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California
California: federal child-welfare figures and 280 pieces of KARA reporting, in full.
Federal child-welfare figures and KARA's reporting on California.
Child maltreatment victims
NCANDS, FFY2024
Entered foster care
AFCARS, FY2022
In foster care on Sept 30
AFCARS, FY2022
Sources: NCANDS Child Maltreatment 2024; AFCARS state tables. Full record — every metric, every year, gaps labeled — on KARA SIGNAL
KARA reporting on California
280 articles, newest first, republished in full.
June 28, 2026 · KARA Reporting
Kudos to Wisconsin for Tracking Child Death and Egregious Harm
Wisconsin’s public website for child death and egregious CPS incidents shows what honest tracking can look like. Minnesota’s Safe Passage child fatality report revealed children murdered by caregivers while known to CPS,
Arizona · California · Colorado · Iowa · Minnesota · Wisconsin
June 24, 2026 · KARA Reporting
Childhood Trauma and Lifelong ACES Impact
Children’s mental health crisis post COVID is no longer invisible. California’s Surgeon General Nadine Burke Harris has declared adverse childhood experiences a public health threat, while foster children across the nati
June 23, 2026 · KARA Reporting
Mandated Reporting and Why We Don't
Mandated Reporters genuinely fear for their safety and reputation and regularly fail to report (or, "see") horrific child abuse to avoid potential damage to themselves.
California · Maine · New York
June 19, 2026 · KARA Reporting
Adoption & Foster Care In America – (their stories, your state)
Foster Care; Every state is struggling to make life safe for traumatized state ward children. Here are their stories from October & November 2017; KS: Nowhere Else to Go: Why Kids Are Sleeping in Child Welfare Offices (C
June 19, 2026 · KARA Reporting
Best & Worst States For America's Children
Where does your state rank in protecting children & what can you do to make improvements. These statistics tell the stories of our best and worst states around the nation
Arizona · Arkansas · California · Connecticut · Florida · Hawaii · Idaho · Illinois · Iowa · Louisiana · Maine · Massachusetts · Minnesota · Mississippi · Nevada · New Hampshire · New York · North Dakota · Oklahoma · Rhode Island · South Carolina · South Dakota · Tennessee · Texas · Vermont · Virginia · Washington · West Virginia · Wyoming
June 12, 2026 · KARA Reporting
The Real Cost of Child Maltreatment, CPS, and Recidivism
Child maltreatment does not end when a CPS case is closed. The same children who enter child protection often show up later in juvenile justice and adult prison, driving recidivism rates of 70–80% and an estimated cost o
June 8, 2026 · KARA Reporting
Why America’s Child Protection System Is Failing, and How to Fix It
America’s Child Protection System is producing the very harms it was meant to prevent: overflowing prisons, broken families, unsafe classrooms, and communities overwhelmed by untreated trauma. This post explains how secr
California · Florida · New York · Utah
May 16, 2026 · KARA Reporting
State of Foster Care In America
American Fosters are struggling. These reports from around the nation indicate a great need for more help for at risk families and safe homes for children unlucky enough to be born into toxic homes.
California · Colorado · New York · North Carolina · Oklahoma · Texas
May 5, 2026 · KARA Reporting
School Performance, Yesterday, Today, and Tomorrow & What To Do
• “Since 2020, national and state test data show steep declines in foundational reading and math skills that are not bouncing back on their own. If current trends hold, by 2034 a majority of U.S. students will need remed
Alabama · Arizona · California · Connecticut · Hawaii · Louisiana · Massachusetts · Mississippi · Nevada · New Mexico · New York · Oregon · West Virginia
May 4, 2026 · KARA Reporting
Sometimes People Get Shot
• “From Cedarbluff, Mississippi, to parties in Houston and homes in Indiana, early 2026 brought mass shootings that briefly made headlines and then faded. This essay connects those tragedies to a deeper crisis: how our s
California · Colorado · Indiana · Michigan · Minnesota · Mississippi · Missouri · Tennessee · Texas
April 29, 2026 · KARA Reporting
Numbers Too Big To Believe (the cost of untreated childhood trauma)
…the economic impact of untreated child abuse. The mental health issues and behavior problems of high ACEs children drive much of the violence, desperation, and dysfunction afflicting so many American citizens
April 12, 2026 · KARA Reporting
Cost Neutral Child Protection: The Deadly Lesson of Gabriel Fernandez
When paramedics arrived, eight-year old Gabriel Fernandez was not conscious. His skull was cracked. Three ribs were broken. Bruises and burns covered his body. Two teeth were knocked out of his mouth. X-rays would later
April 12, 2026 · KARA Reporting
“Illiteracy and Incarceration: What Ruben Rosario Got Right”
85 percent of all juveniles who come into contact with the juvenile court system are functionally illiterate. So are 60 percent of all prison inmates. Inmates have a 16 percent chance of returning to prison if they recei
Arizona · California · Minnesota · Missouri · New York
April 9, 2026 · KARA Reporting
Tracking Foster Youth Into Adulthood: What Leading States Already Know
To understand how Child Protection Works (and doesn't work) tracking CPS/foster youth into adulthood by linking child welfare to education, work, housing, and justice data needs to happen across America. These examples s
California · Illinois · Iowa · Washington · Wisconsin
April 8, 2026 · KARA Reporting
Best and Worst Hospitals For U.S. Children (Beckers Hospital Review)
Which states give kids the best chance at a healthy life? This review ranks all 50 states and D.C. on children’s healthcare, nutrition, and oral health, and the gaps are stark.
Alaska · Arizona · Arkansas · California · Connecticut · Georgia · Hawaii · Iowa · Kentucky · Massachusetts · Minnesota · Mississippi · Montana · New Jersey · New York · Oklahoma · Pennsylvania · Rhode Island · Texas · Vermont · Wyoming
March 14, 2026 · KARA Reporting
America’s Child Protection Crisis: Last Week’s Most Alarming CPS Cases and Reforms
Each week, children are escaping brutal homes, being harmed in foster care, and caught in CPS systems that too often miss clear danger or punish families without proof. From multimillion‑dollar settlements and court batt
California · Connecticut · Florida · Illinois · Louisiana · Michigan · Minnesota · New York · North Carolina · Texas · Washington
March 13, 2026 · KARA Reporting
LGBTQ Children, Even More Miserable Foster Care, and Suicide
LGBTQ youth are far more likely to land in foster care, and far more likely to face homelessness, abuse, and suicide attempts once they do. This piece shares hard
Alaska · California · Florida · Minnesota · New York
March 10, 2026 · KARA Reporting
Child Abuse, Foster Care, and Youth Self-Harm and Suicide
Research across foster care, ACEs, and maltreatment shows that abused and systems‑involved children face dramatically higher risks of self‑harm and suicide. This post walks through key studies and calls for concrete chan
March 8, 2026 · KARA Reporting
A Closer Look At Child Fatality and Egregious Incident Reporting
Child Fatality & Egregious Incident Reporting: A U.S. Overview America’s approach to exposing and understanding the gravest harms done to children(fatalities, near-deaths, torture, and catastrophic agency failures) reveal
Arkansas · California · Colorado · Connecticut · Kentucky · Maryland · Minnesota · Missouri · New Hampshire · Ohio · Oregon · South Carolina · Texas · Wisconsin
February 14, 2026 · KARA Reporting
California Recent Child Abuse Death, Egregious Harm & Child Protection Issues
Recent California cases show children dying in foster homes, day care, and families long known to CPS, exposing egregious child protection failures. This post highlights specific deaths, audits, and multimillion dollar s
February 1, 2026 · KARA Reporting
What You Can Do Series - School Boards
School boards wield profound power over the safety, healing, and long-term success of children. What they choose to fund, prioritize, debate, and champion can dramatically shape school culture and community expectations
January 13, 2026 · KARA Reporting
Deep Dive Into "Child Neglect" & CPS Deregulation
Current federal and state conversations about CPS are moving in two, conflicting, directions: a push by advocates to sharply limit “family policing,” reduce mandatory reporting, and narrow or remove “neglect” in law, and
January 11, 2026 · KARA Reporting
Dissecting President Trump's Child Protection Executive Order (share this widely)
Trump's recent Presidential Order appears in its entirety below in the Read More section of this post. Added to the order today, is conflicted and confusing language that will have a terrible impact on the quality of lif
California · Georgia · Minnesota · Texas · Washington
December 26, 2025 · KARA Reporting
MN Children, Institutions, and Politics
Abused and neglected children don't have a voice in the politics and policies that rule their lives. They are at the mercy of our politicians and institutions that serve them.
