Tatum Abel is calling for dedicated state funding to expand respite care for the 59,000 Kentucky children living with relatives, highlighting the vital support kinship caregivers need.

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Massachusetts' Department of Children and Families reveals shocking details of parental unfitness, citing a pattern of mental health issues, domestic violence, and missed opportunities for rehabilitation.

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#MA #CitizenPortal #DomesticViolence #ParentalFitness #ChildWelfare

A mother fights to overturn a court's decision to terminate her parental rights, claiming the judge based his ruling on unsupported mental health claims.

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NCCPR #childwelfare Blog: A mother in Maine allegedly is sexually abused during a drug screen. Maine family police agency goes full Sgt Schultz - they know nothing – nothing! They offer no comfort to the alleged victim and say nothing about investigating www.nccprblog.org/2026/09/in-m...

No one I’ve encountered in #childwelfare is more fanatical about making poor people pee into cups than Maine’s “child advocate.” Perhaps she should worry less about whether enough parents are being humiliated than about how far the humiliation can go: www.nccprblog.org/2026/09/in-m... #fostercare

NCCPR #childwelfare Blog: In Maine, a man overseeing a mother’s drug test allegedly forces her to strip and stares at her. Then, it allegedly got worse. The family police agency, on the other hand, is only too glad to look the other way: www.nccprblog.org/2026/09/in-m... #fostercare

Today’s reminder: In #childwelfare the horror stories go in ALL directions: www.sltrib.com/news/2026/06... #childabuse #fostercare

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54 Advisory members across three OPT-In for Families sites made zines to show what co-designing an alternative to #ChildWelfare is really like.

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This Social Worker Was Supposed to Help Orphans Find Homes. Instead, She Abducted Children Who Already Had Families and Sold Them for Profit: Between 1924 and 1950, Georgia Tann placed more than 5,000 children—many of… @SmithsonianMag #ChildAbduction #GeorgiaTann #OrphanCare #ChildWelfare #History

Children deserve stability. Uncertainty in child welfare disrupts lives; stable relationships and routines create security. #ChildWelfare #ChildWellbeing #StabilityMatters

10 years ago I wrote about how Family First Act set up prevention to fail by not funding what families really need & how #childwelfare establishment would exploit the failure it created to push for more #fostercare. Not that I’d ever say “I told you so” … imprintnews.org/child-welfar...

North Karelia parents praise non-violent resistance parenting method #childwelfare #Finland #parenting

Harrison County has seen a dramatic drop in children in state custody, but is it a sign of progress or just a shift in reporting practices?

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Harrison County is grappling with a staggering foster-care crisis, with over 250 children in custody and a critical shortage of homes after the state axed the Rescue 100 program.

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The Department of Family and Children Services has received a damning review, revealing "significant areas of improvement" and prompting urgent calls for change from county supervisors.

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NCCPR #childwelfare Blog: U.S. Rep. Joyce Beatty of Ohio just taught a master class in how to deal with bullies. I hope they will take note of it in Santa Clara County. www.nccprblog.org/2026/09/the-... #childabuse #fostercare

“Oregon's child welfare agency has stripped away a policy which required that aspiring foster parents agree to support the gender identities and expressions of foster children in their care.”
www.kgw.com/article/news... #lgbtqia #genderidentity #oregon #childwelfare

The Mercury News ignores the real cause of the serious failings in Santa Clara County #childwelfare exposed in a recent state report: the #fostercare panic caused by one clueless, bullying politician – and by The Mercury News. www.nccprblog.org/2026/09/the-... #childabuse #fostercare

NCCPR Blog: The real “oomph” deficit in Santa Clara County #childwelfare: So far, no one will stand up to the bullies driving the nation’s worst #fostercare panic and endangering children’s lives. www.nccprblog.org/2026/09/the-... #childabuse