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The National Coalition for Child Protection Reform works to change America's approach to #childabuse, #childwelfare, #fostercare
Today’s reminder: In #childwelfare the horror stories go in ALL directions: www.sandiegouniontribune.com/2025/09/20/s... #childabuse #fostercare
San Diego County facing crush of new lawsuits over alleged sexual abuse at Polinsky
More than 100 new lawsuits have been filed since May by adults claiming abuse by people hired to protect children.
www.sandiegouniontribune.com
November 25, 2025 at 11:29 PM
Today’s reminder: In #childwelfare the horror stories go in ALL directions: www.sandiegouniontribune.com/2025/09/20/s... #childabuse #fostercare
Our weekly round-up of #familypreservation journalism and commentary (a little early this week, because we hope everyone will be busy preparing to celebrate Thanksgiving with their families and friends on Wednesday) www.nccprblog.org/2025/11/nccp...
NCCPR news and commentary round-up, week ending Nov. 23, 2025
Publishing early this week because, let’s face it, by Wednesday, who’s going to be around? Two stories this week illustrate the hypocris...
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November 24, 2025 at 3:23 PM
Our weekly round-up of #familypreservation journalism and commentary (a little early this week, because we hope everyone will be busy preparing to celebrate Thanksgiving with their families and friends on Wednesday) www.nccprblog.org/2025/11/nccp...
The only housing a mother could afford was an extended stay hotel. So of course Missouri childwelfare had to tear her 9-year-old diabetic son away from her. What else could they do, right? www.nccprblog.org/2025/11/miss... #fostercare #childwelfare
Missouri’s shame: Rampant confusion of poverty with neglect, and skyrocketing numbers of children torn from their homes, is exposed to the nation by The Nation
For want of an air conditioner, a family was lost. A foster-care panic, set off by the head of the state family police agency, is making eve...
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November 23, 2025 at 8:16 PM
The only housing a mother could afford was an extended stay hotel. So of course Missouri childwelfare had to tear her 9-year-old diabetic son away from her. What else could they do, right? www.nccprblog.org/2025/11/miss... #fostercare #childwelfare
ICYMI: NCCPR #childwelfare Blog: Arizona’s great big rate increase for a group home provider: State officials deny it was pay-for-play; but their own explanation is nearly as bad. www.nccprblog.org/2025/11/ariz... #childabuse #fostercare
Arizona’s great big rate increase for a group home provider: State officials deny it was pay-for-play; but their own explanation is nearly as bad.
Arizona Gov. Katie Hobbs Shortly after taking office as Governor of Arizona, Katie Hobbs announced what could have been a breakthrough: She ...
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November 23, 2025 at 4:05 PM
ICYMI: NCCPR #childwelfare Blog: Arizona’s great big rate increase for a group home provider: State officials deny it was pay-for-play; but their own explanation is nearly as bad. www.nccprblog.org/2025/11/ariz... #childabuse #fostercare
In Arizona, Gov. @katiehobbs named a real reformer to run state #childwelfare agency – then withdrew the nomination within weeks. Could that have something to do with what @sbarchenger of @azcentral just uncovered? www.nccprblog.org/2025/11/ariz... #childabuse
Arizona’s great big rate increase for a group home provider: State officials deny it was pay-for-play; but their own explanation is nearly as bad.
Arizona Gov. Katie Hobbs Shortly after taking office as Governor of Arizona, Katie Hobbs announced what could have been a breakthrough: She ...
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November 22, 2025 at 8:18 PM
In Arizona, Gov. @katiehobbs named a real reformer to run state #childwelfare agency – then withdrew the nomination within weeks. Could that have something to do with what @sbarchenger of @azcentral just uncovered? www.nccprblog.org/2025/11/ariz... #childabuse
Our annual call to end child welfare’s obscene public celebration of family executions www.nccprblog.org/2025/11/our-... #childabuse #fostercare #adoptionday #familypreservation #fostercare
Our annual call to end child welfare’s public celebration of family executions
Saturday, on “National Adoption Day, who will stop to remember that for some children and some young adults, every mass adoption ceremony, e...
