Subject hub
CPS and child protection
Editor’s introduction still to be written. Two or three sentences of orientation belong here: what KARA has covered in this subject, what changed over twenty years, and who it matters to. This is the paragraph that makes a hub a page worth ranking rather than a tag listing, so it is deliberately left visible rather than filled with generated text.
Everything on cps and child protection
2026 · 108 articles
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Children Are Dying On Your Watch (said the judge to CPS)
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If Lawmakers Only Knew: Why CPS Needs De‑Identified Longitudinal Family Records
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Update: Minnesota’s Supreme Court Council on Child Protection and Maltreatment Prevention
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A CPS Reality Check (good for admin – bad for children)
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Fixing Non Transparency in Child Protective Services (& why we should)
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What Mandated Reporters Can Do: Turning Knowledge Into Protection, Action, and Healing
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Efficiency vs. Children’s Lives: How Ned & KARA Expose Failures in Child Protection
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Family Assessment and Child Death from Star Tribune Child Abuse Reporting
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Who Will Speak For Abused & Neglected Children? video
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KARA Conversations – Growing Childhood Trauma Awareness Where You Live
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Parental Drug Use Killing Children in Pennsylvania at High Rates (investigative report)
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Child Protection in the Dark: How Our Blind Spots in CPS Are Costing Taxpayers, Children, and Communities
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Childhood Trauma, Suicide, and a CPS System Flying Blind
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Arizona’s Hidden Child Trauma: KARA Deep Dive Into Child Abuse
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Alaska’s Hidden Child Trauma: Beyond CPS Number
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Ending Meaningful Child Protection in America
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Foster Care Realities, Problems, and Solutions
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Join KARA's Children’s Crusade: Making Life, Liberty, and Happiness Real for Abused and Neglected Children
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Self-Destructive Habits of Institutions
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Minnesota Children Killed By Caregivers While Known to CPS (& how to stop it)
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Overwhelmed Institutions & Public Policy
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Leadership and Child Protection
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Kudos to Wisconsin for Tracking Child Death and Egregious Harm
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Only One Country Denies Children Basic Rights: The United States
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Why Every State Needs a Foster Led Child Welfare Promise
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Child Abuse Prevention In America (videos & articles)
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Best and Worst States for Very Young Children in CPS: New Data on Risk, Failures, and Hope
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Mandated Reporting and Why We Don't
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Fixing CPS - (35 Minute Podcast)
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2 year-old Lylah Koob's Death & Why (from the Safe Passage Report)
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Child Abuse and Child Protection Stories & Statistics Arizona & Arkansas
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2 Year-Old Sophia O'Neill Death & Why (from the Safe Passage Investigative Report)
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International Rights of the Child Treaty (& why jails are full)
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Adoption & Foster Care In America – (their stories, your state)
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CPS Intake Notes (what it's like from the inside)
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Best & Worst States For America's Children
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The Real Cost of Child Maltreatment, CPS, and Recidivism
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Misconceptions About CPS and Child Welfare: What the Research Really Shows
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Invisible Children: The 200 Lives Lost in Child Protective Services
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Fear and Firing of Mandated Reporters (KARA podcast)
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Why America’s Child Protection System Is Failing—and How to Fix It
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When Is Child Abuse a Crime
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KARA Digital Toolkit: Free and Low Cost Tech for Traumatized Children and Teens
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How Alcohol, Drugs, and Poverty Drive Child Abuse: From Fetal Alcohol Syndrome to Criminal Neglect
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“Safety” at Home, Rape in Secret: The Long Shadow of Caregiver Sexual Abuse
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America’s Child Abuse Emergency: 546,000 Victims, 2,000 Deaths, and a System That Chooses This
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Child Endangerment (Star Tribune "IN HARM'S WAY")
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Silent Crisis - Child Protection & Systemic Reform KARA Podcast
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Northeastern University Study on the Child Welfare Crisis With Projections
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What Teachers Can Do: Trauma‑Informed Classrooms and Child Protection
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Very Young Children, Suicide, and Abuse: What We, CPS, and Lawmakers Must Do
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Why We Hide Child Abuse Data
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How Child Abuse and Trauma Sabotage Education, Public Health, and Public Safety
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Deep Dive Into Northeastern University Child Welfare Crisis Research
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If You Live In MN You Should Do This
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State of Foster Care In America
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Family First & Child Neglect Studies and Reporting
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2. How Colorado Hid Child Abuse Behind FAR Policy Changes (thank you Marie Cohen & Child Welfare Monitor)
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"Kids Are Slowly Being Neglected To Death" - Hennepin County Judge Jane Ranum (Thank You from the children in my caseload)
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The Foster Care Data We Don’t Track – And How This Hurts Children
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Child Abuse & Prosecution in Texas: Kids, Courts, and a Broken System
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How Missed Medical Red Flags Failed Baby Eli Hentges in Minnesota
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A New Kind of Child Neglect
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Minnesota’s new Supreme Court Council on Child Protection and Abuse Prevention
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Advocating for Child Protection in Everyday Life
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Family First & Child Neglect Studies and Reporting 2
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Where to Find the Best Child Abuse Data and Help for At Risk Kids
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From Reporting to Preventing: Community Action for Child Abuse Prevention in Minnesota
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Cost Neutral Child Protection: The Deadly Lesson of Gabriel Fernandez