December 7, 2025 · KARA Reporting
Mental Health Video & Podcast Resources for Abused & Neglected Children & Trauma Survivors
Below are KARA's researched useful videos and podcasts on child abuse and neglect mental health ACEs, trauma, healing, and skill‑building cluster into a few groups: big‑picture science, practical trauma‑informed care, an
California · Michigan · Oregon · Texas
December 4, 2025 · KARA Reporting
In Texas 2024, only 10 Children Died of Abuse (248 died of neglect)
Texas child neglect fatalities 2024: The Most Common Cause of Child Death in Texas Isn't defined as Abuse. The Center for disease control defines child abuse with clarity as any act of physical, sexual, or emotional harm
California · Michigan · Minnesota · Rhode Island · Texas
November 29, 2025 · KARA Reporting
Why the CASA (Court Appointed Special Advocate) Organization Is So Successful (calling all volunteers)
Over 48 years, CASA/GAL (Guardian ad Litem) programs have grown into a national network of more than 900 organizations with 80,000–100,000 guardian ad litem volunteers serving close to a quarter‑million abused and neglec
Arkansas · California · New York · North Dakota · Virginia
November 25, 2025 · KARA Reporting
Trump's Child Protection Order & "NEGLECT"
President Trump’s new framing. That most child neglect cases “don’t belong” in CPS because they are “only poverty”. Ignores a very large body of evidence that (1) poverty and neglect are tightly intertwined but not identic
California · Michigan · Minnesota · Rhode Island · Texas
November 12, 2025 · KARA Reporting
Why We Are Failing To Save At Risk Children
There is little transparency in Child Protective Services. If there were, more people (and legislators) would know and we might have the laws, programs, and support these children need. Today, access to information that
October 23, 2025 · KARA Reporting
Manner of Child Death Unknown (State by State)
WHEN YOU Share KARA’s reporting with FRIENDS, INSTAGRAM & FACEBOOK and most of all, your State Representative (find them here) change will come a little bit faster. When enough of us become informed and speak up for abus
Arizona · California · Colorado · Kentucky · Maryland · Michigan · Mississippi · Missouri · Nebraska · Nevada · Rhode Island · Virginia · Washington
October 22, 2025 · KARA Reporting
The Importance of Foster Youth Rights (find your State here)
This article is derived from Hana Ikramuddin's excellent Imprint News Article about Fosters not being notified of their rights - Read the Imprint article here. Hana tells us the story of AIayna Ghost’s years in Foster Ca
Alabama · Alaska · California · Colorado · Illinois · Kansas · Massachusetts · Michigan · Minnesota · Mississippi · Nevada · New Jersey · New York · Oregon · South Dakota · Texas · Washington · West Virginia · Wyoming
October 19, 2025 · KARA Reporting
Egregious Child Death in America Today
There are few states that report out egregious harm or death of children at the hands of their parents. Minnesota Nonprofit Safe Passage for Children of Minnesota has recently compiled this report on 88 of the 200 childr
California · Connecticut · Florida · Georgia · Indiana · Minnesota · Ohio · Oklahoma · Tennessee · Texas · Utah · Washington
October 9, 2025 · KARA Reporting
Child Abuse Sad Stories (4 days in October)
37% of children overall and 44% of Black children are reported to child protection services in America by the time they turn 18. (American Journal of Public Health 1.17) 7.8 million children a year are reported to child
California · Colorado · Florida · Georgia · Illinois · Nebraska · Pennsylvania · South Dakota · Texas · Utah · Wisconsin
August 25, 2025 · KARA Reporting
Join KARA's Child Advocacy Team (& make your community's children safe)
Ways for KARA readers to raise their voice for at risk children. The options in the Read More below provide direct impact, community building, and how to create policy change for at risk children where you live. Join KAR
California · New York · South Carolina · Tennessee · Utah
July 29, 2025 · KARA Reporting
A Closer Look At Child Fatality and Egregious Incident Reporting
Child Fatality & Egregious Incident Reporting: A U.S. Overview America’s approach to exposing and understanding the gravest harms done to children(fatalities, near-deaths, torture, and catastrophic agency failures) reveal
Arkansas · California · Colorado · Connecticut · Kentucky · Maryland · Minnesota · Missouri · New Hampshire · Ohio · Oregon · South Carolina · Texas · Wisconsin
July 28, 2025 · KARA Reporting
Free and Discounted Resources for Foster Youth
free and discounted resources for foster and adopted children and families
California · Minnesota · North Carolina · Ohio · Oregon
July 14, 2025 · KARA Reporting
The Assault on Child Protection - Part 2
The combined cuts to child friendly programs will impact some states more than other. This article presents a snapshot of what different states will be experiencing. Send KARA information concerning what's happening in y
California · Colorado · Florida · Georgia · Idaho · Illinois · Kansas · Kentucky · Louisiana · Massachusetts · Minnesota
July 13, 2025 · KARA Reporting
The Assault on Child Protection PART 1
Between DOGE cuts to child friendly programs and policies and the big beautiful bill, the cuts and service reductions described below will impact millions of children and families nationwide. In the foster care system al
June 6, 2025 · KARA Reporting
Politics, Religion, and at risk Children
This is a dangerous time to be an abused child in America. Slash and burn politics and religious organizations are dismantling a large percentage of government and non governmental agencies keeping children safe. The COV
Arkansas · California · Minnesota · Mississippi · New Mexico · Oklahoma
December 20, 2024 · KARA Reporting
Child Abuse Articles December 2024
child abuse around the nation and internationally.
Arizona · California · Florida · Illinois · Minnesota · Washington
December 14, 2024 · KARA Reporting
Suicide, Child Abuse and Christmas
Many foster youth and abused and neglected children in toxic homes suffer especially during the holidays. There is no joy in being removed from your birth home or to continue living in a birth home with broken parents an
November 24, 2024 · KARA Reporting
Child Abuse Sad Stories (4 days in November)
37% of children overall and 44% of Black children are reported to child protection services in America by the time they turn 18. (American Journal of Public Health 1.17) 7.8 million children a year are reported to child
California · Indiana · Louisiana · Maine · Michigan · New Jersey · North Carolina · Pennsylvania · Wisconsin
October 20, 2024 · KARA Reporting
If I Only Had a Brain
If the medical community, Children’s Defense Fund and former MN Supreme Court Chief Justice Kathleen Blatz are right, the vast majority of crime in America is the result of what happened to that person as a child.
Arizona · California · Georgia · Louisiana · Minnesota · Mississippi · New York · Oklahoma
October 15, 2024 · KARA Reporting
Child Abuse Investigations & Reforms
WHEN YOU Share KARA’s reporting with FRIENDS, INSTAGRAM & FACEBOOK and most of all, your State Representative (find them here) change will come a little bit faster. When enough of us become informed and speak up for abus
California · Illinois · Indiana · Massachusetts · Nebraska · New York · Oklahoma · Utah
August 11, 2024 · KARA Reporting
What Teachers Are Facing Today and Tomorrow
Teachers feel undervalued and overwhelmed. Turnover his high and a number of states are using unqualified people to fill positions.
Alabama · Alaska · Arizona · Arkansas · California · Colorado · Florida · Idaho · Louisiana · Mississippi · Missouri · Nebraska · Nevada · Oregon · Rhode Island · South Carolina · Tennessee · Texas · Utah · Vermont
August 6, 2024 · KARA Reporting
Fear and Firing of Mandated Reporters of Child Abuse
Fear and Firing of Mandated Reporters of Child Abuse - A lawsuit and threatened firing of a 40-year veteran nurse and mandated reporter in California is ruining my week. This will bring fear to nurses and other mandated
June 20, 2024 · KARA Reporting
Recent Child Suicide and Self-Harm Articles Around the Nation
What parents should do after a child's suicide attempt? Answering caregivers' frequently …
California · Colorado · Kentucky · New York
May 18, 2024 · KARA Reporting
U.S. Child Welfare Articles May 8 & 9 2024 - (From the Children's Bureau)
Sign up HERE for KARA’S free Friday updates Support KARA Programs Here KARA Maintains this site with the hope that this information will compel you to share it with media contacts, lawmakers and other changemakers. chang
Arizona · California · Colorado · Illinois · Louisiana · Massachusetts · Missouri · New York
March 14, 2024 · KARA Reporting
America's CHILDHOOD TRAUMA and ACES Impact
California’s Surgeon General Nadine Burke Harris has declared Adverse Childhood Experiences a public health problem and public school crisis in her state.
Alaska · California · Minnesota · New Jersey · New York
June 16, 2023 · KARA Reporting
Hospital Mental health services closing across America May 12 – June 16 2023
Social media, political and community outrage and COVID Lockdown stress are overwhelming mental health caregivers and institutions in every community - Child suicide/self-harm are rising dramatically Speak out, Share thi
Arizona · California · Illinois · Maryland · Massachusetts · Michigan · Mississippi · Washington · Wisconsin
April 26, 2023 · KARA Reporting
Striking Foster Care Articles & Policies (find your state here)
Free College for ALL MN Foster Youth First in the Nation A Really Big Deal
California · Colorado · Florida · Georgia · Maine
February 23, 2023 · KARA Reporting
Do Kids Count? (it depends on where you live)
Conditions in Child Protective Services (CPS), foster care or in the lives these children live are unknown to most of us. When the community doesn't perceive a serious problem it will ignore it and the problem festers. T
January 25, 2023 · KARA Reporting
49 % of America's Black Youth Arrested Before Their 23rd Birthday (40% of White Youth)
This Annie E. Casey Foundation survey of Black youth in February 2021 demonstrates a rising trend of Black youth incarceration Post COVID. Black youth in juvenile detention on Feb. 1, 2021, reached a pandemic high, while
Arizona · California · Minnesota · New Jersey
January 21, 2023 · KARA Reporting
Grace's Story (Thank you ChildrensRights.org)
Grace, a Black 15-year old who was sent to a juvenile detention center for failure to submit schoolwork. In an email to Grace's caseworker, her teacher stated that Grace was “not out of alignment with most of my other st
January 1, 2023 · KARA Reporting
Juveniles In Justice
LA & New Jersey ending prison and jails for juveniles and Colorado's super successful juvenile restorative justice
California · Colorado · Florida · Louisiana · Minnesota · Mississippi · New Jersey · Texas · Wisconsin
December 30, 2022 · KARA Reporting
For Profit Youth Prisons
Youth are two to three time more likely to confess to crimes they did not commit than adults. Police interrogations using fabricated statements are most likely why. Kids are more intimidated by law enforcement than adult
Arizona · California · Georgia · Illinois · Louisiana · Minnesota · Mississippi · New York · Oklahoma · Pennsylvania
September 22, 2022 · KARA Reporting
30.2 % of America's Youth Arrested Before Their 23rd Birthday (25% of us are state wards & special needs people)
This Annie E. Casey Foundation survey of Black youth in February 2021 demonstrates a rising trend of Black youth incarceration Post COVID. Black youth in juvenile detention on Feb. 1, 2021, reached a pandemic high, while
Arizona · California · Minnesota · New Jersey
September 11, 2022 · KARA Reporting
Happy GrandParent's Day (volunteering, kinship & raising a grandchild)
Happy GrandParent's Day (volunteering, kinship & raising a grandchild)
Arizona · California · Florida · Kentucky · Minnesota · Nevada · Ohio · South Carolina
September 1, 2022 · KARA Reporting
Recent Child Welfare Articles & Statistics
Recent Child Welfare Articles & Statistics Summer 2022
California · Colorado · Louisiana · Massachusetts · North Carolina · Ohio
July 17, 2022 · KARA Reporting
American Crime Costs & Statistics
READ TO THE END TO LEARN THE COSTS OF CRIME IN AMERICA TODAY
Alabama · Arizona · California · Georgia · Illinois · Louisiana · Minnesota · Mississippi · New York · Oklahoma
February 23, 2022 · KARA Reporting
CHILD WELLBEING NEWS FEB 11-18 2022
(State By State + International) KARA’s Free Friday Morning Real Story E Updates KARA SOCIAL MEDIA KARA Signature Video (4 minute) Child Welfare In the News is a collection of child abuse/wellbeing news by the CHILD WELF
California · Colorado · Florida · Maine · Michigan
January 30, 2022 · KARA Reporting
Other People's Children Are Not Society's Problem - Senator Ron Johnson
Wisconsin Senator Ron Johnson is not alone in publicly stating the expensive and mean spirited political platform Other People's Children Are Not Society's Problem - Senator Ron Johnson
Alabama · Arizona · California · Iowa · Minnesota · New York · Wisconsin
December 21, 2021 · KARA Reporting
Grace's Story (Thank you ChildrensRights.org)
Grace, a Black 15-year old who was sent to a juvenile detention center for failure to submit schoolwork. In an email to Grace's caseworker, her teacher stated that Grace was “not out of alignment with most of my other st
November 16, 2021 · KARA Reporting
Human Rights and the Psychotropic Medicating of Children
Human Rights and the Psychotropic Medicating of Children is common in foster care and juvenile justice in the U.S. Self-harm and suicidal ideation play a roll in the early death and physical harm these children suffer.
