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Louisiana
Louisiana: federal child-welfare figures and 73 pieces of KARA reporting, in full.
Federal child-welfare figures and KARA's reporting on Louisiana.
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 Louisiana
73 articles, newest first, republished in full.
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
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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
March 24, 2026 · KARA Reporting
From Classrooms to Homeless Shelters: How Our Choices Hurt Children
Compared to other advanced nations America treats children and the people who care for them as an afterthought and then acts surprised when our schools and child‑welfare systems are overwhelmed with troubled children suf
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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
February 26, 2026 · KARA Reporting
COVID + ICE RAIDS Impacting America's Schools
COVID school closures and ICE raids have combined to drive U.S. reading, math, history, and civics scores to historic lows. This post outlines national NAEP data, the states with the deepest learning loss, and what these
Alabama · Arkansas · Louisiana · Massachusetts · Minnesota · Mississippi · New Mexico · Oklahoma · West Virginia
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
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.
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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.
Alabama · Alaska · Arizona · Arkansas · California · Colorado · Florida · Idaho · Louisiana · Mississippi · Missouri · Nebraska · Nevada · Oregon · Rhode Island · South Carolina · Tennessee · Texas · Utah · Vermont
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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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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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 1, 2022 · KARA Reporting
Recent Child Welfare Articles & Statistics
Recent Child Welfare Articles & Statistics Summer 2022
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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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December 21, 2021 · KARA Reporting
Domestic Violence Around the World
DOMESTIC VIOLENCE NEWS FROM AROUND THE WORLD WINTER 2021 The United Nations Secretary General Antonio Guterres warned that we are seeing a horrifying global surge in domestic violence all over the world and is urging lea
Connecticut · Kentucky · Louisiana · Maine · New Mexico · Ohio · Tennessee · Utah
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
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
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
July 18, 2020 · KARA Reporting
For New Mexico's At Risk Children - Life is Very Hard (find your state here)
Across the board, America's Southern States seem to maintain an anti tax mantra that devalues the well-being of other people's children. This clear from the KIDS COUNT statistics over the years. This is their most recent
Alaska · District of Columbia · Idaho · Illinois · Louisiana · Michigan · Minnesota · Mississippi · Nebraska · New Mexico · North Dakota · Puerto Rico · South Dakota · Texas · West 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).
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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August 5, 2019 · KARA Reporting
It Didn't Start In a Vacuum (crime - impact & statistics)
DJ Tice Star Tribune article recently made crime very real by describing his wife’s rape, his own assault and home burglary along with the awful Barry Latzer assumption that 80% of Americans could become victims of a vio
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
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
Alabama · Arkansas · Florida · Georgia · Louisiana · Mississippi · North Carolina · South Carolina
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
Arkansas · California · Kentucky · Louisiana · West Virginia
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
June 1, 2018 · KARA Reporting
Stealing Candy From Minnesota Babies (thank you Safe Passage for Children of MN)
If you live with, work with or know at risk children, you know how your community values children. Not much. Since 2004, America had remained 3rd from the bottom on spending for children among the developed nations. Not
Arizona · Arkansas · Louisiana · Minnesota · Mississippi · New Mexico
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
Arizona · California · Florida · Kansas · Louisiana · Maine · Massachusetts
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
Arkansas · California · Florida · Illinois · Louisiana · Michigan · Minnesota · New York · North Dakota · Ohio · Texas
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
California · Florida · Illinois · Iowa · Louisiana · Michigan
December 31, 2017 · KARA Reporting
December 2017 Sad Stories Part I (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
Louisiana · Missouri · New Jersey · North Dakota · Oklahoma · Texas · Virginia
December 2, 2016 · KARA Reporting
November 2016 Sad Stories Part II
Sign Up Here For Friday morning news updates (free) 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
Illinois · Indiana · Louisiana · Maryland · Minnesota · Oregon · Tennessee · Texas · Vermont · Washington
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
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
Arkansas · California · Louisiana · Minnesota · Missouri · Montana · New Jersey · Ohio · Oklahoma · Pennsylvania · Tennessee · Texas
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
Alabama · Arizona · California · Colorado · Florida · Georgia · Idaho · Illinois · Louisiana · Michigan · New Jersey · New Mexico · New York · Ohio · Oklahoma · Oregon · Texas · Washington
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
Alaska · California · District of Columbia · Florida · Louisiana · Michigan · North Carolina · Ohio
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
Alabama · California · Kansas · Louisiana · Minnesota · Mississippi · North Dakota · Ohio · Pennsylvania · South Carolina · Utah
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 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
California · Colorado · Florida · Kentucky · Louisiana · Oregon · South Carolina · Virginia
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
California · Connecticut · Iowa · Louisiana · Ohio · Oklahoma · Oregon · Pennsylvania
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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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
Alaska · California · Colorado · Connecticut · Florida · Georgia · Hawaii · Illinois · Kansas · Louisiana · Maryland · Massachusetts · Michigan · Montana · Nevada · New York · Virginia
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
Arizona · California · Colorado · Indiana · Kentucky · Louisiana · Minnesota · Mississippi · Montana · New Jersey
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)
Alabama · California · Colorado · Florida · Georgia · Illinois · Iowa · Louisiana · Michigan · Minnesota · Missouri · Nevada · New Jersey · New York · North Carolina · Ohio · Pennsylvania · Vermont · West Virginia · Wisconsin
April 4, 2015 · KARA Reporting
What's Wrong With Kansas Part II (how the state values its children)
No longer does Kansas promise its children a full school year . Several districts are closing early because Governor Brownback effectively eliminated 51 million dollars from school budgets (cut per pupil $950 from 2008 t
Arkansas · Kansas · Louisiana · Mississippi · New Mexico · South Carolina · Texas
March 29, 2015 · KARA Reporting
Child Protection - The Big Lie (don't blame the service providers - its the lawmakers)
Minnesotan's talk big about how we value children and how exceptional we are as a people, a nation, a culture. Most of us claim to be spiritual people valuing life and religious teachings that protect our community and i
Arizona · Louisiana · Minnesota · Mississippi · New Mexico
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.
