January 7, 2014
Attorney General and gubernatorial hopeful Martha Coakley wants to shake up the state's child welfare system, which she says currently “puts children at risk and overburdens social workers” as she floated plans for a new investigation team inside the embattled Department of Children and Families tasked solely with investigating abuse.
December 30, 2013
2013 is in the books, readers. All that's left to do is watch the ball drop, sip champagne and sing a song.
In no particular order, here's a look at some of the most notable developments in child welfare and juvenile justice this year:
December 23, 2013
FRANKFORT, KY. — The Kentucky Cabinet for Health and Family Services must pay a $756,000 penalty after it “willfully circumvented” open-records laws by failing to fully release records on child abuse fatalities and near deaths, according to a scathing court order issued Monday.
December 23, 2013
When a man in Israel was accused of sexually abusing his young daughter, it was hard for many people to believe—a neighbor reported seeing the girl sitting and drinking hot chocolate with her father every morning, laughing, smiling and looking relaxed. Such cases are not exceptional, however. Children react to sexual and physical abuse in unpredictable ways, making it hard to discern the clues.
December 23, 2013
WASHINGTON, Dec. 23 (UPI) -- The number of U.S. child abuse and neglect victims dropped for the sixth consecutive year in 2012, Department of Health and Human Services officials said.
December 23, 2013
Foster youth benefit from youth-led advocacy and leadership programs, according to initial findings from a study released in November, 2013.
December 8, 2013
When four boys who could not speak or use the bathroom were rescued from a filthy Denver apartment, seven years after three older siblings were taken from the same parents, child protection authorities had this to say:
Nothing.
December 6, 2013
ST. LOUIS -- Psychiatric nurses offer a missing and critical point of view in treating adolescents in foster care who have mental health issues, an instructor at Saint Louis University School of Nursing found.
December 6, 2013
LEE COUNTY, FL -
Stories of child abuse are heartbreaking. We often look for someone to blame aside from the actual abuser. Recently, the common denominator in many of these cases was the Florida Department of Children and Families or DCF.
December 2, 2013
FRANKFORT — An external panel created to review child-abuse deaths and serious injuries did not make specific legislative or policy changes in its first annual report as required by law.