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Michigan: federal child-welfare figures and 104 pieces of KARA reporting, in full.
Federal child-welfare figures and KARA's reporting on Michigan.
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 Michigan
104 articles, newest first, republished in full.
May 23, 2026 · KARA Reporting
Part 2: The Science Behind Early Childhood Returns (ROI)
The extraordinary ROI of early childhood programs stems from neurobiological and economic synergy. During ages 0–5, the brain forms 1 million neural connections per second, creating foundational skills that dictate lifel
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
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March 28, 2026 · KARA Reporting
Cash vs. CPS: What $14 Million Really Buys
Flint’s Rx Kids program has spent about $14 million giving pregnant and new parents roughly $6,250 per baby in flexible cash: money families use for rent, food, diapers, and medical care. By contrast, CDC linked research
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
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December 7, 2025 · KARA Reporting
Mental Health Video & Podcast Resources for Abused & Neglected Children & Trauma Survivors
Below are KARA's researched useful videos and podcasts on child abuse and neglect mental health ACEs, trauma, healing, and skill‑building cluster into a few groups: big‑picture science, practical trauma‑informed care, an
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December 4, 2025 · KARA Reporting
In Texas 2024, only 10 Children Died of Abuse (248 died of neglect)
Texas child neglect fatalities 2024: The Most Common Cause of Child Death in Texas Isn't defined as Abuse. The Center for disease control defines child abuse with clarity as any act of physical, sexual, or emotional harm
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November 25, 2025 · KARA Reporting
Trump's Child Protection Order & "NEGLECT"
President Trump’s new framing. That most child neglect cases “don’t belong” in CPS because they are “only poverty”. Ignores a very large body of evidence that (1) poverty and neglect are tightly intertwined but not identic
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November 3, 2025 · KARA Reporting
School Counselors & Why We Need Them
If we are to save the growing numbers of children facing serious problems we need many more skilled counselors and mental health workers in our schools. In this time of unregulated digital chaos, social, and political up
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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
Alabama · Alaska · California · Colorado · Illinois · Kansas · Massachusetts · Michigan · Minnesota · Mississippi · Nevada · New Jersey · New York · Oregon · South Dakota · Texas · Washington · West Virginia · Wyoming
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
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June 16, 2023 · KARA Reporting
Hospital Mental health services closing across America May 12 – June 16 2023
Social media, political and community outrage and COVID Lockdown stress are overwhelming mental health caregivers and institutions in every community - Child suicide/self-harm are rising dramatically Speak out, Share thi
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January 21, 2023 · KARA Reporting
Grace's Story (Thank you ChildrensRights.org)
Grace, a Black 15-year old who was sent to a juvenile detention center for failure to submit schoolwork. In an email to Grace's caseworker, her teacher stated that Grace was “not out of alignment with most of my other st
November 27, 2022 · KARA Reporting
Let's Stop Counties Stealing Money From Foster Children
Repurposing Federal Foster Care dollars have become a “revenue stream” for counties because taking foster child money goes “unnoticed” (from the article). In a perfect world, a County person would raise hell about repurp
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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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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December 21, 2021 · KARA Reporting
Grace's Story (Thank you ChildrensRights.org)
Grace, a Black 15-year old who was sent to a juvenile detention center for failure to submit schoolwork. In an email to Grace's caseworker, her teacher stated that Grace was “not out of alignment with most of my other st
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 14, 2021 · KARA Reporting
CDC Charts Mental Health & Child Suicide Pre COVID
COVID is Hammering Children’s Mental Health These charts show steadily rising trends over the ten year period before COVID. The data pointing to youth planning suicide in the past year is very serious (2019).