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Child Abuse and the Domino Effect: Why Lawmakers Need Real Data
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Tracking Foster Youth Into Adulthood: What Leading States Already Know
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Why Minnesota’s Youngest Students Are Turning Violent: Childhood Trauma in K–3 Classrooms
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Five Daily Habits That Help Traumatized Children Feel Safe at Home
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Support KARA’s Child Abuse Information Platform
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The Youngest Children Face the Highest Risk — And Many Deaths Aren’t Counted
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Cash vs. CPS: What $14 Million Really Buys
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Be a Tester: KARA’s Interactive Child Abuse Information Hub
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From Classrooms to Homeless Shelters: How Our Choices Hurt Children
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What You Can Do Series - What Social Workers Can Do
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America’s Child Protection Crisis: Last Week’s Most Alarming CPS Cases and Reforms
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Child Abuse, Foster Care, and Youth Self-Harm and Suicide
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The Physics of Child Protection in America
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A Closer Look At Child Fatality and Egregious Incident Reporting
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All Adults Are the Protectors of All Children (Don Shelby)
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Child Abuse Sad Stories & Statistics (1ST 45 days in 2026))
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Texas Child Abuse Reporting
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Florida Child Abuse Reporting
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CASA Volunteers Are Coming Back: Why Minnesota Children Need Them
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Sweden vs United States: What Child Abuse Data Really Shows
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New Jersey Recent Child Abuse Death, Egregious Harm & Child Protection Issues
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Universal Rights Of The Child; All Talk No Action
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California Recent Child Abuse Death, Egregious Harm & Child Protection Issues
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Child Death and Public Non Disclosure (podcast)
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The Cost of Children Waiting for Their Voice In Court (Guardian ad Litem)
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Revisiting the Death Of Eric Dean (& where we are today)
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Child Abuse Statistics (and the best resources)
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Can Our Relationship Survive This Debate About Child Safety? - CPS reform and racism
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Child Safety and MAAFPA Tensions
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Minnesota Family Preservation Law and Child Safety: When “Keep Families Together” Puts Children at Risk
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Redefining Normalcy In Child Protection (from orphan trains to protection to ?)
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The Multiple Meanings of Child Neglect in Law (& what it means to families)
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Deregulation & the Child Abuse Abolition Movement
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Deep Dive Into "Child Neglect" & CPS Deregulation
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Dissecting President Trump's Child Protection Executive Order (share this widely)
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Child Neglect & Substance Abuse Study
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Child Well-Being in the U.S. vs Other Rich Countries: Poverty, Mortality, and Violence
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Every State Has Child Death by Abuse/Neglect, Only a Few Make the News
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Happy New Year - 2026 Projections & Plans + Meet KARA People (short videos)
2025 · 66 articles
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MN Children, Institutions, and Politics
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Millions of Abused Children, 2 Powerful Programs, 1000's of Volunteers—and Little Public Awareness”
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WHY DO YOU GIVE?
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When Family Preservation and Deregulation Kill Children: Safe Passage Fatality Data
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What Happens if "Child Neglect" In Child Protective Services Is Removed or Diminished
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Weaponizing of Trump's Presidential Order
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Responding to Richard Wexler's Child Neglect Imprint News Article
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Christmas Wish From a Child Protection Worker
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Enhancing Child Protection Awareness on Wikipedia: Cavendish University Uganda
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In Texas 2024, only 10 Children Died of Abuse (248 died of neglect)
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Child Protection Podcast Series (part 2)
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What Child Neglect Does (and how long it lasts)
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Why the CASA (Court Appointed Special Advocate) Organization Is So Successful (calling all volunteers)
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Trump's Child Protection Order & "NEGLECT"
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Labor Laws (Netherlands) & Civil Rights For Children
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KARA's Resource Page & Future Collaborations
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International Child Abuse Reporting
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KARA Concerns About Trump’s Child Protection Order (short version)
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KARA Concerns About Trump's Child Protection Order (deep dive)
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Child Protection That Works Better
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Short, Powerful Social Worker Interview (Podcast)
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Why We Are Failing To Save At Risk Children
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Why Saving CASA Matters: The Revival of Child Advocacy in Minnesota's Courts
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The Netherlands Child Labour Due Diligence Act
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Fixing CPS - A Meaningful Conversation (35 Minute Podcast)
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Personal & National Level Child Advocacy (guest post)
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Sad Stories About Child Abuse in America Today
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Egregious Child Death in America Today
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Top Child Abuse - Child Protection Podcast Series For Fall
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Fixing a Public Health Emergency
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Child Abuse Sad Stories (4 days in October)
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International Visitor Leadership Program & Guardian ad Litems (Leadership Series Part 4)
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The Value of Shared Information (share this with your State Representative)
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Domestic Violence to a Five Year Old (living in a house of terror)
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Part 2 CPS Models That Work & Models That Don’t
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Part 1 CPS Models That Work & Models That Don’t
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What's It Like Being A Foster Child In Child Protection? (podcast/video)
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KARA is Unable to Directly Respond to Requests For Help.
