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Mississippi: federal child-welfare figures and 70 pieces of KARA reporting, in full.

Federal child-welfare figures and KARA's reporting on Mississippi.

10,029

Child maltreatment victims
NCANDS, FFY2024

2,150

Entered foster care
AFCARS, FY2022

3,825

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 Mississippi

70 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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June 6, 2026 · KARA Reporting

America’s Child Abuse Emergency: 546,000 Victims, 2,000 Deaths, and a System That Chooses This

Child abuse in the United States is not rare or random. It is the predictable outcome of policy choices. In 2023, about 546,000 children were confirmed victims of abuse or neglect and an estimated 2,000 were killed, rou

Alaska · Florida · Iowa · Kansas · Kentucky · Maine · Massachusetts · Minnesota · Mississippi · Montana · New Hampshire · New Jersey · Pennsylvania · Rhode Island · South Dakota · Vermont · Virginia · Washington · West Virginia

May 5, 2026 · KARA Reporting

School Performance, Yesterday, Today, and Tomorrow & What To Do

• “Since 2020, national and state test data show steep declines in foundational reading and math skills that are not bouncing back on their own. If current trends hold, by 2034 a majority of U.S. students will need remed

Alabama · Arizona · California · Connecticut · Hawaii · Louisiana · Massachusetts · Mississippi · Nevada · New Mexico · New York · Oregon · West Virginia

May 4, 2026 · KARA Reporting

Sometimes People Get Shot

• “From Cedarbluff, Mississippi, to parties in Houston and homes in Indiana, early 2026 brought mass shootings that briefly made headlines and then faded. This essay connects those tragedies to a deeper crisis: how our s

California · Colorado · Indiana · Michigan · Minnesota · Mississippi · Missouri · Tennessee · Texas

April 8, 2026 · KARA Reporting

Best and Worst Hospitals For U.S. Children (Beckers Hospital Review)

Which states give kids the best chance at a healthy life? This review ranks all 50 states and D.C. on children’s healthcare, nutrition, and oral health, and the gaps are stark.

Alaska · Arizona · Arkansas · California · Connecticut · Georgia · Hawaii · Iowa · Kentucky · Massachusetts · Minnesota · Mississippi · Montana · New Jersey · New York · Oklahoma · Pennsylvania · Rhode Island · Texas · Vermont · Wyoming

March 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

Florida · Louisiana · Massachusetts · Minnesota · Mississippi · Missouri · Montana · Nebraska · New Hampshire · New Jersey · New Mexico · Texas · Vermont

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

October 23, 2025 · KARA Reporting

Manner of Child Death Unknown (State by State)

WHEN YOU Share KARA’s reporting with FRIENDS, INSTAGRAM & FACEBOOK and most of all, your State Representative (find them here) change will come a little bit faster. When enough of us become informed and speak up for abus

Arizona · California · Colorado · Kentucky · Maryland · Michigan · Mississippi · Missouri · Nebraska · Nevada · Rhode Island · Virginia · Washington

October 22, 2025 · KARA Reporting

The Importance of Foster Youth Rights (find your State here)

This article is derived from Hana Ikramuddin's excellent Imprint News Article about Fosters not being notified of their rights - Read the Imprint article here. Hana tells us the story of AIayna Ghost’s years in Foster Ca

Alabama · Alaska · California · Colorado · Illinois · Kansas · Massachusetts · Michigan · Minnesota · Mississippi · Nevada · New Jersey · New York · Oregon · South Dakota · Texas · Washington · West Virginia · Wyoming

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

Arizona · Arkansas · Georgia · Hawaii · Minnesota · Mississippi · Tennessee

June 6, 2025 · KARA Reporting

Politics, Religion, and at risk Children

This is a dangerous time to be an abused child in America. Slash and burn politics and religious organizations are dismantling a large percentage of government and non governmental agencies keeping children safe. The COV

Arkansas · California · Minnesota · Mississippi · New Mexico · Oklahoma

October 20, 2024 · KARA Reporting

If I Only Had a Brain

If the medical community, Children’s Defense Fund and former MN Supreme Court Chief Justice Kathleen Blatz are right, the vast majority of crime in America is the result of what happened to that person as a child.

Arizona · California · Georgia · Louisiana · Minnesota · Mississippi · New York · Oklahoma

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

June 16, 2023 · KARA Reporting

Hospital Mental health services closing across America May 12 – June 16 2023

Social media, political and community outrage and COVID Lockdown stress are overwhelming mental health caregivers and institutions in every community - Child suicide/self-harm are rising dramatically Speak out, Share thi

Arizona · California · Illinois · Maryland · Massachusetts · Michigan · Mississippi · Washington · Wisconsin

January 1, 2023 · KARA Reporting

Juveniles In Justice

LA & New Jersey ending prison and jails for juveniles and Colorado's super successful juvenile restorative justice

California · Colorado · Florida · Louisiana · Minnesota · Mississippi · New Jersey · Texas · Wisconsin