Maine · Michigan · Pennsylvania · Wisconsin
July 9, 2021 · KARA Reporting
Child Welfare Information (find your state here)
These recent articles reflect the stories of America's at risk children and youth. If we don't know the issues, there doesn't seem to be a problem. If we don't see a problem there is no need for a solution. Their stories
California · District of Columbia · Florida · Georgia · Louisiana · Michigan · Nevada · New Hampshire
May 16, 2021 · KARA Reporting
Child Abuse News & Statistics In Your State
CHILD ABUSE & CHILD PROTECTION IN YOUR STATE
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September 24, 2020 · KARA Reporting
What Child Abuse Looked Like in America Last Week (a snapshot)
Those of us that know about the traumas abused children suffer need to say more if we are ever to reverse the trend of generational child abuse in America. These articles were compiled over the last week. The COVID pande
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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
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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
March 6, 2020 · KARA Reporting
Foster Care News 2019
The first article in this series is a CASEY Foundation Q&A about recruiting American Indian Foster Parents in Oklahoma and fixing the State’s struggling child welfare system. All states are struggling to find safe homes
Alabama · California · Illinois · Kentucky · Michigan · New York · North Carolina · Ohio · Oklahoma · Wisconsin
January 8, 2020 · KARA Reporting
KARA's Sad Stories, Statistics and Articles State By State & International
Follow KARA's reporting on child abuse & well-being in your state here; stories, statistics and articles about the things most important to at risk children
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October 10, 2019 · KARA Reporting
Infant Death Stories & Statistics October 2019 (find your state here)
This reporting over the last 45 days is a fraction of the child death in our communities today Signup for KARA’s Weekly News Updates & share this with your friends and networks All Adults Are the Protectors of All Childr
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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;
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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 19, 2019 · KARA Reporting
June Child Abuse 2019 (find your state here)
current news about at risk children bringing transparency and attention to our youngest and most vulnerable citizens.
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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;
Arizona · Connecticut · Florida · Georgia · Iowa · Michigan · North Carolina
October 24, 2018 · KARA Reporting
September 2018 Child Sex Abuse & Trafficking (I)
KARA (Kids At Risk Action) tracks current news about at risk children bringing transparency and attention to our youngest and most vulnerable citizens. Human trafficking is rapidly growing crime across Tennessee In Tenne
Florida · Massachusetts · Michigan · North Carolina · Oklahoma · Tennessee · Texas · Virginia
August 8, 2018 · KARA Reporting
July 2018 Child Abuse / Child Protection (part 3)
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 20, 2018 · KARA Reporting
Articles, Stories & Statistics About Adoption and Foster Care for June 2018
Group home caters to LGBT foster children Cronkite News Redmond said she wanted to provide a real home for LGBT foster children and her group home was immediately at capacity. They usually go on … Flag as irrelevant Adop
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July 14, 2018 · KARA Reporting
Child Burns, Torture and Trauma for June 2018
Community summit to address childhood trauma WCTV (WCTV) - According to Child Protective Services nearly 700,000 children were victims of abuse or neglect in 2016. Experts say those traumatic experiences can leave a last
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July 11, 2018 · KARA Reporting
Reported Child Sex Abuse for June 2018
2 Nodaway County men charged with child molestation, sexual abuse Maryville Daily Forum NODAWAY COUNTY, Mo.. Two Nodaway County men were charged on May 18 with several counts of felony child molestation and sexual abuse
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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 2, 2018 · KARA Reporting