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Terminating the CASA Volunteer GAL Program Will Cost Children's Lives and Taxpayers Money
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All Talk and No Action (podcast #2 in KARA's Child Welfare Series
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How Media Shapes Child Welfare Perception (#1 in KARA's Child Welfare Series)
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The Assault on Child Protection Part 4 (Racial Disparity)
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The Assault on Child Protection - Part 2
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The Assault on Child Protection PART 1
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Worker Bees Speaking Out
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What Child Protection Means in Minnesota (KARA Podcast)
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A Win For Abused Children of Minnesota
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The Beatings Will Continue (KARA Podcast)
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Politics, Religion, and At-Risk Children
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MN Guardian ad Litem Program by the Numbers
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Powerful Stories From The Atlantic Journal
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Domestic Violence and Child Death at the Hands of Caregivers
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It Can't Happen Here (Sally's Story - Podcast)
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The End Of Child Protection
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Links to Facts and Happenings in Child Protection and Public Health
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Best and Worst Practices in Minnesota CPS (part 4 of 4)
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Best and Worst Practices in Minnesota CPS (part 3 of 4)
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Best and Worst Practices in Minnesota CPS (part 2 of 4)
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Best and Worst Practices in Minnesota CPS (part 1 of 4)
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Doing the Math in Child Protective Services (podcast)
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(CASA Guardian ad Litem) Be a Voice For Abused Children Where You Live
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There Is No Constituency For Abused & Neglected Children
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Child Death and Public Non Disclosure (thank you Marie Cohen)
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200 Child Deaths In CPS Deserve To Be Recorded In CPS
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Reckless & ill-Advised Public Policy For Endangered Children
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Tip of Children's Mental Health Iceberg
2024 · 31 articles
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Child Abuse Sad Stories (4 days in November)
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Why Children Need Mandated Reporters
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Realities of Mandated Reporting (why child abuse reporting is sporadic)
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Abolishing CPS Kills Children & Ruins Fosters
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COVIDs Impact on CPS, CASA volunteers, & Guardian ad Litem Staff
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Making CPS Work For Everyone part 1
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Child Abuse Investigations & Reforms
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Child Protection In America Today
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America's Children In 100 Charts (draft preface)
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Don Samuels' Story (from KARA 2014 archives)
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Schools, Child Suicide, Nurses, & COVID
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Fear and Firing of Mandated Reporters of Child Abuse
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Child Protection Intake Notes (through the eyes of a child)
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KARA Presentation Janesville CASA (heart of the matter)
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Non-Transparency In Child Protective Services (find your state here)
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Parsing the Data (how child abuse impacts your community)
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Child Suicide - Quick Facts
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Minnesota Child Protection News May 2024
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MN Child Abuse Reporting April 1 - May 9 2024
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Send Your Senator a Message Today (Safe Passage For Children of MN)
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The Best Interest of Children
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DATA WORTH HAVING (for making informed decisions)
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Keep Minnesota children safe in Child Protection
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KARA - CASA Ad Grant Initiative ($120,000 annually)
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Professionalism In Child Protection
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A COVID WAVE? (the double whammy of 2 years of ACEs on children and community)
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America's Crazy World of Child Protection (find your state here)
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Lies We Tell Ourselves About Child Sex Abuse
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HUGE NEWS: Former Chief Justice Kathleen Blatz Appointed to MN Guardian ad Litem Board
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Saving Minnesota's Vulnerable Children
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Were Governor Walz State Board Members Misled About Volunteers (and what it could mean)?
2023 · 23 articles
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CASA MN Newsletter (Guardian ad Litem News & Updates)
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I Could Never Do What You're Doing (thank you Laurel Ferris & Women's Press)
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Child Death, Employee Burnout & Guardian ad Litem Volunteers
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KARA Videos of the Week
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MN Children, Institutional Regression and Brain Surgery
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Saying Goodbye to the CASA Guardian ad Litem Volunteer Program
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Is Child Abuse a Crime (and why not?)
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Child Protection Stories Wanted
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Rebuttal to Prior Post (rebuttals are encouraged)
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Why Things Get Worse
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Striking Foster Care Articles & Policies (find your state here)
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5 Month Old Aaliya Goodwin Death & Why From Safe Passage For Children Investigation
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Eli Hentges - 1 of 88 Stories of Child Death at the Hands of Caregivers
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8 Year-Old Tayvion Davis Death & Why (from the Safe Passage Investigative Report)
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Do Kids Count? (it depends on where you live)
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Impossible Questions & Painful Statistics
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Safeguarding Gun Rights & Abortion vs. Safeguarding Children
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MN Child Fatalities From Safe Passages Reporting
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Tracking Success (and Failure) in Child Protective Services
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Minnesota children killed due to maltreatment (NEWS RELEASE)
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49 % of America's Black Youth Arrested Before Their 23rd Birthday (40% of White Youth)
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Metrics of Minnesota's Child Protection (what does your state measure?)
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Measuring What's Important
2022 · 14 articles
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Today's Tip of The Tip of Children's Mental Health Iceberg
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If You Knew (what would you do?)
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MN Child Abuse News Week of 11.30.22
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30.2 % of America's Youth Arrested Before Their 23rd Birthday (25% of us are state wards & special needs people)
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Is This About Child Protection or Something Else?
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When Hope Dies (child suicide & self harm - part 1)
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Recent Child Welfare Articles & Statistics
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What 1.3 Million Dollars Could Provide At Risk Children (Arianna-Hunziker Settlement)
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Self-Destructive Habits & Institutions (Guardian ad litem program in MN Today - PART 4)
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Self-Destructive Habits & Institutions (Predicting the future – Part 3)
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Child Welfare Articles and Statistics For Week of 6.10.2022
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Removing 100's of Community Volunteers from Child Protection (why?)
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COVID-19 Impact on Child Welfare in Colorado
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COVID IMPACT ON AT RISK YOUTH
2021 · 18 articles
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Child Rights, Religion & the United Nations Rights of the Child Treaty
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Child Abuse Stories, Statistics & Politics In America Today
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Why We Hate Lawsuits (Eric Dean’s grandmother sues county & social workers for his death)
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Parental Rights & Child Wellbeing
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Child Protection Activists
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Minnesota Child Abuse + Child Protection (fall 2021)
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KARA Is Unable to Respond To Requests For Child Protection Issues
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CDC Charts Mental Health & Child Suicide Pre COVID
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Minnesota Child Protection (thank you Safe Passage for Children)
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MN Child Protection Reality Check (thank you Safe Passages for Children)
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Self Destructive Habits & Institutions (CASA guardian ad litem program in MN Today)
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Congratulations Rich Gehrman and Safe Passage For Minnesota Children
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Why Children Are Abused (chapter 3 overview)
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Draft KARA Book Chapter 1
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Child Protection/Unassigned CASA Guardian ad Litem Cases
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Collateral Damage - ACEs - Education - COVID
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Child Abuse & Soul Murder (chapter 2)
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Havoc In Texas & Florida Child Protection Services
2020 · 23 articles
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COVID & Child Suicide November 2020
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Lawsuits and the Death of Two Year Old Arianna Hunziker
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Restorative Justice - Veterans & Children (saves money and lives)
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Child Suicide Reporting (3 weeks ending 10.17.20)
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International Child Well-Being 9.16 - 9.30 2020
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Abused Children, COVID & Law enforcement
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What Child Abuse Looked Like in America Last Week (a snapshot)
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COVID Child Abuse Update for July - August 2020
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MN Child Abuse/Child Protection Summer Update
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Facebook Replacing Mandated Reporters for Child Abuse?
