NCCPR Child Welfare Blog
DECEMBER 18, 2023
Among the worst things they do is tear children from the arms of parents – usually mothers – whose only crime is to, themselves, have survived domestic violence. In New York, county governments (and New York City) run family policing. It’s the New York State Office of Children and Family Services (OCFS).
NCCPR Child Welfare Blog
JULY 23, 2023
This is the model that’s proven so successful in New York City – where a comprehensive evaluation found that it reduced time in foster care with no compromise of safety. Cara, who asked to keep her last name private, said she had already been in touch with a domestic violence organization about her ex.
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Community Care
FEBRUARY 1, 2023
Sector bodies have heavily criticised the government’s provision of one-fifth of the resources called for by the care review to reform social care in its response today. ” Children in care and young care leavers’ charity Become also responded similarly. Today’s announcement does not provide that.”
NCCPR Child Welfare Blog
FEBRUARY 3, 2022
And, by the way, because foster care is so expensive and because, in many cases, the federal government will pay half the cost, this approach also saves money. The right policy concerning tearing children from battered mothers because the children “witnessed domestic violence” can be boiled down to a single word: Don’t.
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.” But while Gallup reveals how many agreed with the statement, it doesn’t say how many disagreed.
NCCPR Child Welfare Blog
OCTOBER 4, 2023
The Child Welfare League of America, a trade association for public and private family policing agencies, many of which are paid for each day they hold a child in foster care, called CAPTA “foundational to the country’s ability to prevent child abuse and neglect.” Nah, just kidding. maybe it’s poverty, but it’s not just poverty.
NCCPR Child Welfare Blog
FEBRUARY 27, 2024
But typically, they aim to fix poor conditions for children living in foster care. Legal experts say it is particularly rare for groups of parents, such as those in the Gould case, to seek systemic changes to the investigation and surveillance process, asserting their rights before a foster care removal.
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