Child Death & Sex Abuse May 2018 (7) find your state here
NH parents of child who died arrested on drug charges Boston 25 News Following the child's death, police executed a search warrant at 473 Hevey St. and said they found 28.1 grams of heroin, 11.8 grams of cocaine, 15.3 …
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July 1, 2018 · KARA Reporting
Child Trauma & Torture, May 2018, find your state here (6)
Iowa sees spike in confirmed child abuse cases Seattle Times DES MOINES, Iowa (AP). Officials say publicity around high-profile child abuse cases in Iowa has caused a surge in such reports. Confirmed child … Iowa sees s
Arkansas · California · Iowa · Michigan · Missouri · New Mexico · Pennsylvania
July 1, 2018 · KARA Reporting
Child Abuse & Child Protection May 2018 (5)
City's toughest neighborhoods also plagued with high instances of child abuse WBAL Baltimore Some of the city's toughest communities, those plagued by crime and drugs, are also notorious for another adverse distinction:
Arkansas · California · Iowa · Maryland · Michigan · Missouri · New Mexico · Pennsylvania
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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April 17, 2018 · KARA Reporting
Child Abuse & Trauma State by State (March 2018) VIII
AL: & AZ: Lawsuit was catalyst for cutting caseloads in Alabama (Commentary) Arizona Daily Star - March 08, 2018 Across the state, average caseloads were 65. Within six months, James was the only one of five people hired
Alabama · Arizona · California · Florida · Indiana · Maryland · Michigan · Nebraska
March 25, 2018 · KARA Reporting
Sad Stories Part VII Feb 13-28 (child protection - find your state here)
37% of children overall and 57% of Black children are reported to child protection services in America by the time they turn 18. (American Journal of Public Health 1.17) 12 million children a year are reported to child p
California · Florida · Illinois · Indiana · Michigan
March 3, 2018 · KARA Reporting
Sad Stories Feb 2018 Part III (child abuse articles, stories & statistics)
KARA (Kids At Risk Action) tracks current news about at risk children bringing transparency and attention to our youngest and most vulnerable citizens. KARA’s reporting is only sampling of what should be reported – the g
Arizona · Maryland · Michigan · Montana · Nevada · Pennsylvania
February 15, 2018 · KARA Reporting
January Sad Stories 2018 Part III
KARA (Kids At Risk Action) tracks current news about at risk children bringing transparency and attention to our youngest and most vulnerable citizens. KARA’s reporting is only sampling of what should be reported – the g
February 8, 2018 · KARA Reporting
January Sad Stories 2018 Part II
37% of children overall and 57% of Black children are reported to child protection services in America by the time they turn 18. (American Journal of Public Health 1.17) 12 million children a year are reported to child p
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
Arizona · Colorado · Georgia · Illinois · Indiana · Iowa · Kansas · Michigan
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
January 12, 2018 · KARA Reporting
MN At Risk Children's News July - September 2017 (III)
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
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
October 5, 2017 · KARA Reporting
September Sad Stories 2017 Part I
37% of children overall and 57% of Black children are reported to child protection services in America by the time they turn 18. (American Journal of Public Health 1.17) 12 million children a year are reported to child p
Delaware · Florida · Illinois · Michigan · Ohio · Oregon · 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 14, 2017 · KARA Reporting
CASA guardian ad-Litem News Feb -May 2017 Part I
FIND YOUR CASA here – CASA’s around the U.S. If you are not listed, send me your info and we will include it. More than 251,000 abused and neglected children find safe, permanent homes, according to casaforchildren.org.
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May 2, 2017 · KARA Reporting
Sad Stories April 2017 Part III
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
Florida · Kentucky · Maine · Michigan · Minnesota · New York · Oklahoma · Pennsylvania · Wisconsin
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
Arizona · Colorado · Connecticut · Florida · Illinois · Indiana · Michigan
April 1, 2017 · KARA Reporting
Sad Stories March 2017 Part IV (child protection news from around the nation)
