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Pennsylvania
Pennsylvania: federal child-welfare figures and 119 pieces of KARA reporting, in full.
Federal child-welfare figures and KARA's reporting on Pennsylvania.
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 Pennsylvania
119 articles, newest first, republished in full.
June 25, 2026 · KARA Reporting
Best and Worst States for Very Young Children in CPS: New Data on Risk, Failures, and Hope
This article uses NCANDS data to identify the best and worst states for very young children in CPS, highlighting where infants and toddlers face the greatest risk of severe harm or death and how troubled, overwhelmed chi
Idaho · Pennsylvania · Tennessee · Washington
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
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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
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.
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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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March 5, 2025 · KARA Reporting
Parental Drug Use Killing Children in Pennsylvania at High Rates (investigative report)
KARA follows investigative reporting on child death and near death by caregivers while the children are known to CPS (Child Protective Services). Please send us links to the reports in your state and we will make them av
February 25, 2025 · KARA Reporting
There Is No Constituency For Abused & Neglected Children
how 13 Minnesota Child Advocacy Centers (CAC's) are losing 80% of their Federal funding. If this happens they will likely disappear or become a shell of what they were in a very short time. CAC's keep safe and provide se
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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November 16, 2024 · KARA Reporting
Why Children Need Mandated Reporters
http://invisiblechildren.org/2013/07/04/mandated-reporting-or-basic-responsibility-its-absence-is-killing-wisconsin-pennsylvania-children/ Facebook Replacing Mandated Reporters for Child Abuse? Don't Blame The Mandated R
November 15, 2024 · KARA Reporting
Realities of Mandated Reporting (why child abuse reporting is sporadic)
Mandated Reporters genuinely fear for their safety and reputation and regularly fail to report (or, "see") horrific child abuse to avoid potential damage to themselves.
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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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
November 12, 2022 · KARA Reporting
The Cost of Tough on Crime (in tax dollars and public safety)
The majority of violent and serious crime has always been committed by juveniles. Most juvenile offenders have come through Child Protective Services (MN Supreme Court Chief Justice KATHLEEN BLATZ “the difference between
Maine · Minnesota · New Jersey · Pennsylvania · Texas
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 23, 2021 · KARA Reporting
It Can't Happen Here (Sally's Story)
This had to have been one of the most detailed Childline referrals the county had ever seen, not to mention Sally had a wonderful, dedicated psychiatrist. As the time went by, the treatment team eagerly awaited the resul
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
August 19, 2021 · KARA Reporting
Domestic Violence Report August 2021
For abused children, there have been no classrooms to escape to and many mandated reporters have been unable to visit children to hear their stories and see their bruises. This must feel like a war to children living in
California · Connecticut · Florida · Missouri · New York · Ohio · Pennsylvania · South Carolina · Texas · Virginia · Wisconsin
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
January 23, 2021 · KARA Reporting
Child Abuse & Soul Murder (chapter 2)
I've come to know 50 beautiful babies and children that have had their souls murdered. All fifty of my caseload children lived with chronic and serious beatings, rape, starvation and neglect repeatedly over a period of y
September 30, 2020 · KARA Reporting
Children & The Supreme Court (from the Children's Defense Fund)
The impact of the Supreme Court's decisions in the coming year are huge. If the Court overturns the ACA, Millions of children will be uninsured or lose affordable coverage that does not meet their pediatric-specific need
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 26, 2020 · KARA Reporting
Minnesota Child Protection Stories, Statistics & COVID - May 2020
Kids At Risk Action writes and reports on child abuse issues providing a passionate voice for Minnesota's at risk children All Adults Are the Protectors of All Children
Alabama · Florida · Minnesota · New Hampshire · Ohio · Oregon · Pennsylvania · South Dakota · Texas
April 13, 2020 · KARA Reporting
Violence Against Children & Covid19 – (it’s own pandemic) part II
Shelter In Place locks abused children in toxic homes With no escape to the safety of a classroom Domestic violence is rising and law enforcement & social workers are having a hard time keeping up. CLICK HERE FOR RESOURC
Illinois · Missouri · North Carolina · Ohio · Pennsylvania · Washington
December 16, 2019 · KARA Reporting
Guardian ad-Litem Blogs & News
Guardian ad litem program needs volunteers in Anderson area Anderson Independent Mail Trained volunteers in the Cass Elias McCarter Guardian ad Litem Program helped more than 10000 abused or neglected South Carolina chil
Colorado · Connecticut · Florida · Illinois · Iowa · Minnesota · Montana · North Carolina · Ohio · Pennsylvania · Virginia
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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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.
