The Record · ND
North Dakota
North Dakota: federal child-welfare figures and 23 pieces of KARA reporting, in full.
Federal child-welfare figures and KARA's reporting on North Dakota.
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 North Dakota
23 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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February 23, 2026 · KARA Reporting
CASA Volunteers Are Coming Back: Why Minnesota Children Need Them
Over 48 years, CASA/GAL (Guardian ad Litem) programs have grown into a national network of more than 900 organizations with 80,000–100,000 guardian ad litem volunteers serving close to a quarter‑million abused and neglec
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November 29, 2025 · KARA Reporting
Why the CASA (Court Appointed Special Advocate) Organization Is So Successful (calling all volunteers)
Over 48 years, CASA/GAL (Guardian ad Litem) programs have grown into a national network of more than 900 organizations with 80,000–100,000 guardian ad litem volunteers serving close to a quarter‑million abused and neglec
Arkansas · California · New York · North Dakota · Virginia
October 18, 2023 · KARA Reporting
Rich Gehrman Rebuttal of MAD Volunteer Guardian ad Litem Report
The analysis by MAD is not, in my view, sufficiently compelling in some important respects to support the board in managing this risk. While I understand from a previous board meeting I attended as well as a legislative
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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October 4, 2021 · KARA Reporting
October Is Domestic Violence Awareness Month
Watching your mother being beat up or raped is the same trauma as being beaten or raped to a five or nine year old. Untreated trauma lasts forever and it changes a person forever. The United Nation's-Secretary General An
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September 14, 2020 · KARA Reporting
Signs That You Are a Mental Health Worker
Andy Steiner’s social workers as backbone of the mental health workforce Minnpost article belies a much deeper truth about the depth and scope of mental health in our communities at this time. Generational child abuse ha
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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 9, 2018 · KARA Reporting
Child Welfare by State (statistics & news April 2018 (8) neglect
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
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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
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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
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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
January 11, 2018 · KARA Reporting
MN At Risk Children's News July - September 2017 (II)
KARA gathers news about Minnesota’s abused children to provide a snapshot of Child Protection and how our state values its children. Only a fraction of serious child abuse stories, statistics and facts we should be aware
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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
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
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September 14, 2016 · KARA Reporting
Best ACEs Articles for August 2016
Why Many People Don’t Talk About Traumatic Events Until Long After They Occur [TheConversation.com] After traumatic events, such as physical or sexual assault, domestic violence or combat, that threaten to rob us of our
June 25, 2016 · KARA Reporting
Minnesota At Risk Children's News June 2016
Child Victims Act expires, but effects remain to be seen Duluth News Tribune The U.S. Bankruptcy Court reported that 125 abuse claims were filed … It's been a little more than a week since the Minnesota Child Victims Act
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
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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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June 4, 2012 · KARA Reporting
Goodbye Ron Mahla
Not talking to others about our personal lives and problems can make a person feel alone and helpless. As a society, we don’t like mental health conversations, as individuals we often avoid “too personal” comments. This
Minnesota · Nevada · North Dakota · Oregon
August 31, 2010 · KARA Reporting
Really Good Child Advocacy Links
AZ: Child abuse isn't a priority in Arizona Arizona Daily Star August 31, 2010 Michael is the sixth Pima County child to die in recent years while under the watch of state Child Protective Services. Each killing spurred
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May 6, 2010 · KARA Reporting
orphantrainridersofminnesota.com
Minnesota became the first state to host an official gathering of its orphan train riders and their families with an event that took place on July 1, 1961 with nine attendees. This event was organized by two women who di
April 19, 2010 · KARA Reporting
The Impact of Trauma and Neglect on the Developing Child: Focus on Youth in the Juvenile Justice System
Bruce D. Perry, M.D., Ph.D. ChildTrauma Academy When: Thursday, June 17th Registration: 8:30 a.m. Training: 9:00 a.m. – 4:00 p.m. Mystic Mystice Lake Casino, Shakopee MN Cost: $40 Standard, $30 JJC Community Member, $30
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