February 26, 2015
Protecting our children from all of life's ills, and especially from abuse and neglect, is perhaps our single most important responsibility as adults. There should be no controversy in that statement, no partisanship or disagreement
February 24, 2015
The U.S. Supreme Court next week takes up a case involving an important but uneasy duty of teachers: reporting suspected abuse or neglect of their students to the appropriate authorities.
February 25,2015
SANTA FE, N.M. — The hot-button issues of abortion, right-to-work and driver's licenses for people suspected of being in the country illegally have led to a string of largely party-line votes during the first half of what has been a rancorous legislative session.
But Republicans and Democrats in New Mexico have been able to find common ground on at least one key issue: keeping children safe and cracking down on those who hurt them.
February 24, 2015
The California Senate Human Services Committee began deliberations on what some members called the “staggering number” of foster children on psychiatric medications as it considers a wide range of possible policy changes to reduce the unwarranted use of the powerful drugs.
The Maryland Department of Human Resources (”DHR” or “Department”) has proposed certain amendments to regulations, 07.02.07, Child Protective Services - Investigation of Child Abuse and Neglect. Under the DHR's Proposed Action on Regulations (set forth in the January 23, 2015 Maryland Register), the DHR has proposed changes to regulations to implement alternative response, including “How to conduct and complete the alternative response” as well as “[g]uidelines . . . on the expungement of alternative response records,” changes to certain confidentiality provisions and “[g]uidelines regarding [DHR] releasing information on fatalities and near fatalities.” Maryland Register, Vol. 42, Issue 2, Jan 23, 2015 at p. 148.
February 23, 2015
The first sentence in a recent article in the Los Angeles Times about the decline in deaths of children in the care of the Department of Child and Family Services (DCFS) reads:
“Far fewer Los Angeles County children died because adults had neglected or abused them in 2014, leaving elected officials and experts encouraged - and pondering why.”
February 22, 2015
CONCORD — Abuse and neglect attorneys across the state are awaiting a decision by the New Hampshire Supreme Court regarding a proposed change to a parent's right to counsel that has drawn national attention, following a rare public hearing to debate a rules change last week. -
February 4, 2014
Florida's top child welfare officials were on the defensive before a House committee on Wednesday as they defended an annual report on child deaths that had been stripped of data and embarrassing details about the state's role in failing to protect the children whose lives were lost.
The gap between U.S. public high school graduation rates for white and African-American males increased from 19 percentage points in 2009-10 to an estimated 21 percentage points in 2012-13, a report from the Schott Foundation for Public Education finds.
January 27, 2015
James, a former foster youth who holds a master's degree in social work, parallels his life with that of a half-brother who was in and out of jail, on drugs and involved in gang-related activities.