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November 22, 2025 at 6:30 PM
Our annual call to end child welfare’s obscene public celebration of family executions www.nccprblog.org/2025/11/our-... #childabuse #fostercare #adoptionday #familypreservation #fostercare
ICYMI: NCCPR Blog: For want of an air conditioner, a family is lost: The astounding cruelty of #childwelfare in Missouri, exposed by @thenation www.nccprblog.org/2025/11/miss... #childabuse #fostercare
Missouri’s shame: Rampant confusion of poverty with neglect, and skyrocketing numbers of children torn from their homes, is exposed to the nation by The Nation
For want of an air conditioner, a family was lost. A foster-care panic, set off by the head of the state family police agency, is making eve...
www.nccprblog.org
November 22, 2025 at 4:15 PM
ICYMI: NCCPR Blog: For want of an air conditioner, a family is lost: The astounding cruelty of #childwelfare in Missouri, exposed by @thenation www.nccprblog.org/2025/11/miss... #childabuse #fostercare
In Arizona, Gov. @katiehobbs named a real reformer to run state #childwelfare agency – then withdrew the nomination within weeks. Could that have something to do with what @sbarchenger of @azcentral just uncovered? www.nccprblog.org/2025/11/ariz... #childabuse
Arizona’s great big rate increase for a group home provider: State officials deny it was pay-for-play; but their own explanation is nearly as bad.
Arizona Gov. Katie Hobbs Shortly after taking office as Governor of Arizona, Katie Hobbs announced what could have been a breakthrough: She ...
www.nccprblog.org
November 20, 2025 at 7:35 PM
In Arizona, Gov. @katiehobbs named a real reformer to run state #childwelfare agency – then withdrew the nomination within weeks. Could that have something to do with what @sbarchenger of @azcentral just uncovered? www.nccprblog.org/2025/11/ariz... #childabuse
Arizona says they *had* to cave to a group home operator and give him a 30% rate increase because they need the beds. Well, yeah: If you shovel #fostercare children into group homes at nearly triple the national average! www.nccprblog.org/2025/11/ariz... #childabuse #childwelfare
Arizona’s great big rate increase for a group home provider: State officials deny it was pay-for-play; but their own explanation is nearly as bad.
Arizona Gov. Katie Hobbs Shortly after taking office as Governor of Arizona, Katie Hobbs announced what could have been a breakthrough: She ...
www.nccprblog.org
November 20, 2025 at 5:35 PM
Arizona says they *had* to cave to a group home operator and give him a 30% rate increase because they need the beds. Well, yeah: If you shovel #fostercare children into group homes at nearly triple the national average! www.nccprblog.org/2025/11/ariz... #childabuse #childwelfare
NCCPR #childwelfare Blog: Arizona’s great big rate increase for a group home provider: State officials deny it was pay-for-play; but their own explanation is nearly as bad. www.nccprblog.org/2025/11/ariz... #childabuse #fostercare
Arizona’s great big rate increase for a group home provider: State officials deny it was pay-for-play; but their own explanation is nearly as bad.
Arizona Gov. Katie Hobbs Shortly after taking office as Governor of Arizona, Katie Hobbs announced what could have been a breakthrough: She ...
www.nccprblog.org
November 20, 2025 at 3:35 PM
NCCPR #childwelfare Blog: Arizona’s great big rate increase for a group home provider: State officials deny it was pay-for-play; but their own explanation is nearly as bad. www.nccprblog.org/2025/11/ariz... #childabuse #fostercare
Our weekly roundup of #familypreservation journalism and commentary: www.nccprblog.org/2025/11/nccp...
NCCPR news and commentary round-up, week ending November 18, 2025
We start with two outstanding stories about a key example of the confusion of poverty with neglect: families torn apart because they can’t...
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November 19, 2025 at 3:06 PM
Our weekly roundup of #familypreservation journalism and commentary: www.nccprblog.org/2025/11/nccp...
Today’s reminder: In #childwelfare the horror stories go in ALL directions: www.cbsnews.com/colorado/new... #childabuse #fostercare
Southern Colorado residential treatment center leaves children "unsafe and unheard," report says
Disability Law Colorado released a report this week on a residential treatment center in Cañon City it says has left the children in unsafe conditions.
