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A foster care system in crisis: West Virginia faces a legal reckoning
AOL· 2 days ago“I have dreams about it sometimes,” Bennett, now 20, said in an interview. West Virginia has the country’s highest rate of children in foster care—a figure that’s four times ...
Sacramento County doesn’t consider foster teen safety a ‘high priority,’ grand jury report says
The Sacramento Bee· 1 day agoA scathing grand jury report released Thursday criticized the care for foster teens who go without a...
New Mexico at the bottom of national child welfare report
Albuquerque Journal, N.M. via Yahoo News· 3 days agoJun. 11—Across 2021 and 2022, 1 in 2 New Mexican children experienced an adverse childhood experience — a traumatic experience that could include abuse, neglect or witnessing domestic violence ...
CDHS encourages awareness of child abuse signs
FOX21 Colorado Springs· 2 days ago(COLORADO) — The Colorado Department of Human Services (CDHS) is urging the community to learn to recognize the signs of child abuse and neglect and to...
Former Ontario child advocate urges reform following infant death
CBC via Yahoo News· 4 days agoCalls for the Ford government to overhaul Ontario's child welfare system are growing louder after a...
Colorado Mom Faces Consequences After Leaving 5-year-old Daughter's Remains in Fireplace
The Root via Yahoo News· 17 hours agoBut when officers called the adoption agency that Nelson provided...resources and legal ways for...
2 charged after children found living in filthy conditions in Rapho Township
Lancaster Online· 4 days agoOn Friday around 6 p.m., police responded to an apartment in the 1800 block of Habecker Road for a...
Policy change for Washington's extended foster care has unknown price tag
The Center Square· 5 days agoExtended Foster Care, or EFC, is not a new program, but what has changed are the eligibility...
Government Can't Fix America's Baby Bust
Reason.com via Yahoo News· 1 day agoPresident George W. Bush's Healthy Marriage Initiative, which aimed to boost marriage rates through public advertising campaigns, relationship-skills...
Mann, Grimaldo leading four-man contest in Senate District 46 race
The Oklahoman via Yahoo News· 3 hours ago"Furthermore, I will advocate for policies that support the welfare of all family members, from...