January 27, 2015
A new report released Tuesday finds that the United States government is falling woefully short in its attempts to keep the nation's youngest residents safe. But despite the bleak picture, experts say that programs at the local level, combined with better data collection and tighter federal oversight, could reduce the number of cases of abuse and neglect.
January 28, 2014
All three branches of the federal government and every state have failed to meet minimum standards to protect abused and neglected children, according to a report issued Tuesday that lambasted the American child-welfare system.
January 27, 2015
Laws intended to protect children from abuse and neglect are not being properly enforced, and the federal government is to blame. That's according to a study by the Children's Advocacy Institute at the University of San Diego School of Law, which says children are suffering as a result.
January 27, 2015
Years before the Bay State's child welfare system was beset by scandal, it was consistently falling short of national benchmarks, according to a scathing report slated for release today.
The federal government's failure to enforce the nation's child protection laws is a "national disgrace" that leaves abused children vulnerable to future harm, according to a three-year study by two child advocacy groups.
The 110-page report released Tuesday identified some of the same failures reported in December by The Associated Press after an eight-month investigation into hundreds of children who died of abuse or neglect in plain view of child protection authorities.
Full article at: http://abcnews.go.com/US/wireStory/federal-government-failing-protect-children-report-28506162
The report from the Children's Advocacy Institute and First Star, can be found here: http://www.caichildlaw.org/Shame_on_US.htm
January 12, 2014
COLUMBIA - When he was 3 years old, the state Department of Social Services removed him and his brother from a relative's home due to reports of severe physical abuse.
January 10, 2014
AUSTIN, Texas -
Texas has not publicly reported hundreds of abuse- and neglect-related child deaths since 2010, raising questions about the accuracy of the state's official fatality count, an Austin American-Statesman investigation into the state's child protection system has found.
This is a great article to get a feel for why it is so difficult for even bright and motivated foster youth to achieve secondary education success after emancipating. The article cites a statistic from the state of Michigan that reports only 2.5% of people who have been in foster care will have a college degree by the age of 26.
Read the article on NPR.ORG.
December 28, 2014
After nearly a decade on the House floor, amendments to Pennsylvania's child protective services law officially go into effect this week.
And the changes are plenty.
December 29, 2014
Allegations of child abuse outside of children's homes rose by 16 percent in Massachusetts in 2013, according to a new state report, providing fresh incentive for Governor-elect Charlie Baker and his administration to keep the focus on vulnerable children after a tumultuous year for child welfare officials.