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Kayden’s Law Provision of VAWA Fuels Family Court Reform

Stop Abuse Campaign

It’s important to realize that Kayden’s Law provision of VAWA doesn’t make states do anything; it only provides them with a financial incentive to pass good laws and adopt good policies. We have to let state governments know that they must pass a Safe Child Act in order to protect children from abusive parents. Do you know your score?

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When the journalism of child welfare fails, part three: Texas lawmakers are catching on; the Texas Tribune is not.

NCCPR Child Welfare Blog

The most recent data are old, but they indicate more than 60% of Texas placements occur this way – and they’re not even included in the figures Texas reports to the federal government, or to the public, as entries into care. That is, the accused still won’t know who accused them but, in most cases, the family police agency will.

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NCCPR family preservation news and commentary round-up for the year 2023, Part Two

NCCPR Child Welfare Blog

Fong writes in The Imprint about why the so-called Adoption and Safe Families Act is “A Dangerous Tool in An Arbitrary System.” --And in this essay, she takes on the harm of mandatory reporting laws. Instead, the coach is going to court to adopt your child – because he now has every bit as much right to your child as you do.