December 30, 2022 · KARA Reporting

For Profit Youth Prisons

Youth are two to three time more likely to confess to crimes they did not commit than adults. Police interrogations using fabricated statements are most likely why. Kids are more intimidated by law enforcement than adult

Arizona · California · Georgia · Illinois · Louisiana · Minnesota · Mississippi · New York · Oklahoma · Pennsylvania

December 13, 2022 · KARA Reporting

Criminalizing Elementary School Children

When 14-year-old Ryan Turk cut ahead of the lunch line to grab a milk, he didn't expect to get in trouble. He certainly didn't plan to end up in handcuffs. But Turk, a black student at Graham Park Middle School, was arre

Mississippi · South Carolina · Virginia

July 17, 2022 · KARA Reporting

American Crime Costs & Statistics

READ TO THE END TO LEARN THE COSTS OF CRIME IN AMERICA TODAY

Alabama · Arizona · California · Georgia · Illinois · Louisiana · Minnesota · Mississippi · New York · Oklahoma

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

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

September 26, 2020 · KARA Reporting

Criminalizing Elementary School Children (policing our schools & punishment)

Federal Funding, Zero Tolerance and Inadequate Alternatives mean that more states are policing schools with armed officers. Before the 1970's police were almost absent from elementary and junior high schools. Today, arme

Mississippi · South Carolina · Virginia

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

January 8, 2020 · KARA Reporting

KARA's Sad Stories, Statistics and Articles State By State & International

Follow KARA's reporting on child abuse & well-being in your state here; stories, statistics and articles about the things most important to at risk children

California · Florida · Massachusetts · Michigan · Minnesota · Mississippi · Missouri · Montana · New York

December 18, 2019 · KARA Reporting

Sad Stories Child Abuse - Child Death Articles & Statistics

These stories, articles and statistics tell the stories of childhood trauma and death in America over the past few months - INVITE KARA’S INVISIBLE CHILDREN Program into your community.

California · Mississippi · New York · Tennessee · West Virginia

August 22, 2019 · KARA Reporting

American Crime Costs & Statistics

READ TO THE END TO LEARN THE COSTS OF CRIME IN AMERICA TODAY

Arizona · California · Georgia · Illinois · Iowa · Louisiana · Minnesota · Mississippi · New York · Oklahoma

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 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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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

January 1, 2019 · KARA Reporting

Recent Infant Abuse Death Reports & Statistics

KARA (Kids At Risk Action) tracks news about at risk children - Find your state here…

Mississippi · New York · North Carolina · Ohio · Texas · Wisconsin

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

May 29, 2018 · KARA Reporting

Child Welfare by State (statistics & news April 2018 (5 - foster child)

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

Arizona · Arkansas · Massachusetts · Mississippi · North Dakota · Oregon

April 14, 2018 · KARA Reporting

Child Abuse & Trauma (March 2018) VII

Scale of child abuse survey 'needed every 10 years' BBC News Thousands of children should be surveyed to build a true picture of sexual exploitation, experts have said. The government says it does not know how many girls

California · Maine · Mississippi · Pennsylvania · Washington

April 5, 2018 · KARA Reporting

Child Well Being & Abandonment March 2018 (III)

Opinion | Home visits a key to trauma-informed care for kids The Commercial Appeal As evidence of the impact of childhood trauma continues to permeate child-serving institutions, teachers, social workers, pediatricians a

Florida · Kentucky · Mississippi · Montana · North Carolina · Ohio · Utah · Washington

November 1, 2017 · KARA Reporting

Sad Stories October 2017 Part II

American states are struggling to find answers for saving at risk children and reversing the explosive growth of child abuse and neglect. Today, many state ward children are the 4th and 5th generation of abused children

California · Maryland · Mississippi · Pennsylvania · Utah

October 31, 2017 · KARA Reporting

October Sad Stories 2017 Part I

37% of children overall and 57% of Black children are reported to child protection services in America by the time they turn 18. (American Journal of Public Health 1.17) 12 million children a year are reported to child p

California · Florida · Massachusetts · Mississippi · New Hampshire · New Jersey · Ohio

May 2, 2017 · KARA Reporting

Sad Stories April 2017 Part II

American states are struggling to find answers for saving at risk children and reversing the explosive growth of child abuse and neglect in our communities. 37% of children overall and 57% of Black children are reported

California · Connecticut · District of Columbia · Florida · Mississippi · Oklahoma · Oregon · Rhode Island

December 31, 2016 · KARA Reporting

December Sad Stories Part II

CA: Culp: Looking at 2016 in the Rear-View Mirror (Opinion) TechWire - December 28, 2016 One of the biggest sessions at the American Public Human Services Association's Information Systems Management Conference this year

California · Indiana · Iowa · Mississippi · Nebraska · Oklahoma · Oregon · Pennsylvania · Tennessee

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

August 22, 2016 · KARA Reporting

August Sad Stories 2016 (part II)

KARA tracks current news about at risk children bringing transparency and attention to our youngest and most vulnerable citizens. Please note that what you see here is only a sampling of what should be reported – the gre

Colorado · Florida · Indiana · Maine · Minnesota · Mississippi · Nebraska · Pennsylvania · Texas