October 4, 2021 · KARA Reporting
October Is Domestic Violence Awareness Month
Watching your mother being beat up or raped is the same trauma as being beaten or raped to a five or nine year old. Untreated trauma lasts forever and it changes a person forever. The United Nation's-Secretary General An
Alabama · Alaska · Arizona · Arkansas · California · Colorado · Connecticut · Delaware · Florida · Georgia · Hawaii · Idaho · Illinois · Indiana · Iowa · Kansas · Kentucky · Louisiana · Maine · Maryland · Massachusetts · Michigan · Minnesota · Mississippi · Missouri · Montana · Nebraska · Nevada · New Hampshire · New Jersey · New Mexico · New York · North Carolina · North Dakota · Ohio · Oklahoma · Oregon · Pennsylvania · Rhode Island · South Carolina · South Dakota · Tennessee · Texas · Utah · Vermont · Virginia · Washington · West Virginia · Wisconsin · Wyoming
September 8, 2021 · KARA Reporting
Our Creeping Mental Health Crisis (& statistics)
Suicide is now the 2nd leading cause of death among 10 to 24 year olds. Over 1 million children under 6 are prescribed psychiatric drugs in America today.
Alaska · California · Illinois · Indiana · Minnesota · New Jersey · New York
August 19, 2021 · KARA Reporting
Domestic Violence Report August 2021
For abused children, there have been no classrooms to escape to and many mandated reporters have been unable to visit children to hear their stories and see their bruises. This must feel like a war to children living in
California · Connecticut · Florida · Missouri · New York · Ohio · Pennsylvania · South Carolina · Texas · Virginia · Wisconsin
July 9, 2021 · KARA Reporting
Child Welfare Information (find your state here)
These recent articles reflect the stories of America's at risk children and youth. If we don't know the issues, there doesn't seem to be a problem. If we don't see a problem there is no need for a solution. Their stories
California · District of Columbia · Florida · Georgia · Louisiana · Michigan · Nevada · New Hampshire
June 3, 2021 · KARA Reporting
For Profit Youth Prisons & False Imprisonment
Youth are two to three time more likely to confess to crimes they did not commit than adults. Police interrogations using fabricated statements are most likely why. Kids are more intimidated by law enforcement than adult
Arizona · California · Georgia · Illinois · Louisiana · Minnesota · Mississippi · New York · Oklahoma · Pennsylvania
June 1, 2021 · KARA Reporting
Trauma & Child Self-Harm
Today, the chronic high stress of the COVID lockdown is growing anxiety, depression and behavioral problems everywhere, but especially in the homes of at risk children.
California · Colorado · Texas · Wisconsin
May 16, 2021 · KARA Reporting
Child Abuse News & Statistics In Your State
CHILD ABUSE & CHILD PROTECTION IN YOUR STATE
California · Iowa · Michigan · Missouri
January 8, 2021 · KARA Reporting
Aging Out of Foster Care In the Time of COVID
COVID is coming down hard on foster children. Pre-COVID, 80% of aged out foster children went on to lead dysfunctional lives.
December 17, 2020 · KARA Reporting
Christmas for Adult Survivors of Child Abuse (NAASCA radio talk show)
During the virus scare .. let's each of us re-double our effort online and via the phone to inform those around us of the devastating consequence of suffering childhood sexual abuse (CSA), violent or physical abuse, emot
California · Louisiana · Minnesota · Texas
November 21, 2020 · KARA Reporting
COVID & Child Suicide November 2020
KARA (Kids At Risk Action) tracks current news about at risk children bringing transparency and attention to our youngest and most vulnerable citizens. The COVID pandemic has interrupted most major media reporting of chi
California · Kentucky · Missouri · Virginia
October 9, 2020 · KARA Reporting
Policing, COVID & Abused Children (share with your law enforcement contacts & save a child)
Conflicts between officer training and the children they are policing. Policing youth with mental health problems is a growing problem. This article sheds light on solutions to this intractable core community problem. Fr
September 24, 2020 · KARA Reporting
What Child Abuse Looked Like in America Last Week (a snapshot)
Those of us that know about the traumas abused children suffer need to say more if we are ever to reverse the trend of generational child abuse in America. These articles were compiled over the last week. The COVID pande
California · District of Columbia · Illinois · Indiana · Massachusetts · Michigan · Missouri · North Carolina · Ohio · Pennsylvania · Virginia · Washington
September 14, 2020 · KARA Reporting
Signs That You Are a Mental Health Worker
Andy Steiner’s social workers as backbone of the mental health workforce Minnpost article belies a much deeper truth about the depth and scope of mental health in our communities at this time. Generational child abuse ha
California · Iowa · Maine · Minnesota · New Hampshire · North Dakota · Virginia
August 7, 2020 · KARA Reporting
Facebook Replacing Mandated Reporters for Child Abuse?
40-day old Aiden Braden’s mother Kristina reported Aiden’s death on Facebook 38 days after social workers had responded to a child abuse hotline in Tollhouse California. Only after Aiden died did the County workers visit
June 10, 2020 · KARA Reporting
The Pandemic Impacting Child Abuse and Foster Care (state by state)
Because schools are closed, after-school activities are canceled and churches aren't having youth groups and community activity with trusted adults outside the home have evaporated - the chances an abused child can find
Alaska · Arizona · California · Colorado · Connecticut · Florida · Georgia · Idaho · Illinois · Indiana · Iowa · Kansas · Kentucky · Louisiana · Maine · Massachusetts · Michigan · Minnesota · Missouri · Montana · Nebraska · Nevada · New Hampshire · New Mexico · New York · North Carolina · Ohio · Oklahoma · Oregon · Rhode Island · South Carolina · Tennessee · Texas · Virginia · Washington · Wisconsin
May 20, 2020 · KARA Reporting
Posts & Video From ACEs Connection (+trauma informed resources for Covid19)
California's Surgeon General Nadine Burke Harris has declared Adverse Childhood Experiences a public health problem and public school crisis in her state. Posts & Video From ACEs Connection (+trauma informed resources fo
April 27, 2020 · KARA Reporting
Violence Against Children & Covid19 – (it’s own pandemic) part IV
speaking on critical issues impacting abused and neglected children for many years. Shelter In Place locks abused children in toxic homes With no escape to the safety of a classroom Domestic violence is rising and law en
California · Florida · Nevada · Ohio · Tennessee · West Virginia
April 6, 2020 · KARA Reporting
Violence Against Children & Covid19 – (it’s own pandemic) part I
Shelter In Place locks abused children in toxic homes With no escape to the safety of a classroom Domestic violence is rising and law enforcement & social workers are having a hard time keeping up. CLICK HERE FOR RESOURC
California · Georgia · Missouri · Oklahoma
March 6, 2020 · KARA Reporting
Foster Care News 2019
The first article in this series is a CASEY Foundation Q&A about recruiting American Indian Foster Parents in Oklahoma and fixing the State’s struggling child welfare system. All states are struggling to find safe homes
Alabama · California · Illinois · Kentucky · Michigan · New York · North Carolina · Ohio · Oklahoma · Wisconsin
February 23, 2020 · KARA Reporting
Making Minnesota A Trauma Informed State (trauma informed resources during covid 19 quarantine)
Be It Resolved That; Minnesota has conducted the ACEs Survey and confirmed the results of the original ACEs survey. Nadine Burke Harris, Surgeon General of California has declared childhood trauma a public health epidemi
February 9, 2020 · KARA Reporting
Child & LGBTQ Suicide & Self-Harm (stories, statistics & trauma informed resources)
What would you say to the 12 year old boy who told you how he plans to suicide by cop? Or to the mother of the young girl you speak for in court that told her child "I wish you'd never been born"? Words don't come easy.
Alaska · California · Florida · New York
February 3, 2020 · KARA Reporting
Beat Up, Dead & Prostituted - Kids In CA's, Florida's Privatized Foster Care & Juvenile Systems (videos)
These videos are disturbing but accurate. Not knowing cannot help the state ward children of Florida (the password is "foster"). What we know, we can change. What we don't know, gets worse until we do know. Florida To Co
January 8, 2020 · KARA Reporting
KARA's Sad Stories, Statistics and Articles State By State & International
Follow KARA's reporting on child abuse & well-being in your state here; stories, statistics and articles about the things most important to at risk children
California · Florida · Massachusetts · Michigan · Minnesota · Mississippi · Missouri · Montana · New York
December 18, 2019 · KARA Reporting
Sad Stories Child Abuse - Child Death Articles & Statistics
These stories, articles and statistics tell the stories of childhood trauma and death in America over the past few months - INVITE KARA’S INVISIBLE CHILDREN Program into your community.
