Lenticular Photo Used To Secretly Convey Hot Line Number To Abused Kids
The ANAR Foundation is a Spanish organization which helps kids in risk. They Operate a unique phone number - 116 111 - where minors at risk can get aid and consultation.
Helping our foster youth achieve success and stability in life
May 3, 2013
Should a national poll ever be conducted asking parents if their children were ready to be completely independent at age 18 the results would likely show most Americans answering in the negative.
FAILED TO DEATH Colorado human services offers 23 recommendations for child welfare
May 3, 2013
Colorado child protection workers made significant efforts in 2012 to identify more cases of child abuse and neglect, but routine lapses in communication and failures to accurately complete risk and safety assessments continue to affect how county departments handle maltreatment cases, according to a report released this week.
Kentucky Supreme Court upholds ruling to release child abuse records
April 26, 2013
The Kentucky Supreme Court on Thursday required Kentucky officials to publicly release records of child abuse cases resulting in death or serious injuries.
Watchdog: Nearly 100 inaccuracies in child fatality review
April 25, 2013
A state report reviewing the death of a 2-year-old whose mummified body was found under a Sterling mobile home is riddled with almost 100 inaccuracies and missing details about the decisions that child protection workers made before his death, according to an investigation released Thursday.
Keri Myrick: The impact of child abuse and neglect
April 21, 2013
While physical injuries may or may not be immediately visible, abuse and neglect can have consequences for children, families and society that last lifetimes, if not generations.
The Kids Are (Not) All Right
April 17, 2013
The United States has done it again — and not in a good way.
According to a Unicef report issued last week — “Child Well-Being in Rich Countries” — the United States once again ranked among the worst wealthy countries for children, coming in 26th place of 29 countries included. Only Lithuania, Latvia and Romania placed lower, and those were among the poorest countries assessed in the study.
BNY Mellon Spotlights Challenges of Youth Aging Out of Foster Care in New Report
April 11, 2013 NEW YORK, April 11, 2013 -- /PRNewswire/ -- As part of its focus on assisting vulnerable youth making the transition to adulthood, BNY Mellon has published a new report about the challenges of youth aging out of foster care, an issue that affects more than 25,000 young people in the United States [...]
Panel has 37 recommendations on Okla. child deaths
April 4, 20113 OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) - A failure among Oklahoma's judiciary, police and social services agencies to communicate in a timely manner about children in the state's care has had "serious consequences" including injuries and deaths, according to a panel reviewing child abuse and neglect cases from the Department of Human Services' files.
How Small Bruises Lead to Big Ones in Child-Abuse Cases
March 12, 2013 In more than two decades as a child-abuse pediatrician, Dr. Lynn Sheets has noticed a trend. Often, when a seriously abused child arrives, perhaps with broken bones or head trauma, she looks back at medical records and finds that the same child often sustained minor bruises as an infant.