Indiana · Kentucky · Michigan · Mississippi · New York · Oklahoma · Oregon · Pennsylvania
December 31, 2018 · KARA Reporting
Recent Child Sex Abuse Reports & Statistics
KARA’s reporting is only a sampling of what should be reported the great majority of child sex trafficking, trauma & abuse is never known. 37% of children overall and 57% of Black children are reported
Alabama · Illinois · New York · Ohio · Oklahoma · Oregon · Pennsylvania · Tennessee · Texas · Washington
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
California · Colorado · Georgia · Indiana · Kansas · Nebraska · Pennsylvania
September 27, 2018 · KARA Reporting
Child Abuse Death & Suicide August/September 2018 page 1 (sad stories)
Child and teen death rate by race and ethnicity Kids Count Data Center Definitions: Deaths to children between ages 1 and 19, from all causes, per 100,000 children in this age range by race and ethnicity. The data are …
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September 17, 2018 · KARA Reporting
August 2018 Sad Stories (child trafficking & sex abuse)
ALL ADULTS ARE THE PROTECTORS OF ALL CHILDREN The Epidemic of Child Sex Abuse in America Dr Felliti Explains the Effects of Sex Abuse on a Child (NPR Interview) 1 in 3 girls, and 1 in 6 boys will be abused before their e
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August 21, 2018 · KARA Reporting
July Child Sex Abuse/Child Trafficking (part 4)
hundreds of allegations of missing children and child sex trafficking
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August 9, 2018 · KARA Reporting
Child Sex Abuse for July 2018 (part 4)
37% of children overall and 54% of Black children are reported to child protection services in America by the time they turn 18. (American Journal of Public Health 1.17) 6 to 12 million children a year are reported to ch
California · Illinois · Iowa · Pennsylvania · Virginia
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
California · Connecticut · Florida · Michigan · Ohio · Oklahoma · Pennsylvania · South Carolina · Tennessee
July 12, 2018 · KARA Reporting
CASA Guardian ad Litem News for Summer 2018
Speak for a child in child protection as a CASA guardian ad litem (children need to be heard)
Arizona · California · Connecticut · Florida · Georgia · Massachusetts · North Carolina · Ohio · Pennsylvania · Texas · Wisconsin
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
Florida · Kansas · Michigan · New York · Pennsylvania · Utah
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
Arizona · California · Florida · Georgia · Iowa · Michigan · New York · Oklahoma · Pennsylvania · Tennessee · Wyoming
April 21, 2018 · KARA Reporting
Child Abuse, Death & Trauma March 2019 (IX)
Tuesday morning baby death is Milwaukee's 13th of the year WISN Milwaukee Tuesday morning's death of a five-month-old girl is the 13th baby death so far this year, a medical examiner's office spokesperson said. Emergency
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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
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April 9, 2018 · KARA Reporting
Child Well Being Statistics, Stories & Trauma March 2018 (V)
Woman Arrested In Death Of 11-Month-Old Girl CBS Boston / WBZ QUINCY (CBS) – A 27-year-old Quincy woman is facing charges in the death of a baby. Prosecutors say Shu Feng Hsu assaulted 11-month-old Chloe Chen in February
Arizona · Georgia · Massachusetts · Pennsylvania · South Dakota · Wisconsin
March 8, 2018 · KARA Reporting
Sad Stories Feb 2018 Part IV (child abuse & trauma articles and statistics)
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
Connecticut · Indiana · Kentucky · Maryland · Pennsylvania
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
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
Georgia · Minnesota · North Carolina · North Dakota · Pennsylvania · Wisconsin
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
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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
California · Florida · Minnesota · Missouri · Nebraska · New Mexico · Pennsylvania · South Dakota · Tennessee · Wisconsin
July 9, 2017 · KARA Reporting
June Sad Stories 2017 Part I
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
California · Florida · Montana · New York · Ohio · Pennsylvania
June 9, 2017 · KARA Reporting
May Sad Stories 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 January 2017) 12 million children a year are reported to
June 1, 2017 · KARA Reporting
May Sad Stories 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 January 2017) 12 million children a year are reported to
California · Kansas · Nevada · Oklahoma · Pennsylvania
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
February 19, 2017 · KARA Reporting
February Sad Stories Part II
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
Kansas · Kentucky · Minnesota · Ohio · Oregon · Pennsylvania · South Dakota
February 4, 2017 · KARA Reporting
CASA Guardian ad-Litem News Around the Nation December 2016 -January 2017
FIND YOUR CASA here – 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 page. These CASA guardian ad-Lite
Alabama · Florida · Georgia · Illinois · Indiana · Minnesota · Montana · North Carolina · Pennsylvania · Texas
January 5, 2017 · KARA Reporting
Pennsylvania Child Protection News December 2016
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
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
December 6, 2016 · KARA Reporting
Pennsylvania Child Protection News Sept - November 2016