California · Mississippi · New York · Tennessee · West Virginia
December 18, 2019 · KARA Reporting
Early Education (return on investment)
Let's stamp out homelessness for 2 year old children. . Let's change the sad fact that children in many third world nations stand a better change of being vaccinated against preventable deadly diseases than U.S. kids… Ma
October 10, 2019 · KARA Reporting
Infant Death Stories & Statistics October 2019 (find your state here)
This reporting over the last 45 days is a fraction of the child death in our communities today Signup for KARA’s Weekly News Updates & share this with your friends and networks All Adults Are the Protectors of All Childr
Arizona · California · Delaware · Indiana · Michigan · Minnesota · New York · Oregon · Pennsylvania · Washington
August 22, 2019 · KARA Reporting
American Crime Costs & Statistics
READ TO THE END TO LEARN THE COSTS OF CRIME IN AMERICA TODAY
Arizona · California · Georgia · Illinois · Iowa · Louisiana · Minnesota · Mississippi · New York · Oklahoma
June 22, 2019 · KARA Reporting
Sad Stories June 2019 (III - child suicide)
The National Poison Data System, researchers found more than 1.6 million cases of 10- to 24-year-olds attempting to kill themselves by poisoning from 2000 to 2018. More than 70% of the suicide attempts by poisoning were
California · Louisiana · Michigan · Tennessee
May 23, 2019 · KARA Reporting
Recent Child Suicide & Self-Harm Reporting & Statistics (Part III)
This reporting over the last 45 days is a fraction of the child self-harm & suicide in our communities today
Arizona · California · Colorado · Florida · Illinois · Iowa · Montana · South Carolina · Washington · Wyoming
March 6, 2019 · KARA Reporting
Minnesota's At Risk Children's News, Stories & Statistics Part I
Reporting on child abuse and child protection stories, statistics and policies in MN for January/February 2019
February 27, 2019 · KARA Reporting
National Workshop On Adult & Juvenile Female Offenders
Last year, 33 states held children and juveniles with mental illness in detention centers without any charges. In 2001, nearly 2/3 of California local law enforcement departments did not have written guidelines governing
Arizona · California · Illinois · Massachusetts · Minnesota · New York · Texas
January 5, 2019 · KARA Reporting
Recent Child Suicide Reports & Statistics (part IV)
Most child suicide is underreported & obfuscated self-harming behaviors remain almost unknown except to those involved. Resources & your state here;
California · Oregon · Utah · Wyoming
November 24, 2018 · KARA Reporting
California Child Protection Updates thru May 2017
KARA gathers news about abused abused children in America and around the world to provide a snapshot of Child Protection and how states and nations value their children. Kids At Risk Action needs an aspiring writer/resea
September 27, 2018 · KARA Reporting
Child Abuse Death & Suicide August/September 2018 page 2 (sad stories)
Articles, facts and statistics about U.S. child abuse deaths and suicides for August & September 2018
California · Colorado · Georgia · Indiana · Kansas · Nebraska · Pennsylvania
September 27, 2018 · KARA Reporting
Child Abuse Death & Suicide August/September 2018 page 1 (sad stories)
Child and teen death rate by race and ethnicity Kids Count Data Center Definitions: Deaths to children between ages 1 and 19, from all causes, per 100,000 children in this age range by race and ethnicity. The data are …
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September 22, 2018 · KARA Reporting
Drugging Children (August Sad Stories 2018)
37% of children overall and 54% of Black children are reported to child protection services in America by the time they turn 18. (American Journal of Public Health 1.17) 6 to 12 million children a year are reported to ch
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August 21, 2018 · KARA Reporting
July Child Sex Abuse/Child Trafficking (part 4)
hundreds of allegations of missing children and child sex trafficking
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August 16, 2018 · KARA Reporting
Medicating Very Young Children July 2018 (part 6)
6 to 12 million children a year are reported to child protection services and in many states, About 1/3 of foster children are required to take psychotropic medicines
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August 13, 2018 · KARA Reporting
Child Trauma and Torture Reporting for July 2018 (part 5)
KARA (Kids At Risk Action) tracks current news about at risk children bringing transparency and attention to our youngest and most vulnerable citizens. This reporting is only sampling of what should be reported – the gre
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August 9, 2018 · KARA Reporting
Child Sex Abuse for July 2018 (part 4)
37% of children overall and 54% of Black children are reported to child protection services in America by the time they turn 18. (American Journal of Public Health 1.17) 6 to 12 million children a year are reported to ch
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July 20, 2018 · KARA Reporting
Articles, Stories & Statistics About Adoption and Foster Care for June 2018
Group home caters to LGBT foster children Cronkite News Redmond said she wanted to provide a real home for LGBT foster children and her group home was immediately at capacity. They usually go on … Flag as irrelevant Adop
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July 14, 2018 · KARA Reporting
Child Burns, Torture and Trauma for June 2018
Community summit to address childhood trauma WCTV (WCTV) - According to Child Protective Services nearly 700,000 children were victims of abuse or neglect in 2016. Experts say those traumatic experiences can leave a last
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July 12, 2018 · KARA Reporting
CASA Guardian ad Litem News for Summer 2018
Speak for a child in child protection as a CASA guardian ad litem (children need to be heard)
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July 9, 2018 · KARA Reporting
Child Abuse & Child Protection for June 2018
Fairfield father charged with lewd acts in addition to child abuse involving his 10 children KTVU San Francisco FAIRFIELD, Calif. (BCN) - The Solano County District Attorney's Office today charged a Fairfield father of 1
July 8, 2018 · KARA Reporting
Child & Infant Death June 2018
4 people arraigned in child's death investigation, charged with gross abuse of a corpse in Defiance … WTOL.com A body of a new born infant left un-cared for 17 months in Defiance County has resulted in four people from t
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July 2, 2018 · KARA Reporting
Child Death & Sex Abuse May 2018 (7) find your state here
NH parents of child who died arrested on drug charges Boston 25 News Following the child's death, police executed a search warrant at 473 Hevey St. and said they found 28.1 grams of heroin, 11.8 grams of cocaine, 15.3 …
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July 1, 2018 · KARA Reporting
Child Trauma & Torture, May 2018, find your state here (6)
Iowa sees spike in confirmed child abuse cases Seattle Times DES MOINES, Iowa (AP). Officials say publicity around high-profile child abuse cases in Iowa has caused a surge in such reports. Confirmed child … Iowa sees s
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July 1, 2018 · KARA Reporting
Child Abuse & Child Protection May 2018 (5)
City's toughest neighborhoods also plagued with high instances of child abuse WBAL Baltimore Some of the city's toughest communities, those plagued by crime and drugs, are also notorious for another adverse distinction:
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June 16, 2018 · KARA Reporting
Child Burns, Sex Abuse & Beatings May 2018 (find your state here) 1
Accused child killers plead not guilty in Seneca County Court Rochester Democrat and Chronicle The mother and stepfather of a 3-year-old taken off of life support last week after being beaten until he was brain dead plea
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June 12, 2018 · KARA Reporting
Child Welfare by State (statistics & news April 2018 (9) child death
American states are struggling to find answers for ending adverse childhood experiences (ACES) and saving at risk children by reversing the explosive growth of child abuse and neglect. Today, many state ward children are
June 1, 2018 · KARA Reporting
Child Welfare International April 2018 (6) violence against children
Today, many state ward children are the 4th and 5th generation of abused children raising their own families without parenting skills and with serious drug, alcohol and mental health issues 37% of children overall and 57
May 17, 2018 · KARA Reporting
Child Welfare by State (statistics & news April 2018 (1)
KARA (Kids At Risk Action) tracks current news about at risk children bringing transparency and attention to our youngest and most vulnerable citizens. KARA’s reporting is only sampling of what should be reported – the g
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April 27, 2018 · KARA Reporting
Child Abuse & Trauma March 2018 (XI)
Jehovah's Witnesses accused of silencing victims of child abuse The Guardian Former and current members, including 41 alleged victims of child sexual abuse, described a culture of cover-ups and lies, with senior members
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April 17, 2018 · KARA Reporting
Child Abuse & Trauma State by State (March 2018) VIII
AL: & AZ: Lawsuit was catalyst for cutting caseloads in Alabama (Commentary) Arizona Daily Star - March 08, 2018 Across the state, average caseloads were 65. Within six months, James was the only one of five people hired
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April 14, 2018 · KARA Reporting
Child Abuse & Trauma (March 2018) VII
Scale of child abuse survey 'needed every 10 years' BBC News Thousands of children should be surveyed to build a true picture of sexual exploitation, experts have said. The government says it does not know how many girls
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April 12, 2018 · KARA Reporting
Child Abuse & Well Being State by State March 2018 (VI)
CA: Social Workers Concerned With Increase in Babies Exposed to Meth Santa Barbara Independent - March 15, 2018 An increasing number of infants exposed to methamphetamine have raised concern among Santa Barbara social wo
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April 8, 2018 · KARA Reporting
Child Well Being & Child Abuse State by State (March 2018) IV
CA: LA County Board looks to shut down pipeline from foster care to juvenile hall City News Service - March 20, 2018 The Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors voted Tuesday to reevaluate the treatment of youngsters in
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April 2, 2018 · KARA Reporting
Child Well Being State By State March 2018 (II)
AZ: Fixing Our Foster Care Crisis Arizona Daily Star - March 27, 2018 After peaking with nearly 19,000 children in foster care in 2016, Arizona set out to keep more families together and pull fewer kids from their homes.
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April 1, 2018 · KARA Reporting
Child Well Being & Trauma March 2018 (part I)
Perris Couple Accused of Torturing Children Return to Court NBC Southern California David Allen Turpin, 56, and Louise Ann Turpin, 49, are charged with 12 counts each of torture and false imprisonment, as well as nine co
March 27, 2018 · KARA Reporting
Sad Stories Part VIII Feb 1-13 (child protection - find your state here)
KARA (Kids At Risk Action) tracks current news about at risk children bringing transparency and attention to our youngest and most vulnerable citizens. KARA’s reporting is only sampling of what should be reported – the g
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March 25, 2018 · KARA Reporting
Sad Stories Part VII Feb 13-28 (child protection - find your state here)
37% of children overall and 57% of Black children are reported to child protection services in America by the time they turn 18. (American Journal of Public Health 1.17) 12 million children a year are reported to child p
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March 22, 2018 · KARA Reporting
Sad Stories Feb 2018 Part VI (foster care stories and statistics)
KARA (Kids At Risk Action) tracks current news about at risk children bringing transparency and attention to our youngest and most vulnerable citizens. KARA’s reporting is only sampling of what should be reported – the g
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February 15, 2018 · KARA Reporting
January Sad Stories 2018 Part III
KARA (Kids At Risk Action) tracks current news about at risk children bringing transparency and attention to our youngest and most vulnerable citizens. KARA’s reporting is only sampling of what should be reported – the g
February 8, 2018 · KARA Reporting
January Sad Stories 2018 Part II
37% of children overall and 57% of Black children are reported to child protection services in America by the time they turn 18. (American Journal of Public Health 1.17) 12 million children a year are reported to child p
January 13, 2018 · KARA Reporting
MN At Risk Children's News July - September 2017 (V)
Brandon Stahl Reporting KARA gathers news about Minnesota’s abused children to provide a snapshot of Child Protection and how our state values its children. Only a fraction of serious child abuse stories, statistics and
January 13, 2018 · KARA Reporting
MN At Risk Children's News July - September 2017 (IV)
Brandon Stahl Reporting KARA gathers news about Minnesota’s abused children to provide a snapshot of Child Protection and how our state values its children. Only a fraction of serious child abuse stories, statistics and
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December 31, 2017 · KARA Reporting
Sad Stories December 2017 Part III (child abuse stories & articles from your state)
Today, many state ward children are the 4th and 5th generation of abused children raising their own families without parenting skills and with serious drug, alcohol and mental health issues 37% of children overall and 57
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December 3, 2017 · KARA Reporting
November Sad Stories Part I (find child abuse stories in your state here)
American states are struggling to find answers for saving at risk children and reversing the explosive growth of child abuse and neglect. Today, many state ward children are the 4th and 5th generation of abused children
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November 1, 2017 · KARA Reporting
Sad Stories October 2017 Part II
American states are struggling to find answers for saving at risk children and reversing the explosive growth of child abuse and neglect. Today, many state ward children are the 4th and 5th generation of abused children
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October 31, 2017 · KARA Reporting
October Sad Stories 2017 Part I
37% of children overall and 57% of Black children are reported to child protection services in America by the time they turn 18. (American Journal of Public Health 1.17) 12 million children a year are reported to child p
California · Florida · Massachusetts · Mississippi · New Hampshire · New Jersey · Ohio
October 7, 2017 · KARA Reporting
September Sad Stories 2017 Part II
OH: Greene County in need of additional foster families Xenia Daily Gazette - August 31, 2017 Greene County Children's Services has seen a 22 percent increase in new children services cases from 2015 through 2016 in addi
Alabama · California · Colorado · Florida · Georgia · Massachusetts · New Jersey · North Carolina · South Carolina
September 20, 2017 · KARA Reporting
August Sad Stories Part II
Kids At Risk Action; American states are struggling to find answers for saving at risk children and reversing the explosive growth of child abuse and neglect. Today, many state ward children are the 4th and 5th generatio
California · Colorado · Delaware · Florida · Illinois · Indiana · Kentucky
September 20, 2017 · KARA Reporting
August Sad Stories Part I
American states are struggling to find answers for saving at risk children and reversing the explosive growth of child abuse and neglect. Today, many state ward children are the 4th and 5th generation of abused children
California · Montana · Nebraska · New Mexico · North Carolina · Wisconsin
August 21, 2017 · KARA Reporting
The Problem With Accommodating Hate (& hateful people)
Wanting to get along is a blessing and a curse. Most of us lean towards accommodation and away from conflict. We avoid conflict and accept behaviors & beliefs in others that stretch us to our limits. Caring friends may a
August 4, 2017 · KARA Reporting
July 2017 Sad Stories Part II
Kids At Risk Action tracks current news about child abuse & neglect bringing transparency and attention to our youngest and most vulnerable citizens. This is only a sampling of what should be reported – the majority of c
Arkansas · California · Colorado · District of Columbia · Florida
August 4, 2017 · KARA Reporting
July Sad Stories Part I
This is only a sampling of what should be reported – the great majority of child trauma & abuse never gets reported. American states are struggling to find answers for saving at risk children and reversing the explosive
California · Georgia · Michigan · New York · Ohio · South Carolina · Texas
July 22, 2017 · KARA Reporting
June 2017 Sad Stories Part II
KARA tracks current news about at child abuse and child protection bringing awareness and transparency to the issues of our youngest and most vulnerable citizens. These pages are only a tiny percentage of what happens to
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July 9, 2017 · KARA Reporting
June Sad Stories 2017 Part I
KARA tracks current news about at risk children bringing transparency and attention to our youngest and most vulnerable citizens. Please note that what you see here is only a sampling of what should be reported – the gre
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July 4, 2017 · KARA Reporting
A Brief History of Four Year Olds and Prozac
Medicating very young children with psychotropic drugs is accepted protocol in foster homes and child protective services throughout America. States vary, but 33% of state ward children appears to be the lowest percentag
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June 14, 2017 · KARA Reporting
CASA guardian ad-Litem News Feb -May 2017 Part I
FIND YOUR CASA here – CASA’s around the U.S. If you are not listed, send me your info and we will include it. More than 251,000 abused and neglected children find safe, permanent homes, according to casaforchildren.org.
