The Record · GA
Georgia
Georgia: federal child-welfare figures and 96 pieces of KARA reporting, in full.
Federal child-welfare figures and KARA's reporting on Georgia.
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 Georgia
96 articles, newest first, republished in full.
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
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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.
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March 4, 2026 · KARA Reporting
Child Abuse Sad Stories & Statistics (1ST 45 days in 2026))
Child abuse doesn’t stop for holidays or election years. In just the first 45 days of 2026, sad stories and new statistics are already piling up. This post tracks those cases and numbers to show how many invisible childr
Georgia · Ohio · West Virginia
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
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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
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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
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September 18, 2025 · KARA Reporting
Domestic Violence to a Five Year Old (living in a house of terror)
Watching mom beaten or raped is terror. Homeless mothers and children are many times more likely to be assaulted and molested. Children of addicted and alcoholic moms and dads are beaten and raped more often too. Trauma
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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
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.
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September 12, 2024 · KARA Reporting
Child Welfare News Fall 2024 (compiled articles)
KARA compiles child abuse and neglect stories and data about abused and neglected children
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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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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
July 17, 2022 · KARA Reporting
American Crime Costs & Statistics
READ TO THE END TO LEARN THE COSTS OF CRIME IN AMERICA TODAY
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June 10, 2022 · KARA Reporting
Child Welfare Articles and Statistics For Week of 6.10.2022
Child Welfare Articles and Statistics For Week of 6.10.2022
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November 28, 2021 · KARA Reporting
Child Abuse Stories, Statistics & Politics In America Today
Kids At Risk Action gathers stories and statistics about child abuse and child welfare State By State + International)
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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
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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 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
April 20, 2020 · KARA Reporting
Violence Against Children & Covid19 – (it’s own pandemic) part III
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
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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
January 26, 2020 · KARA Reporting
Domestic Violence to a Five Year Old (living in a house of terror)
Watching mom beaten or raped is terror. Homeless mothers and children are many times more likely to be assaulted and molested. Children of addicted and alcoholic moms and dads are beaten and raped more often too. Trauma
August 22, 2019 · KARA Reporting
American Crime Costs & Statistics
READ TO THE END TO LEARN THE COSTS OF CRIME IN AMERICA TODAY
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July 19, 2019 · KARA Reporting
Recent Foster Stories & Statistics
These recent stories, statistics & videos represent the state of foster care in America today and what it is like for a child to be a Ward of the State in your State;
Arizona · Georgia · Indiana · Michigan · Minnesota · Mississippi · Texas
June 4, 2019 · KARA Reporting
Recent International Child Protection News
Often, we look to the government to provide support in order to protect our children; however, the following news stories point to a disturbing trend of a lack of state action in preventing or even intervening in child w
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January 2, 2019 · KARA Reporting
Recent Child Suicide Reports & Statistics (part I)
Most child suicide is underreported & obfuscated self-harming behaviors remain almost unknown except to those involved… find your state here;
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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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August 3, 2018 · KARA Reporting
Infant & Child Death July 2018 (part 2)
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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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 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 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
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 6, 2018 · KARA Reporting
Child Welfare by State (statistics & news April 2018 (7) child sex abuse
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
Alabama · Georgia · New York · Utah · Washington
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
April 21, 2018 · KARA Reporting
Child Abuse, Death & Trauma March 2019 (IX)
Tuesday morning baby death is Milwaukee's 13th of the year WISN Milwaukee Tuesday morning's death of a five-month-old girl is the 13th baby death so far this year, a medical examiner's office spokesperson said. Emergency
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April 9, 2018 · KARA Reporting
Child Well Being Statistics, Stories & Trauma March 2018 (V)
