November 2013
University of Southern California Marshall School of Business Professor Kathleen Kelley Reardon, a 1971 Neag alumna and former UConn associate professor, was awarded the UConn Alumni Association Humanitarian Award at the UConn Alumni Awards in October.
November 26, 2013
An Arizona government official says his department will review more than 6,000 unexamined reports of child abuse and neglect by Dec. 2.
November 20, 2013
Mandy Urwiler of Seattle is successfully parenting her four-year-old son, Nicky. He's a happy, curious child who speaks at the level of a five-year-old. And according to his mother, most importantly, he's being raised by family.
November 14, 2013
Whether abused and neglected children in Washington state are appointed an attorney to help them navigate the court system depend on where a child lives.
November 12, 2013
A new study linking California birth and child protective services (CPS) records provides insights into births to teens involved with the child welfare system. The data show that one in four teens in foster care in Los Angeles County give birth before age 20 and as many as 40 percent of these young mothers have a second child during their teen years.
October 30, 2013
BY definition, foster children have been delinquent, abandoned, neglected, physically, sexually and/or emotionally abused, and that does not take into account nonstatutory abuses like heartache. About two-thirds never go to college and very few graduate, so it's a safe bet that those who do have an uncommon resilience.
October 25, 2013
One kid called it "the brainwash pill." Some said it made them put on weight or provoked teasing from schoolmates when they were called to the nurse's office.
Education Outcomes of Students in Foster Care in California's Public Schools
October 13, 2013
Thousands of California students in foster care are suffering from an "invisible achievement gap," with worse academic performance, a higher dropout rate and placement in more failing schools than their statewide peers, according to a study set for release Monday.
October 2, 2013
Bill de Blasio was a New York City councilman responsible for overseeing child welfare when the story of a 7-year-old girl beaten, starved and tortured by her parents in Brooklyn exploded in the headlines.
