 1: Driver pulled over for tinted windows, 5 grams of pot: Children thrown into foster care. Case 2: Alleged drunk driver rear ends a car, flees. Kids get to go straight home with mom. I’d ask you the difference, but it’s too easy www.nccprblog.org/2025/12/chil... #childwelfare #fostercare

NCCPR #childwelfare Blog: What’s the difference between “Driving While Black” and “Driving While a White Prominent Lobbyist and Former Campaign Policy Advisor to the Governor”? (Quite a lot, if you happen to be the children in the car.) www.nccprblog.org/2025/12/chil... #fostercare #childabuse

You can’t know how #childwelfare systems fail by extrapolating from horror stories. You need audits of a random sample of cases. The next @MAChildAdvocate should be required to do that www.nccprblog.org/2025/11/who-... #childabuse #fostercare

Massachusetts needs a @MAChildAdvocate who understands that in #childwelfare the horror stories, and the horrible mistakes, go in *all* directions www.nccprblog.org/2025/11/who-... #childabuse #fostercare

NCCPR’s statement to the committee tasked with nominating a new leader for @MAChildAdvocate www.nccprblog.org/2025/11/who-... #childabuse #fostercare #childwelfare

Who watches the watchdog? The @MAChildAdvocate doesn’t just need a new leader – it needs a whole new structure. We suggest how that might be done: www.nccprblog.org/2025/11/who-... #childabuse #fostercare #childwelfare

Today’s reminder: In #childwelfare the horror stories go in ALL directions: www.sandiegouniontribune.com/2025/09/20/s... #childabuse #fostercare

Our weekly round-up of #familypreservation journalism and commentary (a little early this week, because we hope everyone will be busy preparing to celebrate Thanksgiving with their families and friends on Wednesday) www.nccprblog.org/2025/11/nccp...

The only housing a mother could afford was an extended stay hotel. So of course Missouri childwelfare had to tear her 9-year-old diabetic son away from her. What else could they do, right? www.nccprblog.org/2025/11/miss... #fostercare #childwelfare

ICYMI: NCCPR #childwelfare Blog: Arizona’s great big rate increase for a group home provider: State officials deny it was pay-for-play; but their own explanation is nearly as bad. www.nccprblog.org/2025/11/ariz... #childabuse #fostercare

In Arizona, Gov. @katiehobbs named a real reformer to run state #childwelfare agency – then withdrew the nomination within weeks. Could that have something to do with what @sbarchenger of @azcentral just uncovered? www.nccprblog.org/2025/11/ariz... #childabuse

Our annual call to end child welfare’s obscene public celebration of family executions www.nccprblog.org/2025/11/our-... #childabuse #fostercare #adoptionday #familypreservation #fostercare

ICYMI: NCCPR Blog: For want of an air conditioner, a family is lost: The astounding cruelty of #childwelfare in Missouri, exposed by @thenation www.nccprblog.org/2025/11/miss... #childabuse #fostercare

In Arizona, Gov. @katiehobbs named a real reformer to run state #childwelfare agency – then withdrew the nomination within weeks. Could that have something to do with what @sbarchenger of @azcentral just uncovered? www.nccprblog.org/2025/11/ariz... #childabuse

Arizona says they *had* to cave to a group home operator and give him a 30% rate increase because they need the beds. Well, yeah: If you shovel #fostercare children into group homes at nearly triple the national average! www.nccprblog.org/2025/11/ariz... #childabuse #childwelfare

NCCPR #childwelfare Blog: Arizona’s great big rate increase for a group home provider: State officials deny it was pay-for-play; but their own explanation is nearly as bad. www.nccprblog.org/2025/11/ariz... #childabuse #fostercare

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Today’s reminder: In #childwelfare the horror stories go in ALL directions: www.cbsnews.com/colorado/new... #childabuse #fostercare

The only housing a mother could afford was an extended stay hotel. So of course Missouri #childwelfare had to tear her 9-year-old diabetic son away from her. What else could they do, right? www.nccprblog.org/2025/11/miss... #fostercare #childwelfare

NCCPR Blog: Missouri’s always torn apart families at rates far above the national average, new #childwelfare agency chief kicks it into overdrive with #fostercare panic www.nccprblog.org/2025/11/miss... #childabuse

NCCPR Blog: For want of an air conditioner, a family is lost: The astounding cruelty of #childwelfare in Missouri, exposed by @thenation www.nccprblog.org/2025/11/miss... #childabuse #fostercare

In a searing story in @thenation here’s what the former leader of the Missouri #childwelfare agency says about the current leadership: www.nccprblog.org/2025/11/miss... #fostercare #childwelfare #childabuse