Nebraska

Child maltreatment victims
NCANDS, FFY2024

Entered foster care
AFCARS, FY2022

In foster care on Sept 30
AFCARS, FY2022

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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January 15, 2026 · KARA Reporting

Deregulation & the Child Abuse Abolition Movement

There is a growing abolition / “dismantle CPS” movement in the U.S., but so far it is more rhetorical and advocacy‑driven than implemented in statute, and no state has fully “deregulated” or abolished CPS.​ Advocates, sc

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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 9, 2025 · KARA Reporting

Child Abuse Sad Stories (4 days in October)

37% of children overall and 44% of Black children are reported to child protection services in America by the time they turn 18. (American Journal of Public Health 1.17) 7.8 million children a year are reported to child

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October 2, 2025 · KARA Reporting

CASA Volunteers Save Money (Multiple State Investigation Results)

The following CASA (Court Appointed Special Advocate) investigations demonstrate the cost savings and economic impact of CASA programs in child protection across the nation. They do not include the value a trained commun

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May 2, 2025 · KARA Reporting

Links to Facts and Happenings in Child Protection and Public Health

This is a snapshot of changes being made to the safety net for child protection, public health and education. Please take a few minutes and show your support for those programs and policies you know to be of value to the

October 15, 2024 · KARA Reporting

Child Abuse Investigations & Reforms

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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September 12, 2024 · KARA Reporting

Child Welfare News Fall 2024 (compiled articles)

KARA compiles child abuse and neglect stories and data about abused and neglected children

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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.

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February 15, 2024 · KARA Reporting

America's Crazy World of Child Protection (find your state here)

America's Crazy World of Child Protection (find your state here)

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October 4, 2021 · KARA Reporting

October Is Domestic Violence Awareness Month

Watching your mother being beat up or raped is the same trauma as being beaten or raped to a five or nine year old. Untreated trauma lasts forever and it changes a person forever. The United Nation's-Secretary General An

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July 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

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September 27, 2018 · KARA Reporting

Child Abuse Death & Suicide August/September 2018 page 2 (sad stories)

Articles, facts and statistics about U.S. child abuse deaths and suicides for August & September 2018

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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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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

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September 20, 2017 · KARA Reporting

August Sad Stories Part I

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

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July 22, 2017 · KARA Reporting

June 2017 Sad Stories Part II

KARA tracks current news about at child abuse and child protection bringing awareness and transparency to the issues of our youngest and most vulnerable citizens. These pages are only a tiny percentage of what happens to

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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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March 31, 2017 · KARA Reporting

Minnesota Child Protection News March 2017

MN Child Protection News March 2017 KARA gathers news about abused Minnesota’s abused children every month and provides a snapshot of Child Protection and how our state values its children. If you are an aspiring writer/

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March 18, 2017 · KARA Reporting

Sad Stories March 2017 Part II

OR: Report: Child welfare review teams under microscope Merced Sun-Star - March 06, 2017 Barely three days after 12-year-old Caden Berry of Keizer died, the head of Oregon's child welfare agency ordered a full review of

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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

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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

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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

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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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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

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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;

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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

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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

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August 28, 2014 · KARA Reporting

Guardian ad-Litem News

These are CASA guardian ad-Litem stories KARA has gathered from around the nation;

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May 13, 2014 · KARA Reporting

Children In The News (update)

MI: Littlest victims: Here's one easy way you can (and should) fight child abuse (Includes Video) mLive - May 01, 2014 This video, titled Make the Call, is a community effort to encourage people to make that call. http:/

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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

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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

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January 26, 2014 · KARA Reporting

Child Abuse In Your State (recent news from across the nation - thank you Child Welfare in the News)

IN: Can parents sue DCS? Yes, divided justices rule Indiana Lawyer - January 01, 2014 A sharply divided Indiana Supreme Court decision that a family may sue the state's child protection agency for negligence is sure to r

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March 18, 2013 · KARA Reporting

Zero Kids Waiting

The Zero Kids Waiting eNewsletter reaches parents willing to adopt children that are not reached by general recruitment measures. Please consider donation as much as you are able so that we may reach ZERO - Zero Kids Wai

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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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April 19, 2012 · KARA Reporting

From Child Welfare In The News

AZ: Money for foster care in Arizona could be cut by more than half ABC15.com April 18, 2012 The Chandler couple doesn’t understand why state lawmakers would even consider a 60 percent cut to Child Protective Services. U

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October 29, 2011 · KARA Reporting

Occupy Wall Street For America's Children

Children have no lobby, no voice, & can't fight back when a MN Governor* states that "children that are victims of failed personal responsibility are not my problem, nor are they the problem of the State Of Minnesota". T

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October 3, 2011 · KARA Reporting

Nebraska's Privatized Child & Family Welfare Collapse

The following article brings to light the commonality of for profit youth prisons and I think the abundance of meanness and poor management that combine to further damage the lives of America’s youth.

Iowa · Nebraska · Pennsylvania

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

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