Alabama · Alaska · Arkansas · California · Indiana · Louisiana · Maryland · Minnesota · Missouri · New Jersey · Ohio · Oklahoma · Texas · Washington
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
November 17, 2014 · KARA Reporting
We’re Number One (America leads the world in the wrong things)
We are now number one in child homelessness; one in thirty kids – 2.5 million American children, experienced homelessness last year. Many states don’t offer children insurance, daycare, prenatal care, or healthcare and p
Arkansas · Louisiana · Mississippi · North Carolina · South Carolina
June 5, 2014 · KARA Reporting
Child Welfare In The News (find your state here - some international)
FL: Daniel Kids offering foster care training classes: More than 8,000 children are currently in Florida foster care (Includes video) News 4 Jax - June 01, 2014 Here in Florida there are over 8,000 children currently in
Florida · Louisiana · Missouri · New Jersey · New York · Ohio · Pennsylvania · Rhode Island · Tennessee · Texas
April 24, 2014 · KARA Reporting
Years Of Ignored Child Abuse In Arizona (why should we care?)
Charles Flanagan, head of the new Division of Child Safety and Family Services, said five were people working for him who were found to have been instrumental in crafting and implementing a policy that resulted in ignori
Alaska · Arizona · Indiana · Louisiana · Mississippi · New Mexico · South Carolina · Texas
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
Arkansas · California · Colorado · Florida · Louisiana · Michigan · Minnesota · Missouri · Montana · Nevada · New York
February 14, 2013 · KARA Reporting
Bigger Armies & More Wars - Why Americans Hate Children
Just yesterday a tea party fellow I know (RW) was telling me about the wisdom in former MN Governor Tim Pawlenty’s words, “children that are victims of failed personal responsibility are not my problem, nor are they the
Alabama · Alaska · Florida · Indiana · Louisiana · Minnesota · Mississippi · New Mexico · South Carolina · Texas · West Virginia
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
October 10, 2012 · KARA Reporting
AARP vs. Five Year Olds (Abandoning America's Children)
In just a few more years, oldsters (me & many of you) will be receiving 6 times more government dollars than children in America. United States kids are already at the bottom of the barrel for teen pregnancy, sexually tr
Louisiana · Minnesota · Mississippi · New Mexico · Oklahoma · Texas
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
March 5, 2011 · KARA Reporting
Abused & Neglected Children Impacting Schools, Courts & Communities; What Works - What doesn't
The cost to my community of each child failing to procure the tools to learn & become a productive citizen is far greater than just the drain on schools, crime & institutionalization. Consider the generational impact of
Illinois · Louisiana · Minnesota · Mississippi · Texas
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
September 5, 2010 · KARA Reporting
Back To School & In Support of Education
This child’s traumatic and fearful entry into an unprepared and under-resourced public school system is the tip of the iceberg. The Prozac, Ritalin, and other psychotropic medications being prescribed to very young child
March 25, 2010 · KARA Reporting
The Importance of DayCare, DC, LA,
As a guardian ad-Litem, I have seen plenty of cases where unsavory family members and other questionable practices become the only available answer to a family that cannot find daycare.
February 4, 2010 · KARA Reporting
This May Not Be The Case
A new federal study will soon be getting rave reviews and making us feel like the nation has made great progress in ending child abuse.
Alabama · Louisiana · Mississippi · South Carolina · Texas
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
September 21, 2005 · KARA Reporting
Saving Money Saving Children
About 90% of the children in juvenile justice systems have come out of child protection systems (MN Chief Justice Kathleen Blatz). About 90% of the adults in the criminal justice system have come out of the juvenile just