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Minnesota Child Protection Stories, Statistics & COVID - June 2020
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Minnesota Child Protection Stories, Statistics & COVID - May 2020
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COVID and Foster Care
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International Child Protection News for April 2020 (the COVID Impact)
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Violence Against Children & Covid19 – (it’s own pandemic) part III
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Pandemic Weakening Child Protection Safeguards (thank you Safe Passage for Children of MN)
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Violence Against Children & Covid19 – (it’s own pandemic) part I
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Foster Care News 2019
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A Critical Look At Foster Care
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MN At Risk Children News 2.28.20
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International Child Protection Stories, Statistics & Articles January 2020
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Revisiting the Tragic Abusive Death Of Eric Dean (& the legal non requirement of "due care")
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KARA's Sad Stories, Statistics and Articles State By State & International
2019 · 17 articles
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Thank You Safe Passage for Children of Minnesota
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Child Abuse & the LGBT Community
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Minnesota's Children 2017 (compiled statistics, facts & stories)
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MN Child Abuse/Child Protection Articles, Statistics & Events 2019
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Invisible Children Around the World; Japan
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Minnesota Child Abuse & Child Protection Sept 2019
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Infant Death Stories & Statistics October 2019 (find your state here)
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The Cost of Saving Money
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Recent Foster Stories & Statistics
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MN Mesabi Academy, St Cloud Group Home & Florida (privatized group homes in America)
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June Child Abuse 2019 (find your state here)
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Recent International Child Protection News
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Minnesota's At Risk Children's News, Stories & Statistics Part I
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USA, Give Children the Rights EVERY Other Nation Has
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Helping Vulnerable MN Children; just a minute to send this message (thank you Safe PassageMN)
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Recent Child Burns/Torture Reporting & Statistics
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Recent Child Suicide Reports & Statistics (part II)
2018 · 53 articles
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California Child Protection Updates thru May 2017
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Going Backwards on Child Safety? (thank you Safe Passages for Children of MN)
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Child Abuse Death & Suicide August/September 2018 page 1 (sad stories)
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July Child Sex Abuse/Child Trafficking (part 4)
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Child Welfare Survey Responses (thank you Safe Passage for Children of MN)
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July 2018 Child Abuse / Child Protection (part 3)
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July Domestic Violence & Violence Against Children (part 1)
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Articles, Stories & Statistics About Adoption and Foster Care for June 2018
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Child Abuse & the Developing Brain (thank you Sonya Sasser)
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An Important Survey About Child Welfare (thank you Safe Passage For MN Children)
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Child Abuse & Child Protection for June 2018
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Child Death & Sex Abuse May 2018 (7) find your state here
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Child Trauma & Torture, May 2018, find your state here (6)
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Child Abuse & Child Protection May 2018 (5)
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Prozac, Poison & Children (May 2018)
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Child Burns, Sex Abuse & Beatings May 2018 (find your state here) 1
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Child Welfare by State (statistics & news April 2018 (9) child death
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Child Welfare by State (statistics & news April 2018 (8) neglect
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Child Welfare International April 2018 (6) violence against children
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Abused Children’s Issues in the State Where You Live
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Child Welfare by State (statistics & news April 2018 (4)
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Minnesota's At Risk Children Stories and Statistics 2018
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Child Welfare by State (statistics & news April 2018 (2)
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Child Welfare by State (statistics & news April 2018 (1)
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Child Well Being State by State March 2018 (X)
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Child Abuse, Death & Trauma March 2019 (IX)
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Child Abuse & Trauma State by State (March 2018) VIII
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Child Abuse & Trauma (March 2018) VII
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Child Abuse & Well Being State by State March 2018 (VI)
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Child Well Being Statistics, Stories & Trauma March 2018 (V)
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Child Well Being & Child Abuse State by State (March 2018) IV
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Child Protection & Volunteer Guardians ad Litems
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Tolerating Child Death in Minnesota (thank you Safe Passage for Children of MN)
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Child Well Being & Abandonment March 2018 (III)
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Child Well Being State By State March 2018 (II)
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Sad Stories Part VIII Feb 1-13 (child protection - find your state here)
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Sad Stories Part VII Feb 13-28 (child protection - find your state here)
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Sad Stories Feb 2018 Part VI (foster care stories and statistics)
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Sad Stories Feb 2018 Part V (child abuse and mental health)
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House of Horrors (not investigating child abuse = not caring for abused kids)
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Sad Stories Feb 2018 Part IV (child abuse & trauma articles and statistics)
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Sad Stories Feb 2018 Part III (child abuse articles, stories & statistics)
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Sad Stories Feb 2018 Part II (child abuse articles & statistics)
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A #ProtectChildrenToo Movement? (Thank You Safe Passage For Children of MN)
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January Sad Stories 2018 Part II
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January Sad Stories 2018 Part I (find your state here)
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Child Welfare Training Academy - A Great Resource (thank you U of M & Safe Passage for Children of MN)
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MN At Risk Children's News July - September 2017 (V)
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MN At Risk Children's News July - September 2017 (IV)
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MN At Risk Children's News July - September 2017 (III)
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MN At Risk Children's News July - September 2017 (II)
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Interrupting Child Abuse (1 Year Ago - thank you Commissioner Jan Callison & Star Tribune)
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MN At Risk Children's News July - September 2017 (I)
2017 · 63 articles
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Sad Stories December 2017 Part III (child abuse stories & articles from your state)