Dad jailed in Gentilly infant's death accused of mentioning crack use, accidental fall before arrest The Advocate Under questioning after his infant son's death last week, Jeffery Edward Coleman said that he had used cra
Alabama · Connecticut · Florida · Massachusetts · Michigan · New York · North Carolina
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
Colorado · Florida · Idaho · Michigan · Missouri · Montana · Oregon
January 14, 2017 · KARA Reporting
January Sad Stories Part I (thru 1.13.17)
Sign Up Here For KARA’s Free Friday Morning Real Story KARA tracks current news about at risk children bringing transparency and attention to our youngest and most vulnerable citizens. Please note that what you see here
Arkansas · California · District of Columbia · Florida · Indiana · Kansas · Michigan · Ohio
December 14, 2016 · KARA Reporting
December 2016 Sad Stories Part 1
MD: Youth homelessness in Baltimore higher than previously thought The Baltimore Sun - November 30, 2016 More than 1,400 young people under the age of 25 were unaccompanied by a parent or guardian, without a safe, stable
Michigan · Minnesota · New Jersey · North Carolina · South Dakota · Texas · Utah · West Virginia
November 19, 2016 · KARA Reporting
November 2016 Sad Stories Part I
IN: Child re-sentenced for murder: A sign of juvenile justice reform? Christian Science Monitor - October 31, 2016 Paul Gingerich was 12 years old when he helped fatally shoot a friend's stepfather in a small Indiana tow
Arkansas · California · Connecticut · Florida · Iowa · Maine · Michigan · New Jersey · North Dakota
August 19, 2016 · KARA Reporting
August Sad Stories (part 1)
KARA tracks current news about at risk children bringing transparency and attention to our youngest and most vulnerable citizens. Please note that what you see here is only a sampling of what should be reported – the gre
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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
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
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May 7, 2016 · KARA Reporting
The Teachers Dilemna (and what is not talked about in education)
Assaults on teachers, starting with first graders hitting teachers with chairs & stabbing with pencils & knives. In some of the bigger inner city schools, teachers are afraid to walk to their cars after the school day en
May 2, 2016 · KARA Reporting
ACES Connection (articles from April)
MARC Advisor: Brenda Jones Harden, PhD, ACEsConnection.com Dr. Brenda Jones Harden is Associate Professor in the Department of Human Development and Quantitative Methodology at the University of Maryland College Park. He
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January 20, 2016 · KARA Reporting
The Administration That Poisoned the Children of Flint Michigan
It's hard to believe that a political administration could go so far in negating the value of a city's children as just happened in Flint Michigan. For 2 years Flint children have been poisoned with lead and other toxins
August 8, 2015 · KARA Reporting
Imprisoned Judges & Police Officers In Pennsylvania (still sending innocent people to jail - by the thousands)
This Pennsylvania sad story of six police officers beating and robbing suspects, planting evidence and doctoring paperwork to obtain over 560 false convictions (that are now being vacated) follows on the heels of the Sta
July 30, 2015 · KARA Reporting
NO DEMAND, NO SUPPLY
Occasionally KARA publishes works from other authors. This is a strong argument for reforming the Foster Care System before fixing the Criminal Justice System (author & contact info below). Before we reform the Criminal
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 12, 2015 · KARA Reporting
Child Abuse by Judge In Michigan (9 year old jailed for failing to speak with violent wife beating father)
It hurts me to experience the depth of sadness and unfairness visited upon at risk children. Pennsylvania sent 2 state judges to prison (for 40 years) for incarcerating innocent juveniles into privatized prisons for mone
July 5, 2015 · KARA Reporting
Child Abuse & Child Welfare Stories For June 2015
KARA compiles news from various sources across the nation each month. Find your state here (international news is also included).
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July 3, 2015 · KARA Reporting
Growing Up In America (do we value children?)