Pennsylvania officials reveal improved service to child abuse hotline Philly Voice – September 15, 2016 In 2015, the department reported a 14-percent increase in phone calls from 164,911 to 188,357, a 39-percent increase
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
September 21, 2016 · KARA Reporting
August 2016 Sad Stories (Part 3 through August 31)
AZ: Report: Foster Care Rates Sky-Rocket, More Arizona Children Living In Poverty (Includes audio) KJZZ - August 18, 2016 "Fifty-one percent, so more than half of the kids in Arizona are in low income families," she said
California · Georgia · Idaho · Minnesota · Pennsylvania · South Carolina · Texas
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
September 5, 2016 · KARA Reporting
Pennsylvania Child Protection News July & August 2016
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
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
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
California · Idaho · Michigan · Minnesota · New Jersey · Oklahoma · Pennsylvania · Texas · Virginia
August 1, 2016 · KARA Reporting
Best ACEs Articles for July 2016
Register for the 2016 Conference on Adverse Childhood Experiences [ACEsConnection.com] Join Center for Youth Wellness October 19-21 for the 2016 Conference on Adverse Childhood Experiences in San Francisco. The conferenc
California · Ohio · Pennsylvania · Washington
July 16, 2016 · KARA Reporting
July 2016 Sad Stories (part 1)
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 · Illinois · Kentucky · Maine · Pennsylvania · Rhode Island · Texas · Virginia
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
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
Colorado · Florida · Illinois · Iowa · Michigan · Pennsylvania · Texas
June 22, 2016 · KARA Reporting
Pennsylvania Child Protection News May & June 2016
Lawsuit: Youth mental health facility in Butler County didn't stop sex abuse WTAE Pittsburgh - May 12, 2016 A Pennsylvania facility that treats youths diagnosed with mental health conditions has been accused in a lawsuit
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
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
Alaska · Illinois · Michigan · Minnesota · North Dakota · Oregon · Pennsylvania · Tennessee · Virginia
May 1, 2016 · KARA Reporting
Pennsylvania Child Protection News For March & April 2016
Legislators say PA adoption law is "archaic" (Includes video) FOX 43 - March 23, 2016 Under the current state law a parent can claim their child back 20 days after they sign their rights away. Petri wants to change that
April 20, 2016 · KARA Reporting
Yesterday's Child Protection News (state's & governments needing special scrutiny for failing their youngest citizens)
Kids For Cash in Pennsylvania; http://wilkesbarrescrantonig.com/2014/01/27/custody-cash-plea-help-place-else-turn/ Custody for Cash: A plea for help, when there is no place else to turn 27 January 2014By Louis R. Jasikof
April 4, 2016 · KARA Reporting
Trauma Informed States (how to make child protection, education & health care work for children)
April 30, 2014By Elizabeth Prewittin ACE Study,Adverse childhood experiences,Legislation,Washington State6 Comments Screen Shot 2014-04-26 at 8.55.19 AMLawmakers around the country are beginning to take action to reduce
March 16, 2016 · KARA Reporting
March Sad Stories (2016 KARA reporting)
MN: Research Shows Washburn Center for Children Treatment has Significant Impact on Children's Social, Emotional and Behavioral Health (Press release) Business Wire - March 10, 2016 A new report by the Center for Advance
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March 1, 2016 · KARA Reporting
Pennsylvania Child Protection News For January & February 2016
PA: Lackawanna County settles foster child abuse case Scranton Times-Tribune - February 27, 2016 Lackawanna County agreed to settle a federal lawsuit filed by the mother of a 7-year-old boy who was sexually abused his fo
February 11, 2016 · KARA Reporting
Pennsylvania Child Protection News December 2015
Two Bills Aim To Improve Lives Of PA's Foster Children 90.5 WESA - December 28, 2015 Act 75 of 2015 and House Bill 1603 came about a result of the 2014 federal Preventing Sex Trafficking and Strengthening Families Act, w
February 6, 2016 · KARA Reporting
Pennsylvania Child Protection News November 2015
State Budget Impasse Impacts Columbia County Social Service Agency (Includes video) WNEP - November 23, 2015 "It's frustrating that child welfare is not considered an essential service at the state level because that wou
January 6, 2016 · KARA Reporting
Pennsylvania Child Protection News Sept - Oct 2015
Number of uninsured Pa. kids declined slightly last year, study finds Pittsburgh Post-Gazette - October 28, 2015 More than 139,000 Pennsylvania children did not have health insurance last year, according to a study relea
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
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
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
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 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 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
June 10, 2015 · KARA Reporting
Child Welfare News Through June 9, 2015 - Sad Stories - Glad Stories (15 days)
ND: Child Abuse and Neglect on the Rise KFYR-TV - May 21, 2015 More than 12,000 incidents of child abuse and neglect were reported to the Department of Human Services in 2014. MO: & KS: EDITORIAL: Volunteers needed to he
Alabama · Kansas · Minnesota · Missouri · New York · North Carolina · Ohio · Pennsylvania
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 17, 2015 · KARA Reporting
CASA News Around the Nation for April (what do guardian ad-Litems do?)
