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NCCPR news and commentary round-up, week ending January 25, 2022

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Expand Medicaid: Less “neglect.” And they have adopted (though without credit) the language of Joyce McMillan, founder of JMAC For Families , declaring that "There has been a growing national awareness and interest in encouraging mandated reporters to become 'mandated supporters.'" . Increase SNAP benefits: Less “neglect.”

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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.

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From the people who brought you AFST: The most dangerous "child welfare" algorithm yet

NCCPR Child Welfare Blog

Department of Justice for possible discrimination against disabled families. When, finally, independent researchers got to evaluate it they found racial bias. That same algorithm now is reportedly under investigation by the U.S. Hello, Baby None of that stopped the county from moving ahead with the even more dangerous “Hello, Baby” algorithm.