Dana Liebelson's recent interview demonstrates what the state of Michigan went through to stop her reporting on the violent treatment of youth in the state's juvenile prisons is just one more example of a punishment orie
California · Michigan · Minnesota · New York · Pennsylvania · Texas
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
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
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
Alaska · Arizona · Colorado · Florida · Illinois · Indiana · Kentucky · Maryland · Michigan · Minnesota · North Carolina · Ohio · Oregon · Utah · Wyoming
April 22, 2014 · KARA Reporting
This Week's News For At Risk Children
VA: State finds Richmond DSS not at fault in two child deaths WTVR - April 18, 2014 A review conducted by Virginia's Department of Social Services determined Richmond's Department of Social Services (RDSS) did not contri
Florida · Hawaii · Illinois · Iowa · Michigan · Minnesota · New Hampshire · New Jersey · North Carolina
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 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 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 27, 2014 · KARA Reporting
Children In The News - read about your state here (thank you child welfare.gov)
ID: Bill to protect children of faith healers in Idaho will not get a hearing Associated Press - February 26, 2014 House leaders ruled out a hearing on a bill meant to curb the number of children who die because their pa
Idaho · Illinois · Massachusetts · Michigan · New Jersey · New York · Oklahoma · Oregon
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
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
Arkansas · California · Colorado · Florida · Louisiana · Michigan · Minnesota · Missouri · Montana · Nevada · New York
August 29, 2013 · KARA Reporting
CASA & GUARDIAN AD - LITEM NEWS (for August)
Local children in desperate need of CASAs. Court Appointed Special Advocates Arizona Silver Belt A CASA is a Court Appointed Special Advocate, who is there to represent a neglected or abused child's best interests and n
California · Illinois · Kentucky · Michigan · Mississippi · New Jersey · Ohio · Pennsylvania · Texas · Virginia
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
March 22, 2013 · KARA Reporting
The State Of Child Protection In America Today
American institutions are producing exactly that which they were designed to stop. Almost all the youth in juvenile justice have come through child protection programs. Virtually all criminal justice candidates have been
November 30, 2012 · KARA Reporting
Promoting Prisons As Public Policy
I recently toured Richard Ross Juvenile In Justice museum display in Reno NV. Heart rending photos of ten and twelve year old children in America's justice system. So powerfully does his photographers eye catch the meani
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November 5, 2012 · KARA Reporting
America The Beautiful (unless you're born an at risk child)
Based on the study’s data, more than 80 percent of juveniles who enter the criminal justice system early in life have at some point belonged to a gang. Seventy percent of men and 40 percent of women have used a firearm.
October 2, 2012 · KARA Reporting
What David Brooks Didn’t Say
FYI, the World Health Organization defines torture as “extended exposure to violence & deprivation”. Every child in my CASA guardian ad-Litem caseload suffered from being tortured (half of them had been sexually abused).
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July 21, 2012 · KARA Reporting
The Cost Of Ignoring Reality
I repeat Pliny's quote often because I believe it clearly articulates how almost every problem our nation has ties directly to his point; "What we do to our children, they will do to society", Pliny the Elder, 2500 years
July 20, 2012 · KARA Reporting
Michael Swanson, Jeff Weise, James Holmes, Virginia Tech; Tons of Avoidable Pain
I know parents who have lost children to murder and violent death. It ruins lives far beyond the coffin. Violent Death spouse and children images stay with us forever. Still, no likes the conversation. Virginia Tech, Men
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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
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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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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
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January 19, 2010 · KARA Reporting
Michigan: 16% Confirmed Increase in Child Abuse & Neglect Cases
The Detroit agency, which provides shelter for homeless and at risk teens, lost state funding last year, which amounted to 6 percent of its budget. As a result, the nonprofit group only accepts homeless women. "It's a te
January 8, 2010 · KARA Reporting
Growing Up In America
One of my guardian ad-Litem youth walked home for many hours on a below zero Minnesota night without a coat because of the abuse he received at a juvenile detention center. He had had enough troubles for a lifetime befor
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August 2, 2009 · KARA Reporting
COURT APPOINTED SPECIAL ADVOCATES (CASA)
It is a bigger step to convince people that healthy children become healthy citizens, but it is true. Join the public debate for children (they have no senator, lobby, or voice)
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August 1, 2009 · KARA Reporting
FEATURED GUARDIAN AD LITEM PROGRAM WASHTENAW COUNTY
Local CASA Volunteer's Success Story Contributed by: Fran G. I was given my first case in February of this year a family of three children: A 13-year-old boy with mild autism, a 9-year-old girl, and a 4-year-old, all liv
March 10, 2009 · KARA Reporting
A Grim Truth About Big Pharma
Preventive Psychiatry E-Newsletter # 237 Michigan Lawsuit Uncovers Psychiatry's Dark Secret: Psychiatric Drug-Induced Movement Disorders in Young Children by Ben Hansen - From the Spring 2007 newsletter of the Internatio