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June 1, 2017 · KARA Reporting
May Sad Stories Part II
37% of children overall and 57% of Black children are reported to child protection services in America by the time they turn 18. (American Journal of Public Health January 2017) 12 million children a year are reported to
California · Kansas · Nevada · Oklahoma · Pennsylvania
May 2, 2017 · KARA Reporting
Sad Stories April 2017 Part II
American states are struggling to find answers for saving at risk children and reversing the explosive growth of child abuse and neglect in our communities. 37% of children overall and 57% of Black children are reported
California · Connecticut · District of Columbia · Florida · Mississippi · Oklahoma · Oregon · Rhode Island
March 4, 2017 · KARA Reporting
February 2017 Sad Stories Part IV
AKARA tracks current news about at risk children bringing transparency and attention to our youngest and most vulnerable citizens. This is only a sampling of what should be reported – the great majority of child trauma,
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February 2, 2017 · KARA Reporting
CASA Guardian ad-Litem News Around the Nation October/November 2016
FIND YOUR CASA here - CASA's around the U.S. If you are not listed, send me your info and we will include it. Thank you Sai Yang and Century College for your research and writing on this page. These CASA guardian ad-Lite
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February 2, 2017 · KARA Reporting
January 2017 Sad Stories Part II
KARA tracks current news about at risk children bringing transparency and attention to our youngest and most vulnerable citizens. Please note that what you see here is only a sampling of what should be reported – the gre
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January 14, 2017 · KARA Reporting
January Sad Stories Part I (thru 1.13.17)
Sign Up Here For KARA’s Free Friday Morning Real Story KARA tracks current news about at risk children bringing transparency and attention to our youngest and most vulnerable citizens. Please note that what you see here
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December 31, 2016 · KARA Reporting
December Sad Stories Part II
CA: Culp: Looking at 2016 in the Rear-View Mirror (Opinion) TechWire - December 28, 2016 One of the biggest sessions at the American Public Human Services Association's Information Systems Management Conference this year
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November 19, 2016 · KARA Reporting
November 2016 Sad Stories Part I
IN: Child re-sentenced for murder: A sign of juvenile justice reform? Christian Science Monitor - October 31, 2016 Paul Gingerich was 12 years old when he helped fatally shoot a friend's stepfather in a small Indiana tow
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November 1, 2016 · KARA Reporting
October Sad Stories Part II
WA: Can this tool fix our troubled foster care system? Crosscut Seattle - October 28, 2015 Anyone who has filed a tax return by hand knows that filling out bureaucratic forms can be a dreary, time-consuming enterprise. F
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October 24, 2016 · KARA Reporting
Minnesota Child Protection Stories September 2016
Protesters call for boycott of Varsity Theater, Loring Pasta Bar Minnesota Daily The protest was meant to educate the campus community of sexual abuse … The lawsuits were filed under the Child Victims Act, which extended
October 8, 2016 · KARA Reporting
CASA guardian ad-Litem News Around the Nation for September 2016
FIND YOUR CASA here – This page tells the stories of CASA’s around the U.S. If you are not listed, send me your info and we will include it. Thank you Sai Yang and Century College for your research and writing on this pa
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September 21, 2016 · KARA Reporting
September Sad Stories (part 1 through September 15)
Homeless woman accused of child neglect, children covered in filth, lice, suffering health problems Bennington Banner (subscription) BENNINGTON >> A homeless woman is facing charges after her children were found covered
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September 21, 2016 · KARA Reporting
August 2016 Sad Stories (Part 3 through August 31)
AZ: Report: Foster Care Rates Sky-Rocket, More Arizona Children Living In Poverty (Includes audio) KJZZ - August 18, 2016 "Fifty-one percent, so more than half of the kids in Arizona are in low income families," she said
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September 21, 2016 · KARA Reporting
September Sad Stories Part II (through September 30)
Murder charge in Burke baby death The Augusta Chronicle The Georgia Bureau of Investigation has charged a man with murder after the death of an infant in Waynesboro. The Burke County Sheriff's Office … UPDATE | Waynesbor
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September 17, 2016 · KARA Reporting
CASA guardian ad Litem News & Stories for August 2016
Jan. 17 trial date set in Sullivan County homicide Terre Haute Tribune Star Tribune-Star/Lisa TriggDefendant Joshua Travis Hall is led from the Sullivan Superior courtroom by Sheriff Clark Cottom following a hearing Mond
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September 14, 2016 · KARA Reporting
Best ACEs Articles for August 2016
Why Many People Don’t Talk About Traumatic Events Until Long After They Occur [TheConversation.com] After traumatic events, such as physical or sexual assault, domestic violence or combat, that threaten to rob us of our
August 19, 2016 · KARA Reporting
August Sad Stories (part 1)
KARA tracks current news about at risk children bringing transparency and attention to our youngest and most vulnerable citizens. Please note that what you see here is only a sampling of what should be reported – the gre
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August 1, 2016 · KARA Reporting
Best ACEs Articles for July 2016
Register for the 2016 Conference on Adverse Childhood Experiences [ACEsConnection.com] Join Center for Youth Wellness October 19-21 for the 2016 Conference on Adverse Childhood Experiences in San Francisco. The conferenc
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July 29, 2016 · KARA Reporting
July 2016 Sad Stories Through July 15-29 (part 2)
IN: Christensen/Laurin: Should lawyers report child abuse learned in representation? (Opinion) Indiana Lawyer - July 27, 2016 A lawyer's reporting obligation depends on whether confidentiality and/or privilege are implic
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July 16, 2016 · KARA Reporting
July 2016 Sad Stories (part 1)
This page is a compilation of child protection news from around the nation (with some international reporting) for the month of June (through June 25) If you would like to help KARA gather and report news from your commu
California · Florida · Illinois · Kentucky · Maine · Pennsylvania · Rhode Island · Texas · Virginia
July 1, 2016 · KARA Reporting
June 2016 Sad Stories (part 2)
This page is a compilation of child protection news from around the nation (with some international reporting) for the month of June (through June 25) If you would like to help KARA gather and report news from your commu
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June 25, 2016 · KARA Reporting
CASA guardian ad-Litem News Around the Nation for June 2016
FIND YOUR CASA here - This page tells the stories of CASA's around the U.S. If you are not listed, send me your info and we will include it. Thank you Sai Yang and Century College for your research and writing on this pa
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June 19, 2016 · KARA Reporting
CASA guardian ad-Litem News April & May 2016
CASA Child Advocates Montgomery County Newspaper WHY: CASA Child Advocates of Montgomery County held its first in-office corporate training for volunteers last month at the new Exxon Mobil … CASA breakfast serves up a 'R
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May 28, 2016 · KARA Reporting
May 2016 Sad Stories
This page is a compilation of child protection/child abuse news from around the nation (with some international reporting) for the month of May. All Adults Are the Protectors of All Children Sign Up Here For KARA's Free
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May 10, 2016 · KARA Reporting
April 2016 Sad Stories
CA: Vacaville commissioner advocates for preventing child abuse The Reporter - March 31, 2016 She's a mom, an advocate, a businesswoman and a Vacaville Community Services commissioner, and in honor of April being a doubl
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May 7, 2016 · KARA Reporting
Sad Stories California - March & April 2016
CA: Social Workers Charged in Death of 8-Year-Old Gabriel Fernandez (Includes video) NBC Washington - April 07, 2016 Four Southern California social workers have been charged with child abuse and falsifying public record
March 16, 2016 · KARA Reporting
March Sad Stories (2016 KARA reporting)
MN: Research Shows Washburn Center for Children Treatment has Significant Impact on Children's Social, Emotional and Behavioral Health (Press release) Business Wire - March 10, 2016 A new report by the Center for Advance
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February 22, 2016 · KARA Reporting
More Americans Killed By Toddlers With Guns Than Terrorists
Toddlers with guns have murdered 5 people with guns in America this year, terrorists 3. Would we be safer if the NSA were spying on children, or just keeping an eye on pistol packing families? Here's a list of this years
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February 13, 2016 · KARA Reporting
CASA guardian ad-Litem News Around The Nation 10.1.15 Through 12.31.15
FIND YOUR CASA here – This page tells the stories of CASA’s around the U.S. If you are not listed, send me your info and we will include it. Thank you Sai Yang and Century College for your research and writing on this pa
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January 30, 2016 · KARA Reporting
January Sad Stories (2016 KARA reporting)
Every month Kids At Risk Action draws attention to the plight of abused and neglected children by gathering the stories of at risk children from around the nation. You will find your community on this page. Please share
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January 1, 2016 · KARA Reporting
5 People / Week Accidentally Shot By Children (thank you Wayne LaPierre)
265 Moms, dads, brothers, sisters and selves were shot by very young children this year. This is the first time data on people shot by children has been collected in America. I'm guessing it will go up n next year. There
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December 22, 2015 · KARA Reporting
December Sad Stories
All Adults Are The Protectors of All Children. This page is a gathering of child abuse articles during the month of December - find your state/community here. These children needed our help to have a safe and loving holi
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December 17, 2015 · KARA Reporting
San Francisco Chronicle Article Rob Waters (it's been 10 years and not much has changed)
reprinted from Sunday, February 12, 2006 (SF Chronicle) One Child, One Therapist/An innovative program partners foster children with therapists for as long as they're needed, providing a stability otherwise missing Rob W
November 26, 2015 · KARA Reporting
Sad Stories November 2015
CA: Six children are dead. Could these needless deaths have been prevented? Los Angeles Times – November 24, 2015 There are community-based services he could have tapped, but they’re fragmented and hard to navigate witho
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October 31, 2015 · KARA Reporting
Sad Stories October 2015
Find information about child protection, child endangerment & child well-being in your state here. For past months, click here AR: Arkansas's child welfare system discriminates against relatives of neglectful or abusive
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September 25, 2015 · KARA Reporting
Child Death and Child Abuse Articles (for September 2015 – find your state/country here)
Every month KARA publishes articles that go unnoticed outside of the community they occur. These stories are gathered from different sources all around the nation and some international stories. Please share this page wi
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August 2, 2015 · KARA Reporting
CASA guardian ad-Litem News (find your state here) August 2015
A baby is born addicted to opiates, a young child wakes up to find their parent unresponsive with a needle in their arm, siblings sit in the back seat of a car parked on a country road as their parents are shooting up he
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July 26, 2015 · KARA Reporting
Child Death and Child Abuse Articles (for July 2015 - find your state/country here)
KARA tracks child abuse and death articles from around the nation (and some international cases). Most non death child abuse cases never make it into the media. This page is KARA's discovery of information through July 2
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July 22, 2015 · KARA Reporting
All Talk & No Action - Do We Value Children or Just Talk About It?
