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Kansas Relies Heavily On Law Enforcement For Child Welfare Matters, Advocate Warns
Kansas is too often relying on law enforcement to make time-critical determinations about the welfare of children with limited...
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2 days ago2 min read
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Hospitals and States Implement Less Punitive Drug Testing of Pregnant Mothers and Newborns
Mass General Brigham in Boston, one of the most highly respected hospital systems in the country, announced changes to its perinatal...
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Sep 19, 20242 min read
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Intertwined: Child Welfare and Criminal Justice Systems
The Prison Policy Initiative released a report this week about the tenuous relationship between child protective-service agencies and the...
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Jan 10, 20242 min read
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Child Welfare Reports Failed to Prevent Child OD Deaths
A nationwide review of over 260 fentanyl overdose cases involving babies, toddlers and young children found that about half of the cases...
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Jul 26, 20232 min read
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Prosecutors Target Mothers Under 'Fetal Personhood' Laws
Hundreds of women have been prosecuted in four states where law enforcement officials have expanded their use of child abuse and neglect...
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Jul 25, 20232 min read
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'Nightmare Scenario' Plays Out in Family Reunification Efforts
When President Biden in 2021 announced an effort to reunify families under a punitive border-control policy from the Trump...
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Jul 24, 20232 min read
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Child Welfare and AI: Debate Mirrors Criminal System's Struggle
As child welfare agencies nationwide use or consider algorithmic tools to help social workers target families in need of interventions, a...
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Apr 29, 20222 min read
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Texas Families Seek Lawyers After Anti-Trans Directive
Texas Gov. Greg Abbott's directive to the state's child welfare agency to investigate parents of transgender children has sent parents...
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Mar 4, 20222 min read
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'Upstream' Mission for NYC's New Juvenile Justice Chief
Incoming New York City Mayor Eric Adams named the former CEO of a major child-welfare provider to serve as his commissioner of the...
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Dec 31, 20212 min read
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