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November 18, 2025 at 11:28 PM
Today’s reminder: In #childwelfare the horror stories go in ALL directions: www.cbsnews.com/colorado/new... #childabuse #fostercare
The only housing a mother could afford was an extended stay hotel. So of course Missouri #childwelfare had to tear her 9-year-old diabetic son away from her. What else could they do, right? www.nccprblog.org/2025/11/miss... #fostercare #childwelfare
Missouri’s shame: Rampant confusion of poverty with neglect, and skyrocketing numbers of children torn from their homes, is exposed to the nation by The Nation
For want of an air conditioner, a family was lost. A foster-care panic, set off by the head of the state family police agency, is making eve...
www.nccprblog.org
November 18, 2025 at 11:01 PM
The only housing a mother could afford was an extended stay hotel. So of course Missouri #childwelfare had to tear her 9-year-old diabetic son away from her. What else could they do, right? www.nccprblog.org/2025/11/miss... #fostercare #childwelfare
NCCPR Blog: Missouri’s always torn apart families at rates far above the national average, new #childwelfare agency chief kicks it into overdrive with #fostercare panic www.nccprblog.org/2025/11/miss... #childabuse
Missouri’s shame: Rampant confusion of poverty with neglect, and skyrocketing numbers of children torn from their homes, is exposed to the nation by The Nation
For want of an air conditioner, a family was lost. A foster-care panic, set off by the head of the state family police agency, is making eve...
www.nccprblog.org
November 18, 2025 at 9:04 PM
NCCPR Blog: Missouri’s always torn apart families at rates far above the national average, new #childwelfare agency chief kicks it into overdrive with #fostercare panic www.nccprblog.org/2025/11/miss... #childabuse
NCCPR Blog: For want of an air conditioner, a family is lost: The astounding cruelty of #childwelfare in Missouri, exposed by @thenation www.nccprblog.org/2025/11/miss... #childabuse #fostercare
Missouri’s shame: Rampant confusion of poverty with neglect, and skyrocketing numbers of children torn from their homes, is exposed to the nation by The Nation
For want of an air conditioner, a family was lost. A foster-care panic, set off by the head of the state family police agency, is making eve...
www.nccprblog.org
November 18, 2025 at 7:03 PM
NCCPR Blog: For want of an air conditioner, a family is lost: The astounding cruelty of #childwelfare in Missouri, exposed by @thenation www.nccprblog.org/2025/11/miss... #childabuse #fostercare
In a searing story in @thenation here’s what the former leader of the Missouri #childwelfare agency says about the current leadership: www.nccprblog.org/2025/11/miss... #fostercare #childwelfare #childabuse
November 18, 2025 at 5:06 PM
In a searing story in @thenation here’s what the former leader of the Missouri #childwelfare agency says about the current leadership: www.nccprblog.org/2025/11/miss... #fostercare #childwelfare #childabuse
NCCPR #Childwelfare Blog: Missouri’s shame: Rampant confusion of poverty with neglect, and skyrocketing numbers of children torn from their homes, is exposed to the nation by @thenation www.nccprblog.org/2025/11/miss... #fostercare #childabuse
Missouri’s shame: Rampant confusion of poverty with neglect, and skyrocketing numbers of children torn from their homes, is exposed to the nation by The Nation
For want of an air conditioner, a family was lost. A foster-care panic, set off by the head of the state family police agency, is making eve...
www.nccprblog.org
November 18, 2025 at 3:15 PM
NCCPR #Childwelfare Blog: Missouri’s shame: Rampant confusion of poverty with neglect, and skyrocketing numbers of children torn from their homes, is exposed to the nation by @thenation www.nccprblog.org/2025/11/miss... #fostercare #childabuse
If you think what @insider_ct found about families torn apart for lack of housing in Connecticut is bad (and it is) wait ‘till you read what @thenation found in Missouri. That story on the NCCPR #childwelfare blog tomorrow #childabuse, #fostercare
November 17, 2025 at 11:32 PM
If you think what @insider_ct found about families torn apart for lack of housing in Connecticut is bad (and it is) wait ‘till you read what @thenation found in Missouri. That story on the NCCPR #childwelfare blog tomorrow #childabuse, #fostercare
Oh it’s not *just* housing, #fostercare apologists claim when children are torn from parents because of housing, it’s also something else. News flash: You know what can cause all that something else? HOMELESSNESS www.nccprblog.org/2025/11/two-... #childabuse, #childwelfare
Two outstanding stories expose the vast scope of family destruction when family police tear apart families because of housing
In one of the richest states in America, lawmakers leave hundreds of children trapped in foster care because their parents can't afford adeq...