How we value children shows up directly in the way we treat people helping us raise our children. It hurts me to see political misunderstanding and an accepted practice of misleading people about something as important a
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July 5, 2015 · KARA Reporting
Child Abuse & Child Welfare Stories For June 2015
KARA compiles news from various sources across the nation each month. Find your state here (international news is also included).
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July 3, 2015 · KARA Reporting
Growing Up In America (do we value children?)
Dana Liebelson's recent interview demonstrates what the state of Michigan went through to stop her reporting on the violent treatment of youth in the state's juvenile prisons is just one more example of a punishment orie
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June 21, 2015 · KARA Reporting
Grandparents; Counties & States Can’t Live With Them, Children Can’t Live Without Them.
It is not the social worker, the teacher, or other professionals working with children that are responsible for the problems within American child protection service, it is lack of awareness and understanding by policy m
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May 31, 2015 · KARA Reporting
Child Protection News Gathered Nationally (find your state here)
ALL ADULTS ARE THE PROTECTORS OF ALL CHILDREN Most of our news for this page (300 + articles) is gathered from; Child Welfare in the News is distributed at no charge by Child Welfare Information Gateway (www.childwelfare
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May 6, 2015 · KARA Reporting
Child Protection Stories Around the Nation (find your state here)
Child abuse reports gathered from around the nation from January through May 4th (find your state here). Post comments here about how your state is protecting children. All adults are the protectors of all children (pass
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May 6, 2015 · KARA Reporting
KARA Child Abuse Reporting This Spring (March, April, May)
Recent child abuse reporting from around the nation (find your state here)
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March 27, 2015 · KARA Reporting
CASA News
Learn about CASA Minnesota here Support CASA in your state (below)Abused and neglected children need more help than the foster care system can provide.
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March 24, 2015 · KARA Reporting
Help KARA Do Something About Drugging Foster Kids (invitation to action)
Invisible Children readers know that psychotropic medications, especially “antipsychotics,” often are used to sedate and restrain problematic people, children especially, and not just any children, but foster children par
March 23, 2015 · KARA Reporting
Drugging Our Kids
This series of videos report on the dramatic increase in the forced use of psychotropic medications by children in California's foster care system. It very well may be an epidemic in every state. I have personally watche
March 18, 2015 · KARA Reporting
Psych Drugs Action Campaign (from the National Center for Youth Law)
On April 14th four bills will be heard before the Health and Human Services Committee of the California State Legislature that improve oversight and monitoring of psychotropic medication treatment for children in foster
March 3, 2015 · KARA Reporting
DR Felliti Explains The Effects of Child Sexual Abuse (read and listen)
This comprehensive NPR interview with DR Vincent Felitti identifies how child sex abuse lasts for ever and how the medical community has grown to understand the epidemic of abuse in our nation and how their ACE (Adverse
February 28, 2015 · KARA Reporting
Sad Children Stories From February
The following sad stories have been gathered from around the nation and give an indication of how different states are handling child abuse and child protection. Find your state here;
Alabama · Alaska · Arizona · Arkansas · California · Colorado · Florida · Georgia · Illinois · Indiana · Kentucky · Louisiana · Maryland · Massachusetts · Michigan · Missouri · Montana · Nebraska · Nevada · New York · Ohio · Oregon · Pennsylvania · South Carolina · Texas · Utah · Vermont · West Virginia · Wisconsin
February 28, 2015 · KARA Reporting
Important Points By Brandon Stahl (Star Tribune) Today On Pope County
The following quotes from Brandon Stahl's reporting today in the Star Tribune indicate the depth and scope of child protection troubles in MN. That Governor Dayton used "Colossal Failure" language and created a task forc
Alaska · Arkansas · California · Colorado · Illinois · Louisiana · Michigan · Minnesota · Oregon · Pennsylvania · Utah · Vermont
February 19, 2015 · KARA Reporting
KARA Conversation With A Minnesota Police Chief
My conversation with a Minnesota police chief today was eye opening. He spoke of how city leaders don't take his repeated warning about the growing body of experience his community is having with troubled children & fami
January 29, 2015 · KARA Reporting
Sad Stories; How America Values Its Children (a national disgrace)
"National Disgrace" is the headline in the Wednesday Star Tribune report on the Federal Government's failure to enforce child protection laws, and the many children dying of abuse and neglect in plain view of child prote
January 25, 2015 · KARA Reporting
The State Of Child Protection in Texas (655 under-reported deaths of abused children)
With one of the nation's largest child abuse agencies, 2.5 billion dollar budget, & 8000 employee, Texas struggles to keep up with the increase in child protection cases, not enough quality foster and adoption families,
January 19, 2015 · KARA Reporting
Falling Through the Cracks (NYTimes) 786 Children Die While in Child Protective Services
This article in yesterday's NY Times, (from AP) shows how at least 786 children died awful deaths while in full view of child protection authorities. The numbers are most likely much higher
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December 13, 2014 · KARA Reporting
Is Minnesota Setting A "Great" Example For Dealing With Child Protection Issues?
With Governor Dayton's Task Force recommendations reported in today's Star Tribune article (Dayton's Task Force Agrees On Overhaul, Brandon Stahl), I am optimistic that this ("great" example) approach to child well being
November 18, 2014 · KARA Reporting
5 Worst States For Child Homelessness (35% of Mississippi Children Are Impoverished)
From the National Center On Family Homelessness; California has over 500,000 children children lacking stable housing. 35% of Mississippi's children live in poverty. Arkansas, Alabama, & New Mexico have the next highest
Alabama · Arkansas · California · Mississippi · New Mexico
November 10, 2014 · KARA Reporting
Child Abuse Stories Across the Nation
MN: Lessons from child abuse deaths go unheeded in Minnesota (Opinion) Minneapolis Star Tribune - November 09, 2014 A Star Tribune examination of state and county records shows little evidence that the mortality reviews
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September 25, 2014 · KARA Reporting
Thank You Ruben Rosario
In reviewing Minnesota's past child abuse tragedies to connect the dots between the sadness of four year old Dennis Jurgens murder by his adopted mother of 1965 (Lois Jurgens went on to adopt five other children after th
September 24, 2014 · KARA Reporting
Child Protection News (gathered nationally - find your state here)
-CA: Drugging Our Kids San Jose Mercury News - September 20, 2014 Children in California's foster care system are prescribed unproven, risky medications at alarming rates. http://webspecial.mercurynews.com/druggedkids/?p
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August 22, 2014 · KARA Reporting
This Week's At Risk Children's News
SC: Exclusive - Robert Guinyard's life and death in SC's child welfare system The State - August 17, 2014 Since his death, Robert has become the face of the debate over whether Social Services is doing all it can to prot
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July 25, 2014 · KARA Reporting
Most Interesting Child Abuse Articles Of The Week
altimore Sun Mandated Reporters (sanctions for not reporting) CA: Former foster youths graduate with help of Journey House Pasadena Star-News - July 23, 2014 When youth grow too old for the foster care system, they often
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June 30, 2014 · KARA Reporting
State Ward Children As Medical Guinea Pigs (or parents withholding medical treatment for religious reasons?)