July 1, 2016 · KARA Reporting

June 2016 Sad Stories (part 2)

This page is a compilation of child protection news from around the nation (with some international reporting) for the month of June (through June 25) If you would like to help KARA gather and report news from your commu

California · Florida · Kansas · Mississippi · North Carolina · Ohio · Oregon · Pennsylvania · Washington

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

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

Arizona · Arkansas · California · Georgia · Indiana · Kansas · Mississippi · Missouri · Montana

August 6, 2015 · KARA Reporting

How We Punish - And What It Does To Children & Our Community

For many years, we have fed younger and younger people into our Criminal Justice System and gotten the same results over and over again as children graduate into the Criminal Justice System with a recidivism rate that ma

Indiana · Minnesota · Mississippi · Pennsylvania · Tennessee

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).

Arizona · California · Colorado · Georgia · Iowa · Louisiana · Michigan · Mississippi · Oklahoma · South Carolina · Texas

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

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

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 18, 2014 · KARA Reporting

5 Worst States For Child Homelessness (35% of Mississippi Children Are Impoverished)

From the National Center On Family Homelessness; California has over 500,000 children children lacking stable housing. 35% of Mississippi's children live in poverty. Arkansas, Alabama, & New Mexico have the next highest

Alabama · Arkansas · California · Mississippi · New Mexico

November 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

September 24, 2014 · KARA Reporting

Child Protection News (gathered nationally - find your state here)

-CA: Drugging Our Kids San Jose Mercury News - September 20, 2014 Children in California's foster care system are prescribed unproven, risky medications at alarming rates. http://webspecial.mercurynews.com/druggedkids/?p

California · Florida · Minnesota · Mississippi · Nebraska · Ohio · Pennsylvania · South Carolina · Washington · Wisconsin

June 16, 2014 · KARA Reporting

Brutal Truths and Worst Practices (America's injustice System)

One out of 28 American children has a parent in jail or prison - 60 percent of inmates are people of color (only 30% of America's population are people of color). There are twelve time more drug offenders in state prison

Minnesota · Mississippi · New York · Pennsylvania

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

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 14, 2014 · KARA Reporting

Abused and Neglected Children's News (thank you Child Welfare In The News)

MA: Patrick To Address Controversy Surrounding Child Welfare Agency Associated Press - January 27, 2014 The failure of the Department of Children and Families to keep track of a missing 5-year-old boy whose family had be

California · Florida · Indiana · Massachusetts · Mississippi · Missouri · Nevada · New Mexico · Ohio

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

December 11, 2013 · KARA Reporting

Punishing The Mentally Ill (Minnesota is not alone)

Today's Minneapolis Star Tribune article supports a position I've held for years. By ignoring or under-serving people with mental health problems we are manufacturing state wards, preteen moms, and felons and this is mak

Alabama · Arkansas · Minnesota · Mississippi

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

August 29, 2013 · KARA Reporting

CHILD WELFARE NEWS STATE BY STATE (for August)

NBC 4 - August 28, 2013 Records obtained by NBC4 show 63 children died in Los Angeles County as a result of abuse and neglect since January 2012, including some with a lengthy history of allegations leading up to the dea

California · Florida · Massachusetts · Mississippi · New Jersey · Tennessee · Wisconsin

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

December 5, 2012 · KARA Reporting

Bastards; How Yesterday’s Rejection Of The Disabilities Treaty Damages America’s Children

Even after a wheelchair delivered heartfelt plea from 89 year old, handicapped, former Senator Bob Dole, our U.S. senate rejected the UN treat to ban discrimination against people with disabilities. The reason given was

Alaska · Arizona · Indiana · Kansas · Maine · Massachusetts · Mississippi · Nevada · New Hampshire · Wyoming

December 3, 2012 · KARA Reporting

Another Asset For Protecting Children; The Law

Perhaps one of the best things that ever happened to foster care in Mississippi was a class-action lawsuit initiated by an advocacy group some 1,200 miles away. Since its 2004 filing, Olivia Y. v. Barbour has shaken the

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

June 15, 2012 · KARA Reporting

Making Big Money With Abused & Neglected Children; Mississippi Has The Plan

Just like Arizona & Pennsylvania, Mississippi has found big money in abusing youth & privatizing juvenile detention centers. A federal judge calls what goes on in Mississippi’s youth prisons, a “cesspool of unconstitutio

Arizona · Mississippi · Pennsylvania

August 17, 2011 · KARA Reporting

Reading & Math Proficiency Or Else…

The U.S. has been sliding for years from a leadership role in education & other quality of life indices to falling off the charts behind almost all other industrialized nations. Today we compare ourselves to the "emergin

Massachusetts · Mississippi

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

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

June 30, 2006 · KARA Reporting

Call To Justice Forum June 28th

Only ten percent of the citations issued in Hennepin County to people of color are prosecuted (90% are dismissed). 44% of African American men living in Hennepin county were arrested in 2001 (without any duplicate arrest

Alabama · Arkansas · Minnesota · Mississippi · Wisconsin

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