www.nccprblog.org
November 17, 2025 at 9:02 PM
Oh it’s not *just* housing, #fostercare apologists claim when children are torn from parents because of housing, it’s also something else. News flash: You know what can cause all that something else? HOMELESSNESS www.nccprblog.org/2025/11/two-... #childabuse, #childwelfare
In Connecticut, @insider_ct reports, a state with a law that says you can’t confuse poverty with neglect, hundreds of children are trapped in #fostercare because parents can’t afford housing. www.nccprblog.org/2025/11/two-... #childabuse, #fostercare
Two outstanding stories expose the vast scope of family destruction when family police tear apart families because of housing
In one of the richest states in America, lawmakers leave hundreds of children trapped in foster care because their parents can't afford adeq...
www.nccprblog.org
November 17, 2025 at 7:04 PM
In Connecticut, @insider_ct reports, a state with a law that says you can’t confuse poverty with neglect, hundreds of children are trapped in #fostercare because parents can’t afford housing. www.nccprblog.org/2025/11/two-... #childabuse, #fostercare
Ten years ago, Connecticut was a national model for curbing homelessness, now its backslid to the point where hundreds of children are trapped in #fostercare because parents can’t get housing www.nccprblog.org/2025/11/two-... #childabuse, #childwelfare
Two outstanding stories expose the vast scope of family destruction when family police tear apart families because of housing
In one of the richest states in America, lawmakers leave hundreds of children trapped in foster care because their parents can't afford adeq...
www.nccprblog.org
November 17, 2025 at 5:04 PM
Ten years ago, Connecticut was a national model for curbing homelessness, now its backslid to the point where hundreds of children are trapped in #fostercare because parents can’t get housing www.nccprblog.org/2025/11/two-... #childabuse, #childwelfare
NCCPR #childwelfare Blog: Two outstanding stories, from @insider_ct & @thenation expose the vast scope of family destruction when family police tear apart families because of housing First of two parts: www.nccprblog.org/2025/11/two-... #childabuse, #fostercare
Two outstanding stories expose the vast scope of family destruction when family police tear apart families because of housing
In one of the richest states in America, lawmakers leave hundreds of children trapped in foster care because their parents can't afford adeq...
www.nccprblog.org
November 17, 2025 at 3:04 PM
NCCPR #childwelfare Blog: Two outstanding stories, from @insider_ct & @thenation expose the vast scope of family destruction when family police tear apart families because of housing First of two parts: www.nccprblog.org/2025/11/two-... #childabuse, #fostercare
Pittsburgh “#childwelfare” agency says stress of going hungry during shutdown will cause more parents to “maltreat” their kids – so we’ll need to investigate and/or throw kids into #fostercare How about just giving them food? www.nccprblog.org/2025/11/food... #childabuse
Food or foster care? Places that say they never take children because of poverty get ready to take more children because of poverty
Pittsburgh, Pa. and the State of Georgia are prime examples Georgia makes its child welfare priorities clear Got time for a one-question pop...
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November 15, 2025 at 8:02 PM
Pittsburgh “#childwelfare” agency says stress of going hungry during shutdown will cause more parents to “maltreat” their kids – so we’ll need to investigate and/or throw kids into #fostercare How about just giving them food? www.nccprblog.org/2025/11/food... #childabuse
ICYMI: Savannah GA CASA says it’s too bad but more children must languish in foster care when families can’t afford “food in those cupboards,” How about having your CASAs tell court to require #childwelfare agency to provide food? www.nccprblog.org/2025/11/food...
Food or foster care? Places that say they never take children because of poverty get ready to take more children because of poverty
Pittsburgh, Pa. and the State of Georgia are prime examples Georgia makes its child welfare priorities clear Got time for a one-question pop...
www.nccprblog.org
November 15, 2025 at 4:01 PM
ICYMI: Savannah GA CASA says it’s too bad but more children must languish in foster care when families can’t afford “food in those cupboards,” How about having your CASAs tell court to require #childwelfare agency to provide food? www.nccprblog.org/2025/11/food...
Today’s reminder: In #childwelfare the horror stories go in ALL directions: apps.bostonglobe.com/2025/10/metr... #childabuse #fostercare
Missing kids from Massachusetts state care face dire consequences
When kids run from care, the stakes couldn't be higher. Many become victims of sex trafficking.
apps.bostonglobe.com
November 11, 2025 at 11:27 PM
Today’s reminder: In #childwelfare the horror stories go in ALL directions: apps.bostonglobe.com/2025/10/metr... #childabuse #fostercare