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NCCPR news and commentary round-up, week ending May 3, 2022

NCCPR Child Welfare Blog

The independent researchers, who received data from the county, also found that social workers disagreed with the risk scores the algorithm produced about one-third of the time. So, of course, leave it to the governor and his human services leadership team to propose doubling down on their failed approach.

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NCCPR news and commentary round-up, weeks ending Nov. 28, 2023

NCCPR Child Welfare Blog

Department of Health and Human Services. When that happens, social services officials come under fire. If anyone still doubts the need to replace anonymous reporting of alleged child abuse with confidential reporting, check out this story from ProPublica. WFTS-TV’s story includes comment from NCCPR. ● Sarah Font.

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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.