Woman Arrested In Death Of 11-Month-Old Girl CBS Boston / WBZ QUINCY (CBS) – A 27-year-old Quincy woman is facing charges in the death of a baby. Prosecutors say Shu Feng Hsu assaulted 11-month-old Chloe Chen in February
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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
Arizona · California · Florida · Georgia · Kansas · Kentucky
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
Arizona · California · Florida · Georgia · Idaho · Illinois · Iowa
March 1, 2018 · KARA Reporting
Sad Stories Feb 2018 Part I (child abuse - child death stories & statistics)
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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January 11, 2018 · KARA Reporting
MN At Risk Children's News July - September 2017 (II)
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 facts we should be aware
Georgia · Minnesota · North Carolina · North Dakota · Pennsylvania · Wisconsin
December 31, 2017 · KARA Reporting
December 2017 Sad Stories Part II (child abuse stories & articles from your state)
KARA (Kids At Risk Action) 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. Most child traum
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
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
June 16, 2017 · KARA Reporting
CASA guardian ad-Litem News Feb thru May 2017 Part II (be a voice for children)
FIND YOUR CASA here – CASA’s around the U.S. If you are not listed, send me your info and we will include it. Find out what the other 975 CASA’s from around the nation are up to. Last year, more than 76,000 CASA and guar
Arizona · Connecticut · Florida · Georgia · Illinois · New Mexico · North Carolina · South Carolina
April 1, 2017 · KARA Reporting
Sad Stories March 2017 Part III
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. These pages are a sampling of what
Connecticut · Florida · Georgia · Iowa · Kentucky · Minnesota
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
February 4, 2017 · KARA Reporting
CASA Guardian ad-Litem News Around the Nation December 2016 -January 2017
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
Alabama · Florida · Georgia · Illinois · Indiana · Minnesota · Montana · North Carolina · Pennsylvania · Texas
January 31, 2017 · KARA Reporting
Donate Books For African Children (no better way to part with old friends)
The perfect way to part with treasures that can keep on giving (and to children). St Paul and Georgia locations provided below & please read the book donation rules. KARA supports this effort and asks you to share this l
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
Alaska · Arizona · Arkansas · California · Colorado · Connecticut · Georgia · Louisiana · New Hampshire
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
Arkansas · California · Georgia · Illinois · Kentucky · Minnesota · Mississippi · Nebraska
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
California · Colorado · Connecticut · Georgia · Illinois · Kentucky
August 13, 2016 · KARA Reporting
CASA Guardian ad Litem News From Around the Nation July 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 KARA volunteers for your research and writing on this page. All Adult
Alabama · Connecticut · Florida · Georgia · Missouri · Nevada · North Carolina · Oregon · Tennessee · Texas · Virginia
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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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
Alabama · Arizona · California · Colorado · Florida · Georgia · Idaho · Illinois · Louisiana · Michigan · New Jersey · New Mexico · New York · Ohio · Oklahoma · Oregon · Texas · Washington
February 26, 2016 · KARA Reporting
February Sad Stories (2016 KARA reporting)
AZ: DCS Completing More Investigations, But Court Cases Increase (Includes audio)
Alabama · Connecticut · Florida · Georgia · New York · Oklahoma · Texas · Virginia
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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November 12, 2015 · KARA Reporting
CASA guardian ad-Litem News Around The Nation
Florida Guardian ad Litem program gets more than 850 suitcases to give to foster kids Daily Journal Guardian ad Litem executive director Alan Abramowitz said some of the women got so involved in the collection process th
Delaware · Georgia · Illinois · Louisiana · Montana · Ohio · Oklahoma · Texas · Washington
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
Alabama · California · Florida · Georgia · Illinois · Indiana · Louisiana · Missouri · Nebraska · North Carolina · Pennsylvania · South Carolina
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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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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April 17, 2015 · KARA Reporting
CASA News Around the Nation for April (what do guardian ad-Litems do?)
The following is a compilation of Court Appointed Special Advocate - guardian ad-litem news in April from around the nation (find your state here). Send KARA your announcements & news articles (short form with links & in
Connecticut · Delaware · Florida · Georgia · Kansas · Maine · North Carolina · Pennsylvania · South Carolina · Tennessee · Texas
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
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
Arizona · Arkansas · California · Colorado · Florida · Georgia · Idaho · Illinois · Indiana · Kansas · Minnesota · Mississippi · Missouri · Montana · Nebraska · Nevada · New Jersey · New York · North Carolina · Ohio · Oklahoma · Oregon · Pennsylvania · South Carolina · Texas · Wisconsin
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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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
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
California · Connecticut · Florida · Georgia · Missouri · New Jersey · Oklahoma · South Carolina · Texas · Vermont
