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A foster care system in crisis: West Virginia faces a legal reckoning
NBC NEWS· 14 minutes 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 higher than that ...
Children in residential treatment facilities face multiple risks: Senate report
The Hill via AOL· 21 hours agoChildren who are in residential treatment facilities are at risk for sexual and emotional abuse,...
‘Taxpayer-funded child abuse’: What a congressional investigation found happens at youth treatment...
The Salt Lake Tribune· 3 hours agoThe corporations who were the focus of the investigation largely make that money from federal...
Chronic absenteeism should be investigated outside child welfare system, lawmakers told
Nevada Current via Yahoo News· 3 hours agoPolicy, politics and progressive commentary Clark County child welfare officials asked state...
Petersburg woman faces charges for hosting grad party that resulted in teens being shot
The Progress-Index via Yahoo News· 14 hours agoShe was charged with two counts of felony child neglect, three counts of misdemeanor contributing to the delinquency of a child, and ...
New Senate report blasts residential treatment facilities that “treat children as payouts”
Mother Jones· 20 hours agoThe Senate Finance Committee released on Wednesday the findings of a two-year investigation that...
UPDATE: Phone issue resolved at Montgomery County Children Services
WHIO via Yahoo News· 19 hours agoUPDATE @ 3:56 p.m.: The technical issues that affected phone lines at Montgomery County’s Children...
Arkansas disability advocate addresses lawmakers about reports of abuse in residential treatment...
Arkansas Democrat-Gazette· 15 hours agoAn Arkansas lawyer whose work involves representing people with disabilities appeared before a U.S....
Woman charged with neglect after 5-year-old girl found dead in river
21Alive Fort Wayne· 5 days agoAccording to a Department of Natural Resources report, multiple agencies rushed to the scene and...
CBS 6 investigation cited in Senate report regarding child abuse claims in U.S. hospitals
CBS 6 Richmond· 16 hours ago-- The U.S. Senate Finance Committee recently released the results of an investigation they say has exposed “systemic taxpayer-funded child abuse and neglect</ ...