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Colorado
Colorado: federal child-welfare figures and 100 pieces of KARA reporting, in full.
Federal child-welfare figures and KARA's reporting on Colorado.
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 Colorado
100 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,
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June 26, 2026 · KARA Reporting
Child Abuse Prevention In America (videos & articles)
KARA reports on the issues of at risk children by curating a wide lens on child abuse and child protection. This post pulls together recent coverage from newspapers, universities, public health departments, UNICEF, the W
Colorado · Georgia · North Carolina · Oklahoma · South Carolina · Virginia
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.
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May 11, 2026 · KARA Reporting
2. How Colorado Hid Child Abuse Behind FAR Policy Changes (thank you Marie Cohen & Child Welfare Monitor)
Colorado claims a 40 percent drop in child abuse and neglect, but state data tell a different story. Hotline reports are up, while fewer cases are screened in, more are diverted to Family Assessment Response (FAR), inste
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
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
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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
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
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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
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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
October 2, 2025 · KARA Reporting
CASA Volunteers Save Money (Multiple State Investigation Results)
The following CASA (Court Appointed Special Advocate) investigations demonstrate the cost savings and economic impact of CASA programs in child protection across the nation. They do not include the value a trained commun
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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 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
March 23, 2025 · KARA Reporting
Hidden Crisis of Child Abuse and Trauma During the COVID Lockdown KARA Podcast
Jamie and Alex explore the hidden crisis of child abuse and trauma during the COVID-19 pandemic. They discuss how lockdowns led to a dramatic drop in abuse reports, not because abuse decreased, but because children were
August 17, 2024 · KARA Reporting
Schools, Child Suicide, Nurses, & COVID
Repeated childhood trauma does cruel things to children. Things that never go away. Those things (behaviors/thoughts/self-harm/suicide) can be managed with help. Without help, depression, pain and sadness often become ov
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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.
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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
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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
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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
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September 1, 2022 · KARA Reporting
Recent Child Welfare Articles & Statistics
Recent Child Welfare Articles & Statistics Summer 2022
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April 12, 2022 · KARA Reporting
COVID-19 Impact on Child Welfare in Colorado
Calls to Colorado’s child abuse hotline fell during coronavirus, but harm to kids likely didn’t - COVID-19 is Stressing Colorado’s Child Welfare System -A growing number of Colorado children have lost a caregiver due to
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
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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 4, 2021 · KARA Reporting
Recent Child Self-Harm & Suicide (state reporting summer 2021)
Recent Child Self-Harm & Suicide (state reporting summer 2021)
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.
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May 28, 2021 · KARA Reporting
COVID Complicates the Mental Health of Traumatized Children
The severity of the mental health issues hammering traumatized children suffering from the abuse, neglect and traumas of an entire year of COVID lockdown without respite will become apparent to all of us soon.
Colorado · Connecticut · Florida · Ohio · Texas · Washington · Wisconsin
October 18, 2020 · KARA Reporting
Child Suicide Reporting (3 weeks ending 10.17.20)
These articles reflect current trends in child suicide & self-harm in America today. Only a fraction of child/youth suicides are successful. The vast majority of self-inflicted harm remains invisible. Mental health servi
Colorado · Florida · Maryland · North Carolina · Oregon · Tennessee · Virginia
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
February 25, 2020 · KARA Reporting
Tortured Twice In Louisiana; A Sad Abused Ten Year Old Boy Facing Prison For Escaping His Abuser
What does it take for a child to find refuge in Louisiana? Will the state execute the boy (he is being tried as an adult & Texas has ignored a federal ban on executing the mentally incompetent).
