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‘That Was A Nightmare’: One North Carolina Boy’s Foster Care Story 23 Aug 2013 | 01:36 am
Jed Maddalon entered foster care after he was found chained to a bed. While he now has a loving family, Jed’s journey through North Carolina’s child welfare system was harrowing. WCNC Charlotte featur...
Illinois Debt Crisis Leaves Treatment Centers Strapped, More Kids in Prison 14 Aug 2013 | 12:27 am
Illinois is $6 billion in debt and the state’s Department of Children and Family Services (DCFS) has lost $250 million of its budget over the last 10 years. The mounting debt and cutbacks have resulte...
Metro Atlanta Backslides on Protecting Kids in Foster Care 7 Aug 2013 | 10:09 pm
New Report Shows Higher Rate of Maltreatment, Poorer Safety Monitoring (New York) — As Georgia experiences major changes in its child welfare leadership, new data shows that metropolitan Atlanta’s ef...
Child Abuse in Army Families Rises 40 Percent. What’s Being Done to Stop It 2 Aug 2013 | 01:21 am
An investigation by the Army Times found 3,698 reported cases of child abuse and neglect in Army families last year, a staggering 40 percent increase from 2009. According to a Huffington Post report, ...
Sex-Trafficking Sting Shows Foster Children are Especially Vulnerable 1 Aug 2013 | 01:39 am
The FBI announced on Monday that a nationwide sex-trafficking sting rescued 105 sexually exploited teenagers, according to a Los Angeles Times report. The three-day sting covering 76 cities focused on...
District of Columbia Falls Short on Investigating Child Maltreatment Allegations, Report Finds 13 Jul 2013 | 01:49 am
While Reform Effort Shows Progress, Some Findings ‘Should Be of Great Concern’ to Child Welfare Officials, Says Children’s Rights (New York)–The District of Columbia’s Children and Family Services Ag...
Mother Claims Missouri Child Welfare Failed Her Son, Department Admits Errors 11 Jul 2013 | 01:19 am
Brooke Barnes’ son, Lucas Webb, is dead, and she claims that new details show the Missouri Department of Social Services (DSS) carries some of the blame for the four-year-old’s death in a 41 Action Ne...
Fall 2013 Paralegal Intern 3 Jul 2013 | 08:06 pm
Children’s Rights is seeking a part-time undergraduate intern to join in an active litigation program committed to reforming child welfare services for abused and neglected children. Children’s Rights...
Connecticut Moves More Kids Out of Institutions, Falls Short on Mental Health Services, Report Finds 1 Jul 2013 | 11:13 pm
(New York, NY) – Today an independent federal court monitor released a report that reviews the progress of Connecticut’s Department of Children and Families (DCF) in reforming its child welfare system...
‘Disappointing’ Progress for Tennessee’s Foster Care System, Report Finds 25 Jun 2013 | 12:58 am
New Leadership Has Opportunity to Get Reform Back on Track (New York, NY) — Following years of steady improvement, the reform of Tennessee’s child welfare system stalled in 2012, leaving some kids wa...