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December 2017 Sad Stories Part I (child abuse stories & articles from your state)
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December 2017 Sad Stories Part II (child abuse stories & articles from your state)
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Child Abuse/Child Protection By the Numbers (Thank You Safe Passage for Children of MN)
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Safe Passage for Children of MN Advocacy (shining a light on at Minnesota's at risk children)
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November Sad Stories Part II (1000 stories)
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November Sad Stories Part I (find child abuse stories in your state here)
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Share Your Views On Child Protection (thank you Safe Passage for Children of MN)
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Sad Stories October 2017 Part II
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October Sad Stories 2017 Part I
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International Child Protection News August & September 2017
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September Sad Stories 2017 Part II
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September Sad Stories 2017 Part I
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August Sad Stories Part II
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Snapshot of Child Abuse News Headlines August 2017 (thank you Eileen King & Child Justice)
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International Child Protection News June & July 2017
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Risky Child Protection Practices In MN Persist (thank you Safe Passage For Children MN)
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Minnesota's At Risk Children's News (first 6 months of 2017)
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The Best Article On Child Protective Services Ever (this is worth the read)
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July 2017 Sad Stories Part II
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July Sad Stories Part I
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Your Tax Dollars At Work (child welfare vs. corporate welfare - who wins?)
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Resurgence Of Child Fatalities In Minnesota (thank you Safe Passage for Children of MN)
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June 2017 Sad Stories Part II
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Minnesota At Risk Children's News June 2017
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June Sad Stories 2017 Part I
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High Hopes For Hennepin County's New Child Protection Model (keeping up with reports of abuse)
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CASA guardian ad-Litem News Feb -May 2017 Part I
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International At Risk Children's News May 2017
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May Sad Stories Part I
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May Sad Stories Part II
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Minnesota Child Protection News April/May 2017
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Canada Child Protection & U.S.
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Sad Stories April 2017 Part II
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Sad Stories April 2017 Part III
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Sad Stories April 2017 Part I
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Florida Child Protection News for March 2017
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International Child Protection News March 2017
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Invisible Children Around the World; United Kingdom
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Being A Mandated Reporter (and what it means)
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Sad Stories March 2017 Part IV (child protection news from around the nation)
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Sad Stories March 2017 Part III
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Minnesota Child Protection News March 2017
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Sad Stories March 2017 Part II
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Friends of KARA - A Favor (watch this video)
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Florida Child Protection News February 2017
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Child Death and County Transparency (not) From Safe Passage For Children MN
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International At Risk Children's News February 2017
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Minnesota Child Protection News January & February 2017
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February 2017 Sad Stories Part IV
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February 2017 Sad Stories (part III)
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Social Work (from the smartest person in the room - Dee Wilson from the Casey Foundation)
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Child Protection & PizzaGate KARA Interview (troubled children in a troubled society)
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Protecting Children From Bad Politics (a note from the Child Welfare League of America)
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February Sad Stories 2017 Part I
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Black Children Matter (and child protection systems)
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International Child Protection News January 2017
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Support KARA Pages & Projects
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January 2017 Sad Stories Part II
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Florida Child Protection News for January 2017
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January Sad Stories Part I (thru 1.13.17)
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Better Futures for Minnesota Children (from Safe Passage For Children MN)
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Pennsylvania Child Protection News December 2016
2016 · 75 articles
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December Sad Stories Part II
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Minnesota At Risk Children's News December 2016
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International Child Protection News December 2016
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Transforming the System: A Call For Action
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December 2016 Sad Stories Part 1
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Pennsylvania Child Protection News Sept - November 2016
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Minnesota At Risk Children's News November 2016
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International Child Protection News November 2016
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November 2016 Sad Stories Part II
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The Election & Children (from Safe Passages For Children of Minnesota)
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Minnesota At Risk Children's News October 2016
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November 2016 Sad Stories Part I
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International Child Protection News October 2016
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October Sad Stories Part II
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October Sad Stories Part I
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Minnesota Child Protection Stories September 2016
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Unintended Consequences (KARA & abused children thank you Brandon Stahl & Star Tribune)
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International Child Protection News September 2016
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September Sad Stories (part 1 through September 15)
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August 2016 Sad Stories (Part 3 through August 31)
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September Sad Stories Part II (through September 30)
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Remembering Mark Proctor
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Minnesota Child Protection News August 2016
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Child Death & the Definition of Child Abuse (thank you Safe Passage for Children and DR Mark Hudson)
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Deliberate Burns Make Up 10 % of All Childhood Burn Cases
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Pennsylvania Child Protection News July & August 2016
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August Sad Stories 2016 (part II)
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Let Me Show You The Money
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August Sad Stories (part 1)
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Important Child Protection News From Safe Passage For Children - Outside Review Needed