December 16, 2019 · KARA Reporting
Guardian ad-Litem Blogs & News
Guardian ad litem program needs volunteers in Anderson area Anderson Independent Mail Trained volunteers in the Cass Elias McCarter Guardian ad Litem Program helped more than 10000 abused or neglected South Carolina chil
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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
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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
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September 11, 2018 · KARA Reporting
Only Evil Governments Torture Other People's (Immigrant) Children
Losing 1475 migrant children as a political statement was an awful example of what America is becoming know for internationally. Letting Migrant Kids Rot in shabby poorly run centers for months or years stinks of racism
July 4, 2018 · KARA Reporting
Child Welfare State By State for May 2018 (8)
SC: South Carolina, Under Lawsuit Settlement and Needing 1,500 Foster Homes, Could Become 20th State To Create Ombudsmans' Office (Commentary) Chronicle of Social Change - April 30, 2018 South Carolina is set to become t
May 20, 2018 · KARA Reporting
Child Welfare by State (statistics & news April 2018 (2)
American states are struggling to find answers for ending adverse childhood experiences and saving at risk children by reversing the explosive growth of child abuse and neglect. Today, many state ward children are the 4t
Arizona · Colorado · Connecticut · Florida · Georgia · Hawaii · Minnesota
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
Arizona · California · Colorado · Delaware · Illinois · Kansas
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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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
February 1, 2018 · KARA Reporting
January Sad Stories 2018 Part I (find your state here)
American states are struggling to find answers for ending adverse childhood experiences and saving at risk children by reversing the explosive growth of child abuse and neglect. Today, many state ward children are the 4t
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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
California · Colorado · Iowa
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
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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
August 10, 2017 · KARA Reporting
Your Tax Dollars At Work (why profit driven schools fail our children)
If you look hard and long at who is hurt the most by the Globes and Trumps of the world, it is almost always poor people that don't have the education, the background or the ability to know when they are being scammed. T
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
April 20, 2017 · KARA Reporting
Sad Stories April 2017 Part I
KARA tracks current news about at risk children bringing transparency and attention to our youngest and most vulnerable citizens. These pages are a sampling of what should be reported – the great majority of child trauma
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March 31, 2017 · KARA Reporting
Minnesota Child Protection News March 2017
MN Child Protection News March 2017 KARA gathers news about abused Minnesota’s abused children every month and provides a snapshot of Child Protection and how our state values its children. If you are an aspiring writer/
Colorado · Delaware · Minnesota · Nebraska · South Dakota
March 18, 2017 · KARA Reporting
Sad Stories March 2017 Part II
OR: Report: Child welfare review teams under microscope Merced Sun-Star - March 06, 2017 Barely three days after 12-year-old Caden Berry of Keizer died, the head of Oregon's child welfare agency ordered a full review of
Arizona · Colorado · Georgia · Indiana · Maine · Nebraska · Ohio
March 4, 2017 · KARA Reporting
February 2017 Sad Stories (part III)
Dyers sentenced to 15 years for felony child abuse The Coloradoan Two Fort Collins parents convicted of neglecting their daughter's seizure condition and allowing her to all but waste away were sentenced Thursday to … Fo
Colorado · Florida · Hawaii · Michigan · New York · Wisconsin
February 19, 2017 · KARA Reporting
February Sad Stories 2017 Part I
http://www.sfgate.com/news/article/Bill-would-let-nonrelatives-care-for-foster-10920621.php KY: Westerfield introduces bill to set age of criminal responsibility for youth Kentucky New Era - February 08, 2017 Criminal co
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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
Arizona · California · Colorado · Florida · Hawaii
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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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
California · Colorado · Connecticut · Georgia · Illinois · Kentucky
August 22, 2016 · KARA Reporting
August Sad Stories 2016 (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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June 25, 2016 · KARA Reporting
June 2016 Sad Stories (part 1)
MN: Washington County: Child protection changes increase caseload South Washington County Bulletin - May 27, 2016 State funding will allow Washington County to hire three more child protection workers, but officials say
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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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April 12, 2016 · KARA Reporting
Colorado Child Protection New March 2016
CO: Denver County Human Services to close center for foster teens Denver Post - March 01, 2016 A Denver County home for troubled teenagers in foster care will close in July, and 64 workers with the Human Services Departm
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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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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August 19, 2015 · KARA Reporting
Child Death and Child Abuse Articles (for August 2015 - find your state/country here)
CA: County responses unacceptable (Opinion) Ukiah Daily Journal - August 02, 2015 The Mendocino County Health and Human Services Agency's response to the Grand Jury is one of the most twisted documents I have ever read.