Justina Pelletier's sad case of medical experimentation on state wards in Massachusetts and the religious freedom to deny children with treatable diseases medical care in so many states, proves the awful truth that child
May 17, 2014 · KARA Reporting
10,000 Two and Three Year Olds On Psychotropic Meds (we will pay for this)
ore than 10,000 American toddlers 2 or 3 years old are being medicated for attention deficit hyperactivity disorder outside established pediatric guidelines, according to data presented on Friday by an official at the Ce
May 13, 2014 · KARA Reporting
Children In The News (update)
MI: Littlest victims: Here's one easy way you can (and should) fight child abuse (Includes Video) mLive - May 01, 2014 This video, titled Make the Call, is a community effort to encourage people to make that call. http:/
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May 1, 2014 · KARA Reporting
Another Happy CASA Story
A couple of weeks ago at an “Everyday Courage” event sponsored by the California Endowment I met a very caring and compassionate woman named Rosa Arevalo. Rosa works for CASA of Los Angeles a non-profit organization that
March 17, 2014 · KARA Reporting
Spanking Babies & Jailing Juveniles (Linked In Conversation)
Support Kids At Risk Action & Purchase Amazon Kindle Invisible Children Ebook for 2.99 (support KARA) or Printed Book $16.95 (invite me to speak at your conference) / Buy our book or donate Sample 4 minute video of Mike’
February 21, 2014 · KARA Reporting
Snakes In Guatemala vs Guns In America
Last weekend, after 20 years of handling snakes, Jamie Coots received his final bite. A rattler got him in the back of the hand. It happened as Coots, a Pentecostal minister, was leading the Saturday night service at his
Alabama · Arizona · California · Florida · Georgia · Idaho · Indiana · Kentucky · Ohio · Tennessee · West Virginia
February 20, 2014 · KARA Reporting
70 Child Abuse Deaths In California's Child Protection System
When paramedics arrived, eight-year old Gabriel Fernandez was not conscious. His skull was cracked. Three ribs were broken. Bruises and burns covered his body. Two teeth were knocked out of his mouth. X-rays would later
February 14, 2014 · KARA Reporting
Abused and Neglected Children's News (thank you Child Welfare In The News)
MA: Patrick To Address Controversy Surrounding Child Welfare Agency Associated Press - January 27, 2014 The failure of the Department of Children and Families to keep track of a missing 5-year-old boy whose family had be
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January 26, 2014 · KARA Reporting
Child Abuse In Your State (recent news from across the nation - thank you Child Welfare in the News)
IN: Can parents sue DCS? Yes, divided justices rule Indiana Lawyer - January 01, 2014 A sharply divided Indiana Supreme Court decision that a family may sue the state's child protection agency for negligence is sure to r
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January 7, 2014 · KARA Reporting
California Children's Report Card
he report points out that in 2010, California's per-student spending was $3,500 below the national average. And between 1995 and 2014, per-student spending increased 19 percent, from $6,971 to $8,304, while spending per
December 3, 2013 · KARA Reporting
Bad Day In The News For Children In Need Of Protection
Z: Senate president rejects request for more CPS funding Your West Valley - December 02, 2013 The president of the state Senate is blasting a request for more money for Child Protective Services, saying the agency may ha
Arizona · California · Florida · Kentucky · Maine · Massachusetts · Missouri · New York · North Carolina
October 3, 2013 · KARA Reporting
Tracking America's Most At Risk Children (through the media, the states & CASA)
Follow these pages to keep up with the most current stories about the people policies & programs working with and reporting on abused and neglected children; Connect to the most recent media stories Connect to CASAs (aro
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August 29, 2013 · KARA Reporting
CASA & GUARDIAN AD - LITEM NEWS (for August)
Local children in desperate need of CASAs. Court Appointed Special Advocates Arizona Silver Belt A CASA is a Court Appointed Special Advocate, who is there to represent a neglected or abused child's best interests and n
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August 29, 2013 · KARA Reporting
CHILD WELFARE NEWS STATE BY STATE (for August)
NBC 4 - August 28, 2013 Records obtained by NBC4 show 63 children died in Los Angeles County as a result of abuse and neglect since January 2012, including some with a lengthy history of allegations leading up to the dea
California · Florida · Massachusetts · Mississippi · New Jersey · Tennessee · Wisconsin
August 11, 2013 · KARA Reporting
Punishing Mental Health Problems With Horrid Juvenile Justice; In Many States, This Is The Rule, Not The Exception
Thank the legal community for shining a light on the abhorrent conditions facing mentally troubled California youth. There's good reason the Feds are denying California's request to extend the time for compliance within
August 8, 2013 · KARA Reporting
Child Welfare In The News (find your state - nation here) 100+ articles
Child Welfare in the News is distributed at no charge by Child Welfare Information Gateway (www.childwelfare.gov), a service of the Children's Bureau/ACF/HHS (www.acf.hhs.gov/programs/cb). It features news stories on top
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July 15, 2013 · KARA Reporting
Riverside CA, 6 Investigations - Case Workers Find The Abuse Allegations "Unfounded" (but the 8 year old boy is dead)
Over the last ten years, six investigations involving Pearl Fernandez found no reason to take her son, Gabriel Fernandez, into protective custody. Gabriel's suicide note about repeated sexual abuse & his circular face we
June 29, 2013 · KARA Reporting
It Can't Happen Here
This article shines light on a serious social failure not uncommon in America. 6 year Sarah Elizondo has been forced by the court to live with a pedophile parent (Nicholas Elizondo served 6 years for the crimes he commit
June 7, 2013 · KARA Reporting
San Francisco: 1 in 3 Gay School Youth Attempt Suicide & 1 in 2 Transgender Students (Center for Disease Control)
My stepfather was gay and had served in the military in the 1940's. He experienced no kindness and very little acceptance for his sexuality during his time on this planet. As a volunteer CASA guardian ad-Litem, I have co
Alabama · California · Massachusetts · Texas
February 19, 2013 · KARA Reporting
CASA guardian ad-Litem News From Around The Nation
Without court appointed CASA guardian ad-Litems, America's at risk children have no voice in the homes they are raised in or for years as state wards in foster care. Some states (Virginia most recently) are moving toward
California · Colorado · Indiana · Ohio · Oklahoma · Oregon · Pennsylvania · Virginia · Wisconsin
February 9, 2013 · KARA Reporting
Child Abuse And The Most Important Public Health Study Ever
The ACE Study - probably the most important public health study you never heard of - emerged from an obesity clinic on a quiet street in San Diego. It was 1985, and Dr. Vincent Felitti was mystified. The physician, chief
February 4, 2013 · KARA Reporting
Total Disaster In Tennessee (NV, TN, CA, & TX in Trouble Too) Disappearing Watchdogs Around the Nation
When detectives interviewed Brewer, she told them the children were punished for stealing food. The case "even shocked some of our most veteran children's case workers," Hudson said. Brewer pleaded not guilty to eight fe
Alabama · Arizona · California · Louisiana · Mississippi · Nevada · Tennessee · Texas
December 19, 2012 · KARA Reporting
Focus On Texas, California, & Florida Child Welfare
CA: Programs for transitioning San Diego foster youth San Diego Entertainer Magazine - November 26, 2012 Just in Time for Foster Youth (JIT) envisions a future in which every youth leaving the foster care system has a co
California · Florida · Texas
December 16, 2012 · KARA Reporting
Our Only Hope For A Safe, Livable America; Talking About Mental Health
Friday’s horrific national tragedy - the murder of 20 children and six adults at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Connecticut - has ignited a new discussion on violence in America. In kitchens and coffee shops ac
California · Connecticut · Idaho · Illinois · Iowa · Minnesota
November 30, 2012 · KARA Reporting
Promoting Prisons As Public Policy
I recently toured Richard Ross Juvenile In Justice museum display in Reno NV. Heart rending photos of ten and twelve year old children in America's justice system. So powerfully does his photographers eye catch the meani
California · Michigan · Minnesota · Missouri · Nevada
October 2, 2012 · KARA Reporting
What David Brooks Didn’t Say
FYI, the World Health Organization defines torture as “extended exposure to violence & deprivation”. Every child in my CASA guardian ad-Litem caseload suffered from being tortured (half of them had been sexually abused).
Arizona · California · Illinois · Michigan
August 19, 2012 · KARA Reporting
School Starts Soon Be Glad It Does; Uneducated Citizens Value Football, Beer, & Reality Shows Above Safe Streets, Healthy Children, or a Functioning Democracy
The foundation of democracy is an educated citizenry; not an incarcerated citizenry – the U.S. has 5% of the world’s population & 25% of the world’s prison population (Minneapolis MN arrested 44% of its adult black men i
July 17, 2012 · KARA Reporting
The Holocaust of Innocence Tour and Documentary
The National Holocaust of Innocence Tour and Documentary/Research Project August 1, 2012, we will be kicking off from Shreveport, Louisiana and will end after May 25, 2013 Washington D.C. two day Rally and Million Surviv
Alabama · Arizona · Arkansas · California · Colorado · Delaware · Florida · Georgia · Illinois · Kansas · Louisiana · Maryland · Massachusetts · Michigan · Missouri · Nebraska · New Jersey · New York · North Carolina · Ohio · Oklahoma · Oregon · Tennessee · Texas · Utah · Virginia · Washington · Wisconsin
June 19, 2012 · KARA Reporting
Being A Child Protection Worker In AZ
There are currently around 30 job openings, and the department loses an average of nearly 30% of its work force each year, which is higher than the national average for similar offices.
May 27, 2012 · KARA Reporting
Louisiana Children Don’t Stand A Chance.
If you can read this, and you are a poor child in Louisiana, beg your mother or father to take you to Arizona, Colorado, Utah, or almost any other state. Your chances of reading at a third grade level, graduating from hi
Arizona · California · Colorado · Kentucky · Louisiana · Utah
April 21, 2012 · KARA Reporting
New ACE Study DVD 3 Minute Preview:
Last night KARA boardmember Bob Olson & I attended the Academy on Violence and Abuse in Bloomington & viewed the powerful information the medical community has assembled on the consequences of Adverse Childhood Experienc
April 19, 2012 · KARA Reporting
From Child Welfare In The News
AZ: Money for foster care in Arizona could be cut by more than half ABC15.com April 18, 2012 The Chandler couple doesn’t understand why state lawmakers would even consider a 60 percent cut to Child Protective Services. U
Arizona · California · Florida · Indiana · Kansas · Maryland · Massachusetts · Nebraska · North Carolina · South Carolina · Tennessee · Washington · West Virginia
April 16, 2012 · KARA Reporting
Institutional Bullying & Suicide; Bishop Gene Robinson
An increasingly popular bumper sticker reads, “Guns Don’t Kill People. RELIGION Kills People!” In light of recent events I would add religion kills young people: gay, lesbian, bisexual, and transgender young people. Per
California · Indiana · Minnesota · New Jersey · New York · Rhode Island · Texas
March 24, 2012 · KARA Reporting
The State Of American Schools (& Stop Blaming Teachers)
Average reading level of America's Senior High Students; 5th grade proficiency Math questions for Georgia grade school children; "Each tree had 56 oranges," the first question starts. "If 8 slaves pick them equally, then
California · Georgia · Indiana · Kansas · Missouri · New Hampshire · Oklahoma · Tennessee
January 29, 2012 · KARA Reporting
Growing Up Inner City
It is up to communities to understand the nature and scope of these issues and treat children with sufficient care and resources to end the madness as stated by MN Supreme Court Chief Justice Kathleen Blatz; “The differe
November 27, 2011 · KARA Reporting
Stop Child Abuse Now Radio Show Interview;
I will be talking about my experiences as a CASA child protection volunteer on an upcoming interview with Bill Murry & his Stop Child Abuse Now / Community Matters Radio Show http://naasca.org/index.html on December 12th
November 25, 2011 · KARA Reporting
Race To The Bottom
From California, as if life for poor children were not difficult enough, State sponsored Indentured Servitude: Lawsuit Seeks to Stop State Welfare Agencies from Illegally Forcing Children to Repay Money Paid to Parents M
Arizona · California · Illinois · Kentucky · Minnesota · New Hampshire · Oklahoma · Pennsylvania · South Dakota
October 29, 2011 · KARA Reporting
Occupy Wall Street For America's Children
Children have no lobby, no voice, & can't fight back when a MN Governor* states that "children that are victims of failed personal responsibility are not my problem, nor are they the problem of the State Of Minnesota". T
California · Indiana · Minnesota · Nebraska
March 11, 2011 · KARA Reporting
He Would Wander The Streets With His Dog Looking For His Mother When He Was A Boy; Abandoned As An Infant - Executed at 37
12 years in child protection has changed the way I look at grown up abandoned children. There is not a religion on the planet that would abandon children a second time.