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CASA Guardian ad Litem News From Around the Nation July 2016
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MN Child Protection News July 2016
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Let's Make Child Protection Great Again (thank you Safe Passage for Children)
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July 2016 Sad Stories Through July 15-29 (part 2)
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July 2016 Sad Stories (part 1)
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International Child Protection News June 2016
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Minnesota At Risk Children's News June 2016
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June 2016 Sad Stories (part 1)
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Minnesota's Mental Health Crisis (spot on reporting by our Star Tribune - Many Thanks)
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Texas Child Protection News For April
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New York Child Protection News April - May 2016
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May 2016 Sad Stories
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Minnesota Child Protection News April & May 2016
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Interviewing Abused Children in Front of Their Alleged Perpetrators Is Wrong (thank you Rich Gehrman & Safe Passage for Children)
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New Jersey Child Protection News October 2015 through April 2016
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April 2016 Sad Stories
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KARA Readers Reminder
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Sad Stories California - March & April 2016
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Pennsylvania Child Protection News For March & April 2016
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Child Abuse & Child Protection Around the World (January 2015)
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Child Abuse & Child Protection Around the World (April 2016)
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Yesterday's Child Protection News (state's & governments needing special scrutiny for failing their youngest citizens)
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Colorado Child Protection New March 2016
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New York Child Protection News Feb - March 2016
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Reducing Child Fatalities (from Safe Passage for Children)
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Child Protection in Arizona; 12,000 Cases Ignored For 60 Days or More
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Improving the Process of Child Protection & Saving LIves
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Minnesota Child Protection News For March 2016
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March Sad Stories (2016 KARA reporting)
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Child Protection - What Needs To Change
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Pennsylvania Child Protection News For January & February 2016
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February Sad Stories (2016 KARA reporting)
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Child Protection and Appreciating Social Workers (we really should)
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Progress & Next Steps in County Child Protection (thank you SafePassageForChildren)
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New York Child Protection News December 2015- January 2016
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Pennsylvania Child Protection News December 2015
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Public Records (the mystery of child abuse and child protection)
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Pennsylvania Child Protection News November 2015
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January Sad Stories (2016 KARA reporting)
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Violence Against Children & Policing
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Important Information About Child Protection in MN (from Safe Passage For Children)
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Minneminds Policy Principles For Early Learning & Child Protection Strategy Work Group Recommendations
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Florida Child Protection News October 2015
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Pennsylvania Child Protection News Sept - Oct 2015
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Brandon Stahl Sets A Precedent For Excellence In Reporting (share this with your local newspaper - it could be repeatable & help children)
2015 · 58 articles
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December Sad Stories
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Thank You Canada (for your clear speaking about child protection)
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New York Child Protection News October - November 2015
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Minnesota Still Screening Out Twice the National Average of Child Abuse Reports (thank you Safe Passage for Children)
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Worthy Reader Questions
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Sad Stories November 2015
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Child Protection Oversight Committee Meeting Nov 23rd
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New Book Beginnings
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Safe Passage For Children Forum; Early Childhood Development & the Child Welfare System (11/23 6pm)
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ALERT For MN Child Protection - Rolling Back Child Protection Reforms (from Safe Passage for Children MN)
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MN Child Protection Stories
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Sad Stories October 2015
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Institutional Argle Bargle - Paperwork vs Meaningful Relationships
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Brandon Stahl’s investigating and Safe Passage’s volunteers are changing lives
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Child Death and Child Abuse Articles (for September 2015 – find your state/country here)
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Fines and Judgements For Child Protection Failures (millions of $ badly spent)
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Child Death and Child Abuse Articles (for August 2015 - find your state/country here)
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MN CASA Guardian ad-Litem Program Needs Volunteers (do you know someone?)
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How We Punish - And What It Does To Children & Our Community
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Help KARA Build An Online Community That Learns & Speaks About Child Abuse & Child Protection (just 1 step - 1 minute)
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Child Death and Child Abuse Articles (for July 2015 - find your state/country here)
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Indiana Sued For Making Child Protection Almost Impossible
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All Talk & No Action - Do We Value Children or Just Talk About It?
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Dear Social Worker (a note from the Casey Foundation, KARA and Daniel)
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Minnesota's Child Protection Problem ("the deeper you get into it, the worse it is" Hennepin County Commissioner Mike Opat)
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Minnesota's Child Endangerment Model (from the Casey Report briefing for Hennepin County commissioners today)
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Grandparents; Counties & States Can’t Live With Them, Children Can’t Live Without Them.
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The Sadness Of Child Protection - 2 Year Old's Murdered by Caregivers
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Child Welfare News Through June 9, 2015 - Sad Stories - Glad Stories (15 days)
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Virginia Abandons Abused Children To Death (200 unanswered calls never reported)
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Child Protection News Gathered Nationally (find your state here)
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Standing In A Soviet Bread Line (thank you James Eli Shiffer)
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Why CASA Guardian ad-Litem?
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Child Protection Stories Around the Nation (find your state here)
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KARA Child Abuse Reporting This Spring (March, April, May)
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18 Months Old, Sexually Abused (allegedly) & Beaten To Death In Maplewood
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CASA News Around the Nation for April (what do guardian ad-Litems do?)