Colorado · Illinois · Iowa · Kentucky · Massachusetts · Texas · Virginia · Wisconsin
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 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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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
Alabama · California · Colorado · Florida · Georgia · Illinois · Iowa · Kansas · Louisiana · Michigan · Minnesota · Missouri · Nevada · New Jersey · New Mexico · New York · North Carolina · Pennsylvania · Vermont · West Virginia · Wisconsin
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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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;
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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
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February 13, 2015 · KARA Reporting
Celebrate & Continue the Good Work of CASA Minnesota (March 9th 530 - Surly's Brewery)
Save the date friends and join the happy people, hors d'oervres, pop music by Postina, and Beer Tasting at Surly Brewing Company. Live auction includes African Safari for two, weekend at Copper Mountain, Colorado, Disney
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 3, 2014 · KARA Reporting
It Happens Over and Over (profound child abuse - child death - inadequate reporting & response)
This is my take from Brandon's article of Nov 30th (linked above) Minnesota's recent brutal murder of 4 year old Eric Dean after 14 ignored reports of child abuse by mandated reporters (and one family assessment) is beco
Arizona · Colorado · Florida · Maine · Minnesota · Ohio · Texas · Virginia
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 9, 2014 · KARA Reporting
Changing A Bad Law (thank you Brandon Stahl & Star Tribune)
Minnesota's abused and neglected children finally catch a break. Brandon Stahl's superb reporting on the tortured death of 4-year old Eric Dean after fifteen ignored reports finally reached the State's top child protecti
September 2, 2014 · KARA Reporting
Why Are So Many Six Year Olds On Prozac?
Hennepin County Judge Heidi Schellhas shared her records of very young children taking psychotropic medications that had passed through her courtroom with me in 2005 (for my book, Invisible Children. It was astounding to
August 26, 2014 · KARA Reporting
Almost Half The Children Dying From Abuse In Colorado Were In Or Known To Child Protection Workers (72 of 175)
Today's Denver Post Article reports a just completed state child protection workload study that indicates a need for 574 more child protection workers to keep abused and neglected children safe in the state (a 49% increa
August 14, 2014 · KARA Reporting
This Week's Child Death Reporting
DFCS child death cases spike in 2013MyAJC.comThe Atlanta Journal-Constitution published a series of stories in 2013 and 2014 cataloging Georgia's failure to protect children from abuse and neglect …
Colorado · Georgia · North Carolina · Oklahoma · Rhode Island · West Virginia
June 22, 2014 · KARA Reporting
CASA Guardian ad-Litem News (updates from around the nation)
Lawyers to become 'eyes and ears' of judges in new Family Law Guardian ad Litem pilot program Bradenton Herald More than two dozen lawyers from the Icard Merrill law firm have signed up to be guardians ad litem as part o
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May 1, 2014 · KARA Reporting
Great News For Colorado's At Risk Children (child abuse data is now public - people will become aware)
DENVER (AP) - Colorado has created a website that provides the public with child-protection and child-abuse information for each county, the latest in a series of reforms that follow a number of child deaths in the state
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’
March 1, 2014 · KARA Reporting
Single Mom Survival (most moving story on the web today)
I had aspirations and potential when I was fresh out of high school in 1997. I graduated from a private school with a 3.97 GPA. I could have gone to practically any college I'd set my sights on, but I wanted to stay in m
November 4, 2013 · KARA Reporting
What We Think Of Children In America
In one poor school district in Colorado’s San Luis Valley, students take classes in a bus garage, using plastic sheeting to keep the diesel fumes at bay. In another, there is no more money to tutor young immigrants strug
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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April 1, 2013 · KARA Reporting
Tracking America's Most At Risk Children (Weekly)
Teen who killed baby sentenced to 90 days October 18, 2012. Colorado. Dylan Kuhn had called authorities stating that his 6-month-old daughter was found hanging from her crib by her next and that she wasn’t breathing. Aut
Colorado · New Mexico · Oregon · Pennsylvania · Tennessee · Virginia
March 13, 2013 · KARA Reporting
Failed To Death In Colorado and Minnesota (thank you Denver Post)
175 helpless children have been beaten, starved, suffocated and burned to death in Colorado these past 5 years. Colorado and Minnesota are almost the exact same population size and have very similar child death records.
