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NCCPR Child Welfare Blog
DECEMBER 12, 2023
To read the account on CR’s website you’d think their suit turned a dreadful, failing “child welfare” system into a shining success story. But just four years later, the Tennessee Department of Child Services, their family police agency (a more accurate term than “child welfare” agency) has opened a bunch of new ones.
NCCPR Child Welfare Blog
NOVEMBER 12, 2023
Have a look: The only good news for the family police came from the fact that, apparently, only a minority of respondents agreed with the statement “Overall, the foster care system harms more than helps the children in its care.” There is no mention of seeking to recapture the spirit of the Indian Child Welfare Act.
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NCCPR Child Welfare Blog
DECEMBER 18, 2023
The number of ways family policing agencies (a more accurate term than “child welfare” agencies) can hurt the children they are mandated to protect is limited only by their imagination – and, unfortunately, this is the one area where they show any imagination at all. NCCPR’s Vice President was co-counsel for the plaintiffs.)
NCCPR Child Welfare Blog
FEBRUARY 27, 2024
Dorothy Roberts , who explains: “A promising trend that this lawsuit is part of is recognizing that enforcing parents’ constitutional rights is critical to an approach to child welfare that truly benefits children. But typically, they aim to fix poor conditions for children living in foster care.
NCCPR Child Welfare Blog
DECEMBER 13, 2023
Scoppetta , both state and federal courts told New York family police agencies that no, you are not allowed to tear apart families just because a mother is, herself, a victim of domestic violence. NCCPR’s Vice President was co-counsel for plaintiffs.) The practice was curbed, but never fully stopped.
NCCPR Child Welfare Blog
NOVEMBER 4, 2022
This post is adapted from a virtual presentation I gave last month to the Racial Justice Task Force of the Massachusetts Committee for Public Counsel Services, Child and Family Law Division. Today the Department of Public Welfare is the Department of Transitional Assistance. Katz did something simple. She said no.
NCCPR Child Welfare Blog
JANUARY 25, 2022
Family Integrity and Justice Works , the group started by two former top federal child welfare officials, is publishing a quarterly magazine. At long last, it appears America’s racial justice reckoning might be starting to reach child welfare. ? We begin this week not just with one story but with an entire magazine.
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