California · Minnesota · Missouri · New York · Ohio
February 11, 2011 · KARA Reporting
The Crime Of Prosecuting 10 Year Olds As Adults
While this may sound harsh, I see the wisdom in J onathon Swifts Modest proposal; the children he speaks of lead such miserable lives, that killing them early would be reduce their suffering.
November 25, 2010 · KARA Reporting
America By Heart
I'm pleased that Sarah Palin chose a title that would stress heartfulness & compassion. I'm looking forward to reading her constructive ideas for helping America's weakest and most vulnerable citizens.
November 18, 2010 · KARA Reporting
75% Of Inmates Are Illiterate (19% are completely illiterate) Ruben Rosario
85 percent of all juveniles who come into contact with the juvenile court system are functionally illiterate. So are 60 percent of all prison inmates. Inmates have a 16 percent chance of returning to prison if they recei
Arizona · California · Minnesota · Missouri · New York
October 15, 2010 · KARA Reporting
We're Number 1, & that's not good…
Bishop Gene Robinson draws attention to youth suicide & particularly that seven students in one Minnesota school district have taken their own lives, including three teens. GLBT issues underly most of the suicide the Bis
California · Indiana · Minnesota · New Jersey · Rhode Island · Texas
August 31, 2010 · KARA Reporting
Really Good Child Advocacy Links
AZ: Child abuse isn't a priority in Arizona Arizona Daily Star August 31, 2010 Michael is the sixth Pima County child to die in recent years while under the watch of state Child Protective Services. Each killing spurred
Arizona · California · Hawaii · Minnesota · North Dakota · Oregon · South Dakota · Washington
August 18, 2010 · KARA Reporting
International Symposium on Human Nature and Early Experience at Notre Dame
The University of Notre Dame’s Department of Psychology and Center for Children and Families invites you to a multidisciplinary symposium entitled “Human Nature and Early Experience: Addressing the ‘Environment of Evolut
July 24, 2010 · KARA Reporting
The Evolution of CASA volunteering
CASA is most often the only voice a child has once in our overburdened court system. The program is perfect for discovering people that want to help children. Do you support the CASA program in your community? CASA volun
June 30, 2010 · KARA Reporting
Tip Of The Iceberg; Abused Children Dying Due To County Backlogs
"The social worker staff simply cannot keep up with everything we are asking them to do," she said, adding that she planned to make the case to county supervisors that hundreds of additional social workers were needed. "
June 3, 2010 · KARA Reporting
Advanced or Stupid? It's How You Frame It.
What you do to your children, they will do to your society (Pliny - 2500 years ago) Let's all agree to support child friendly programs and legislation (even if it costs money and takes effort).
June 1, 2010 · KARA Reporting
Can't Make This Stuff Up
Why does the United States lead the world's richest democracies in child abuse fatalities, with death rates three times higher than Canada's and 11 times higher than Italy's?
California · Hawaii · Minnesota · South Carolina · Texas
April 22, 2010 · KARA Reporting
Educating America, Help Build KARA's PSA Program For Abused & Neglected Children
In collaboration with award winning Salo of San Ramon CA, & the Academy on Violence and Abuse www.avahealth.org KARA is working to create and place public service ads that bring attention to child abuse on national TV.
April 19, 2010 · KARA Reporting
The Impact of Trauma and Neglect on the Developing Child: Focus on Youth in the Juvenile Justice System
Bruce D. Perry, M.D., Ph.D. ChildTrauma Academy When: Thursday, June 17th Registration: 8:30 a.m. Training: 9:00 a.m. – 4:00 p.m. Mystic Mystice Lake Casino, Shakopee MN Cost: $40 Standard, $30 JJC Community Member, $30
California · Colorado · Illinois · Minnesota · North Dakota · Oklahoma · Texas
March 15, 2010 · KARA Reporting
Abused & Neglected Children Around The Nation
Without reduced funding to manage the increased calls coming in from the community distress that results from the poverty and chaos from our declining economy, social service agencies are becoming unable to respond adequ
California · Florida · Georgia · Hawaii · Illinois · Iowa · Michigan · Minnesota · Nevada · New York · Ohio · Pennsylvania · Tennessee · Texas · Washington · Wyoming
March 13, 2010 · KARA Reporting
Education Is The Engine of Progress & Prosperity
No nation can achieve its potential for greatness without investing in its human capital. The extent to which children successfully negotiate the treacherous passage to adulthood depends on the earliest years of brain an
March 12, 2010 · KARA Reporting
Abandoning Abandoned Children
The list of inner city schools struggling to educate the children of those who could not get to (or for reasons of loyalty, love, or ethics) decided not to, escape to the suburbs where the schools still function is long.
California · Colorado · Georgia · Kansas · Minnesota · Missouri · New York · Texas
February 26, 2010 · KARA Reporting
Acting Like A Responsible Adult
America's aging population is retreating into retirement with its pensions and savings and leaving young families with failing schools, health systems, and communities.
California · Florida · Georgia · Illinois · Kansas · Michigan · Minnesota · Missouri · Nevada · New York · North Carolina · Tennessee · Texas
February 17, 2010 · KARA Reporting
Civil Justice, Mental Health, Children, Education, & Politics
Last night I attended the Patrick Henry High School community Forum on the impact that children's mental health has on the entire education and juvenile justice systems held by Representatives Mindy Greiling and the Civi
February 14, 2010 · KARA Reporting
Blaming Social Workers When Children Die
If American institutions are to be defined today by what they actually create instead of what they were designed to create, then child protection services creates preteen mothers and adolescent felons, and juvenile justi
February 14, 2010 · KARA Reporting
CASA Comments On This May Not Be The Case
My fear and disappointment come from the growing problems being experienced in many states just maintaining programs that are absolutely necessary for providing the most minimal protection for abused and neglected childr
California · Georgia · Michigan · Wyoming
February 9, 2010 · KARA Reporting
Keeping At-Risk Students In High School
Today, many states are increasing their percentage of spending on juvenile justice and criminal justice while maintaining or reducing spending on education. New York and California have been spending about $250,000 per y
California · Minnesota · New York · North Carolina · Texas
February 6, 2010 · KARA Reporting
California's Child Protection Problems Grow
Overall, the department's reform efforts also have been stymied by a 9% reduction in its $1.7-billion budget this year. That's not likely to improve any time soon: Ploehn has been ordered to plan an additional 9% cut for
January 28, 2010 · KARA Reporting
How Americans Respond To Child Abuse
This organization Childabuse.com goes a long way in measuring the attitudes and understanding this nation has towards child abuse and why public policy has lagged so far behind the reality. The more we know, the better o
January 20, 2010 · KARA Reporting
Texas Blog Sequel
This study by Harvard identifies the depth of the educational crisis in Texas; CONFRONTING THE GRADUATION RATE CRISIS IN TEXAS. Daniel Losen, Gary Orfield, and Robert Balfanz. Executive Summary. Misleading and inaccurate
Alaska · California · Missouri · New York · Texas
January 8, 2010 · KARA Reporting
Growing Up In America
One of my guardian ad-Litem youth walked home for many hours on a below zero Minnesota night without a coat because of the abuse he received at a juvenile detention center. He had had enough troubles for a lifetime befor
California · Illinois · Indiana · Maryland · Michigan · Minnesota · Missouri · New Jersey · New York · North Carolina · Oklahoma · Pennsylvania · Tennessee · Texas · Virginia
December 14, 2009 · KARA Reporting
New York, Meet Missouri
National experts on juvenile crime urge states to invest in this type of counseling and rehabilitation, instead of confinement and punishment, as a way to stem adult crime and incarcerations. But for the last 20 years, m
California · Florida · Minnesota · Missouri · New York · Texas
July 25, 2009 · KARA Reporting
18 Month Old Dies After a Dozen Calls To Child Abuse Hotline
A 6-year-old boy whose battered body was found on the floor of a South Los Angeles home was the subject of roughly a dozen calls to Los Angeles County's child abuse hotline alleging abuse or neglect, a county official br
June 14, 2009 · KARA Reporting
California's Growing Child Protection Problem
Meanwhile, county officials recently acknowledged that at least 32 children in L.A. County died from abuse or neglect in 2008. That set off another round of questions about what was needed to make kids safer.
May 19, 2009 · KARA Reporting
Not My Role Model
Missouri went from 90% recidivism in its juvenile justice system to about 10% over just a few years as it transitioned into a restorative justice model that treated youth as children in need of counselling instead of adu
August 27, 2008 · KARA Reporting
Another CASA volunteer voice
Even considering four decades of exhilarating professional life, my most powerful lesson followed retirement in 1996. This happened when I volunteered as a guardian ad-litem for Hennepin County from 1998 to 2000. Guardia
California · Minnesota · Texas
April 6, 2008 · KARA Reporting
California Dreaming
Last week the State of California achieved perfect synchronicity in its public policy making when it announced that criminals would be released early because the state could no longer afford to keep them incarcerated. Th
April 10, 2007 · KARA Reporting
Everybody Wins
A few weeks ago I listened to Larry Rosenstock from High Tech High in San Diego talk about his inner city high schools that send one hundred percent of their graduates onto college. It is real, it is achievable, and it i
June 10, 2006 · KARA Reporting
Improving Attachment
Recommended parenting TechniquesTo improve Attachment The American Professional Society on the Abuse of Children (APSAC) recently released findings that are endorsed by the American Psychological Association regarding Re
December 17, 2005 · KARA Reporting
Missouri Model
We know what works to keep our children safe and out of trouble. The question is will we actually provide the support for all at risk children? Our children deserve the chance to survive and thrive and to be protected fr
September 22, 2005 · KARA Reporting
Child Summit
Managing child protection cases, she said, "means one judge, one family. It means you don't [delay] these cases because someone is sick. You don't make a kid wait in foster care three months while we tend to adult proble