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Child Protection - The Big Lie (don't blame the service providers - its the lawmakers)
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Cars With 3 Wheels (From Our Friends At Safe Passage For Children Of Minnesota)
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For The Record; Oklahoma's Response To Suspected Abuse Of Children In the Care of Human Services
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Where Bad Laws Come From (& why it's not fair to blame the worker bees)
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Four Year Key'Ontay Miller-Peterson Murdered - Two & Three Year Old's Starved (2 families reported by the Star Tribune today)
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CASA guardian ad litem News Around The Nation (find your state here)
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DR Felliti Explains The Effects of Child Sexual Abuse (read and listen)
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Sad Children Stories From February
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Important Points By Brandon Stahl (Star Tribune) Today On Pope County
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Being An Abused Child In America (the impact of language)
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News From Safe Passage For Children of Minnesota & The Child Protection Task Force
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Overwhelmed Child Protection Workers (redefining what is manageable)
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Are Class Action Lawsuits The Future For Child Protection? (Just filed in Arizona)
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Writers/Researchers Wanted (child protection information in your state)
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Sad Stories; How America Values Its Children (a national disgrace)
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The State Of Child Protection in Texas (655 under-reported deaths of abused children)
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Child Protection - Research - Transparency & Safe Passage For Children (Rich Gehrman)
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Child Protection, Kendrea Johnson & The Information War
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Falling Through the Cracks (NYTimes) 786 Children Die While in Child Protective Services
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Minnesota Can Set A National Example Of How Child Protection Works (Bravo Task Force and Governor Dayton)
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Yesterday, Don Shelby, KARA & An Expose That Grows Awareness & Concern For Abused and Neglected Children
2014 · 59 articles
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Nancy Zupfer Has It Right (Governor’s task force should represent children - not agencies and parents)
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Abused To Death While Child Protective Services Observed - 1000+ American Children in six years (AP report)
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Is Minnesota Setting A "Great" Example For Dealing With Child Protection Issues?
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Child Death Reviews Thwarted in Edmonton (council chair quits in protest)
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It Happens Over and Over (profound child abuse - child death - inadequate reporting & response)
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Dear Governor Dayton's Task Force On Child Protection (for the record)
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KARA’s Brandon Stahl Reader (compiled and annotated Star Tribune articles by Brandon Stahl on child abuse & child protection for the record)
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Child Abuse Stories Across the Nation
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Elephant In The Room (Mitch Pearlstein PAST Star Tribune)
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Child Protection News - Your State Here (Texas and Florida are tied once more)
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RECENT DOCUMENTARY INTERVIEWS (Brandon Stahl)
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Children and Youth, Front and Center (great child protection online resource)
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For The Record (Toni Carter's Comments on the Death Of Eric Dean + my response)
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Thank You Ruben Rosario
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Thank You Governor Dayton (shining a light on Minnesota's Child Protection system)
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Eric Dean Is One Of Many (child protection is failing children in most states)
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Admitting I Have Problem Is The Hardest Part (thank you Brandon Stahl for identifying the problem)
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Changing A Bad Law (thank you Brandon Stahl & Star Tribune)
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Brandon Stahl Reports (reporting on the reporter)
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Another Avoidable Child Death
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Why Are So Many Six Year Olds On Prozac?
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Almost Half The Children Dying From Abuse In Colorado Were In Or Known To Child Protection Workers (72 of 175)
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This Week's At Risk Children's News
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KARA -TPT Television Documentary Update
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Most Interesting Child Abuse Articles Of The Week
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Powerful Stories From The Atlantic Journal (here's a preview)
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It Could Be Worse (Virginia screens out 83% of all child abuse complaints)
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CASA Guardian ad-Litem News (updates from around the nation)
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Child Welfare In The News (find your state here - some international)
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Kilah's Law
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Fumbled Child Protection Warnings Cost Children Their LIves (thank you Brandon Stahl- Star Tribune)
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MN Public TV / KARA Partnership (bringing attention to the issues of abused & neglected children)
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Children In The News (update)
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Speaking For The Weakest & Most Vulnerable Among Us - Star Tribune Articles
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Great News For Colorado's At Risk Children (child abuse data is now public - people will become aware)
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Responding To Toni Carter's Star Tribune Article Yesterday (County Commissioner & Pres MN Assoc. of Counties)
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More Attention To Children's Issues (the only way to make their lives better)
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Snapshot On Florida's Child Protection System (or what's not working)
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Years Of Ignored Child Abuse In Arizona (why should we care?)
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This Week's News For At Risk Children
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See No Evil - 90% Of Child Abuse Reports Screened Out In Minnesota Counties (Red Lake, Wilkin, LeSeur, Waseca)
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From Our Friends At Safe Passage For Children (today's Safe Passage message)
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Thank You Safe Passage For Children
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Beyond Capacity; Arizona's Child Protection System (not the only state)
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477 Child Deaths In FL (preserving families but costing lives)
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Violence Against Children - A family Tradition (TEDx, Robbyn Peters Bennett)
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Join Our INVISIBLE CHILDREN Linked In Discussions
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Children In The News - read about your state here (thank you child welfare.gov)
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Another Screened Out Of Child Protection Baby Dies In MN
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70 Child Abuse Deaths In California's Child Protection System
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Faith Healing & Another Child Death In Philadelphia
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Abused and Neglected Children's News (thank you Child Welfare In The News)
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Beaten Child Verdict $166M In NJ The Largest Ever
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In Whose Best Interest (MN courts returned this child to an abusive father 6 times)
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Inside AZ Child Protection Politics
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KARA planning a course for Continuing Legal Ed; For the attorneys, how many of you would consider attending?
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Child Abuse In Your State (recent news from across the nation - thank you Child Welfare in the News)
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Eliminating Child Protection Services In Arizona (will its replacement save the children?)
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Improving State Child Protection Systems In 2014 (whatever it takes)
2013 · 26 articles
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Bad Day In The News For Children In Need Of Protection
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Hana's Story
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6000 Child Abuse Cases Not Examined In Arizona (putting AZ in 48th place for child well being)
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Big Pharma - Who Do We Blame?
