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NCCPR news and commentary round-up, week ending December 19, 2023

NCCPR Child Welfare Blog

● If a child dies after sleeping in the same bed as a parent, when is it likely to be treated as Sudden Infant Death Syndrome, and when is it likely to be treated as something else? Among those who might be asked to make such a determination: so-called child abuse pediatricians. They want to “decriminalize being in foster care.”

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

NCCPR Child Welfare Blog

Fong asks in a commentary for the Hartford Courant if the head of the state’s family police agency will make sure there’s no foster-care panic. She writes: DCF has expressed a commitment to keeping families together, and has worked, impressively, to decrease foster care caseloads and refer families to community supports.