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 8, 2013 · KARA Reporting
Tracking America's Most At Risk Children (Compiled)
New documents obtained by KCAL9 detail previous allegation of abuse in the case of a now- deceased 8-year-old Palmdale boy who investigators say was tortured and beaten to death. Gabrieal Frenandez suffered a skull fract
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August 1, 2012 · KARA Reporting
Little Is Known About Deaths & Serious Injuries To Children In America
While this article was about children in America’s day care centers, I draw your attention to the terrific increase in brutal violence against children outside of day care. As a guardian ad-Litem for Hennepin County I ha
Colorado · Indiana · Louisiana · Minnesota · Mississippi · Tennessee
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
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
February 22, 2012 · KARA Reporting
Thank You Colorado Springs Gazette For Your Excellent Child Protection Reporting
A three-part series where The Gazette explores how the child protection system works, how El Paso County ranks in terms of child abuse and how child neglect differs from child abuse in the eyes of prosecutors who handle
January 31, 2012 · KARA Reporting
43 Child Deaths Due Policy Violations In Colorado Social Services
To appreciate the meanness of some states I point to (Mitch Daniels) Indiana's stealing (redirecting) the funding promised to parents that adopted abandoned special needs children (after they had been adopted) & the fisc
December 28, 2011 · KARA Reporting
Fewer Families Adopting In Denver (Agency Closing After 22 Years)
I expect that the same is true all across America; families are finding it harder to support at risk children on lower incomes; http://www.denverpost.com/news/ci_19628951 It just seems to me that America's children shoul
July 15, 2011 · KARA Reporting
Military Suicides & Child Abuse; A Growing Problem
What do you think about the impact of suicide on the children of the over one thousand MN veterans that have committed suicide? If you know the children of a suicidal parent you know torture.
December 20, 2010 · KARA Reporting
Child Abuse Death; Every Child Matters
While the child abuse/child neglect crisis is one of major national concern, it also is of particular significance in the top 12 states that are above the national average for child abuse/neglect deaths (2.33 per 100,000
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August 11, 2010 · KARA Reporting
Practical Strategies for Helping Troubled Adopted Children with Complex Histories: Focus On Anger Issues with Dr. Richard J. Delaney
Minnesota Adoption Resource Network Announces August Webinar Wednesday, August 25, 2010 12:00 PM to 1:30 PM Many adopted children are "multiply impacted" by prenatal exposure to drugs, and/or alcohol, by neglect and depr
April 25, 2010 · KARA Reporting
Drugs Without Therapy Is Ineffective & Can Be Dangerous
Almost nothing is known about the rivers of psychotropic medications that are poured into the millions five, seven, and nine year old children that pass through child protection systems in America without sufficient ment
April 19, 2010 · KARA Reporting
The Impact of Trauma and Neglect on the Developing Child: Focus on Youth in the Juvenile Justice System
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April 2, 2010 · KARA Reporting
Mental Health, Drug & Alcohol Abuse Programs Don't Cost They Save
Programs that help youth understand these issues and how to cope with them are one of the best investments that we can make in our youth and our community. Not having programs is expensive. Just ask the people that lost
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.
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June 23, 2009 · KARA Reporting
DCF: More Florida Parents Taking Their Money Troubles Out On Kids
Florida child abuse, and with it a rise in bullying. The state Department of Children and Families says there's also an increase in the severity of the cases, with 59 deaths so far this year being investigated as possibl