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The Science Of Neglect (Harvard University 6 Minute Video)
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Tracking America's Most At Risk Children (through the media, the states & CASA)
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Child Sexual Abuse, Alcohol, & Help
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CASA & GUARDIAN AD - LITEM NEWS (for August)
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CHILD WELFARE NEWS STATE BY STATE (for August)
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Massachusetts Child Abuse Up - 30% Fewer Petitions To Remove Children From Abusive Homes
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Child Welfare In The News (find your state - nation here) 100+ articles
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The Accountability Gap in Child Protection (Thank you Safe Passage For Children)
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Reporting Maltreatment Of Children; How Minnesota Does It (State Statute - 626.556)
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Riverside CA, 6 Investigations - Case Workers Find The Abuse Allegations "Unfounded" (but the 8 year old boy is dead)
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Sex With Children Not A Serious Crime In South Carolina
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How Things Get Worse
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Minnesota's Gaps & Mitch Pearlstein's Room Full Of Elephants
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Connect To CASA's (Court Appointed Special Advocate's) Around The Nation (300)
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CASA guardian ad-Litem News From Around The Nation
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CASA Clarification - Mike's Mistake
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State of MN Falls Behind In Abuse Inquiries
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The State Of Child Protection In America Today
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Failed To Death In Colorado and Minnesota (thank you Denver Post)
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Tracking America's Most At Risk Children (Compiled)
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Total Disaster In Tennessee (NV, TN, CA, & TX in Trouble Too) Disappearing Watchdogs Around the Nation
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Protect Our Kids Act Passed By Congress (with tiny funding; 2M)
2012 · 23 articles
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Better Record Keeping & Higher Standards For Tracking Child Maltreatment & Protection
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Thank You Houston Texan Receiver Andre Johnson
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Domestic Violence Through A Five Year Old's Eyes
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According To The Numbers, Child Abuse In MN; Safe Passage For Children
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Abused Children In MN
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Indiana Update (current child protection news - thanks again Mitch Daniels)
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Cruel & False Savings Are Cheating America’s Abused & Neglected Children (again)
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Best Interests Of The Child; ICWA, Politics, & Media
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Indiana's At Risk Children & Governor Mitch Daniels;
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Destroying Child Protection Records In Iowa, A Better Iowa For Children?
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Bringing Heart & Meaning To Child Protection; CASA Florida Nixes The Ten Foot Pole Rule
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Being A Child Protection Worker In AZ
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Not Enough
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This Doesn't Change What's Wrong In Kentucky (and elsewhere) For Abused & Neglected Children
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2 Videos That You Can Use To Support Abused & Neglected Children
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Guardian Ad-Litem News From Around The Nation
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From Child Welfare In The News
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Thank You Judge Kevin Burke
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Lying To Ourselves About Caring, Children, & Religion
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Thank You Colorado Springs Gazette For Your Excellent Child Protection Reporting
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Giving Voice To Abused & Neglected Children At Private Schools
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Race To The Bottom, Untrained Social Workers, Over Work & More Dead & Suffering Children In Indiana
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43 Child Deaths Due Policy Violations In Colorado Social Services
2011 · 7 articles
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Penn State, Child Abuse, You and Me.
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Support The Guardian Ad-Litem Program For Abused & Neglected Children
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A Call To Action; The System Will Succeed When The Public & Private Sectors Work Together
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202 Minnesota Child Deaths Examined (over half were under three & shaken or beaten to death)
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Abused & Neglected Children Impacting Schools, Courts & Communities; What Works - What doesn't
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The Scandal Of Medicating Very Young Children In Child Protection Systems
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Autism, Child Protection, & Insurance; Texas could save 2Billion$ by treating autistic children
2010 · 34 articles
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Child Abuse Death; Every Child Matters
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New Federal Report; Drop In Child Abuse? I Don't Believe It
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The Heart Of Child Protection Services
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Response to Star Tribune Article
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Counterpoint To Yesterday's Post
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Citizen Review Panels Advocating For Abused & Neglected Children
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What Oklahoma Will Show The Nation
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Tip Of The Iceberg; Abused Children Dying Due To County Backlogs
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Better Guidance Urgently Needed For Doctors In Child Protection Cases, Say Experts
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The State of Child Welfare
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Can't Make This Stuff Up
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The Consequences of Media Concentrating On Negative Child Protection & Adoption
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The Impact of Trauma and Neglect on the Developing Child: Focus on Youth in the Juvenile Justice System
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Safe Passage For Children
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Deeper Questions About 7 Year Old Russian Boy
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How To Improve A Child Protection System
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National Child Protection Training Center
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What Have We Come To?
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Abused & Neglected Children Around The Nation
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Abusing Children At Home & In School - The Life Of An Abused Child
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Acting Like A Responsible Adult Part II
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Ruben Rosario on Victor Vieth's Dream of Ending Child Abuse
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Health & Human Services In Minnesota (Largest Share of Budget Cuts)
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Blaming Social Workers When Children Die
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CASA Comments On This May Not Be The Case
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ChildHelp.org
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California's Child Protection Problems Grow
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Australia Begins National Child Care Standards
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Be A Part of Reforming America's Child Protection System
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20% of Western Australia Child Abuse is Sex Abuse
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Bringing Attention to Child Abuse Deaths
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Georgia Child Protection: Too Many Children Too Few Resources
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Michigan: 16% Confirmed Increase in Child Abuse & Neglect Cases
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Financial and Family Stress Linked to Child Maltreatment in Rural Areas
2009 · 6 articles
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Unmaking At Risk Children
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A Sad Way of Righting Wrongs
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Setting the Wrong Kind of Record
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18 Month Old Dies After a Dozen Calls To Child Abuse Hotline
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No More Child Advocacy In Much of Illinois
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California's Growing Child Protection Problem
2008 · 6 articles
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Healthier Children = Safer & Happier Communities
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A Rough Day in the News
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Brutal Truths and Best Practices Forum
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In Whose Best Interest?
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From Child Protection to Soldier
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Economics 101
2006 · 3 articles
2005 · 5 articles
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Is Undertreatment of Mental Health Counter-Productive?
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Child Summit
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Wish List for Abandoned Children
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Mental Health Issues
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What we do to our children
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