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:/
California · District of Columbia · Georgia · Illinois · Indiana · Nebraska · Tennessee · Texas · Utah
April 1, 2014 · KARA Reporting
Bad Day In The News For At Risk Children
Friends of KARA, please appreciate that these children don't get much press and aside from the blaming of caregivers and social workers, not much investigating is done and few solutions are offered. The issues are uncomf
Connecticut · Georgia · Michigan · Nebraska · West Virginia
March 14, 2014 · KARA Reporting
Great Discussion On Privatized Foster Care In Georgia (Linked In)
Fascinating debate occurring in Georgia that has life-altering impacts on children. Have you studied the research on privatization of foster care and/or other child welfare services? If so, please share what you've learn
Florida · Georgia · Kansas · Michigan · Mississippi · Nebraska · Texas
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 3, 2014 · KARA Reporting
A Glimmer Of Hope (push for preschool)
Preschool is having its moment, as a favored cause for politicians and interest groups who ordinarily have trouble agreeing on the time of day. President Obama devoted part of his State of the Union address to it, while
Alabama · Georgia · Iowa · Michigan · Minnesota · Montana · New York · Oklahoma · Tennessee
January 1, 2014 · KARA Reporting
Improving State Child Protection Systems In 2014 (whatever it takes)
Class action lawsuits get results where legislators don't (Oklahoma, Tennessee, Georgia, D.C., New Jersey, Mississippi) Proving that it's not who is your senator, but who is your attorney. Whatever it Takes. From Oklahom
Georgia · Mississippi · New Jersey · Oklahoma · Tennessee
July 13, 2013 · KARA Reporting
Justice For Children In Atlanta Is Suffering Under Judge John Goger
Why would a guardian ad litem make $150,000 suppressing evidence, Why would a custody evaluator make $65,000 on a case where the evidence was overwhelming? Apparently, to prevent a child from being protected against the
April 14, 2013 · KARA Reporting
More Cheating Fallout From the NCLB Tragedy (DC Schools This Time)
Teachers that lived through the Bush era No Child Left Behind fiasco understand the impossibility of making students succeed and schools look good with inadequate resources and classrooms bulging with kids that can't rea
District of Columbia · Georgia · Michigan · Tennessee · Texas
April 3, 2013 · KARA Reporting
Magic Potions For Children
Teachers, social workers, justice workers, and parents today are forced to collude with big pharma to medicate children who would no more be able to handle suicidal ideation than they could handle rape. If you know someo
March 30, 2013 · KARA Reporting
The Institution of Abusing Children In Georgia
Programs for poor and under-performing children are far less expensive in the long run than letting illiterate third graders fail in a society that pretty much guarantees them a very expensive prison cell next to so many
November 11, 2012 · KARA Reporting
Following Up On The 7 Year Old Foster Boy That Hung Himself & Left An Anti-Prozac Note
The recent 3 Billion Dollar fine of GlaxoSmithKline for hiding information, bribing doctors, & promoting unapproved (and dangerous) drugs to children, included criminal as well as civil settlements is a snapshot of what’
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
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
July 8, 2011 · KARA Reporting
Coming To Your State Soon? "A culture of fear, intimidation, & retaliation"
Standardized tests were corrupted at 44 schools by 178 teachers & principals (over half have confessed) & a former "superintendent of the year" in Atlanta Georgia will not seek extension of her contract. Criminal charges
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
Arkansas · Colorado · Florida · Georgia · Louisiana · Missouri · Nebraska · New Mexico · Ohio · Oklahoma · Tennessee · Texas
May 7, 2010 · KARA Reporting
America's Children, Mental Health, & Society
Between 40 to 85 percent of kids in foster care have mental health problems.
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
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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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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.
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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 12, 2010 · KARA Reporting
The Impact Of Tampering With Georgia's Student's Test Results
a href="http://www.startribune.com/nation/84190787.html?elr=KArks:DCiUMEaPc:UiD3aPc:_Yyc:aULPQL7PQLanchO7DiUr">Georgia's hiding of hard truths is a terrifying trend in our nation. Here's why;
Georgia · Minnesota · New Hampshire · Texas
January 27, 2010 · KARA Reporting
Georgia Child Protection: Too Many Children Too Few Resources
The division has been under a consent decree since 2005. The agreement stems from a 2002 class action lawsuit in which Children's Rights claimed that Georgia's child protection agencies were overburdened and mismanaged.
August 3, 2009 · KARA Reporting
AARP and CASA
MN day care It is a bigger step to convince people that healthy children become healthy citizens, but it is true. Support at risk children! Become a CASA volunteer or start a KARA group in your community. Have something
March 30, 2009 · KARA Reporting
Ruben Rosario: Immigration Raids Traumatize Children
"I want to remind people that family values do not stop at the Rio Grande River. People are coming to our country to do jobs that Americans won't do, to be able to feed their families.": Former President George W. Bush
February 3, 2006 · KARA Reporting
Worth Reprinting
State must make early childhood investments a priority KELLY DORAN During a speech in Hong Kong near the end of his China trade mission late last year, Gov. Tim Pawlenty expressed his amazement at the "scope" of China's