The following is a compilation of Court Appointed Special Advocate - guardian ad-litem news in April from around the nation (find your state here). Send KARA your announcements & news articles (short form with links & in
Connecticut · Delaware · Florida · Georgia · Kansas · Maine · North Carolina · Pennsylvania · South Carolina · Tennessee · Texas
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
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 10, 2014 · KARA Reporting
Child Abuse Stories Across the Nation
MN: Lessons from child abuse deaths go unheeded in Minnesota (Opinion) Minneapolis Star Tribune - November 09, 2014 A Star Tribune examination of state and county records shows little evidence that the mortality reviews
Alabama · California · Colorado · Delaware · Florida · Georgia · Illinois · Indiana · Iowa · Minnesota · Montana · New Hampshire · North Carolina · Oregon · Pennsylvania · Texas
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
September 17, 2014 · KARA Reporting
Privatized Juvenile Prisons - Kids For Cash The Movie (watch the trailer)
KIds For Cash the movie is a documentary about two Pennsylvania Judges who were imprisoned for 40 years because they sentenced thousands of innocent juveniles to prison for 2.5 million dollars in kickbacks. This movie ca
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
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
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April 21, 2014 · KARA Reporting
Tip Of The Iceberg - Medicating Six Year Olds
We forget that before Prozac, there was Thorazine and the side effects were pronounced and obvious. These new drugs are much more insidious in how side effects manifest themselves. The underlying issues driving dangerous
Arkansas · Nevada · Ohio · Oregon · Pennsylvania
March 12, 2014 · KARA Reporting
Daycare In America (more sad stories)
A South Carolina woman who allegedly operated an unlicensed daycare out of her home faces multiple charges after a child under her care died. But investigators say that's just the tip of the iceberg. Pamela Clark Wood, 4
Florida · Minnesota · Pennsylvania · South Carolina · Texas
February 19, 2014 · KARA Reporting
Faith Healing & Another Child Death In Philadelphia
8 month old Brandon Schaible died of treatable pneumonia because his parents don't believe in medicine. This is not as rare as one would hope. In Idaho, 144 children have died in the Followers of Christ Church due to lac
Idaho · Oregon · Pennsylvania
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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January 20, 2014 · KARA Reporting
Florida, The Land Of Oranges & Prosecuting 14 Year Olds As Adults (sentenced to 70 years - for robbery)
JACKSONVILLE, Fla.: In decisions widely hailed as milestones, the United States Supreme Court in 2010 and 2012 acted to curtail the use of mandatory life sentences for juveniles, accepting the argument that children, ev
Florida · Illinois · Pennsylvania · Texas
September 14, 2013 · KARA Reporting
Schools Criminalizing American Children
East coast schools are experiencing the mass incarceration and expulsion of student populations. Using police instead of counselors has lead to a giant leap in overcrowded courts, incarcerated youth, & privatized juvenil
New Jersey · New York · Pennsylvania · Texas
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
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August 11, 2013 · KARA Reporting
Punishing Mental Health Problems With Horrid Juvenile Justice; In Many States, This Is The Rule, Not The Exception
Thank the legal community for shining a light on the abhorrent conditions facing mentally troubled California youth. There's good reason the Feds are denying California's request to extend the time for compliance within
August 8, 2013 · KARA Reporting
Child Welfare In The News (find your state - nation here) 100+ articles
Child Welfare in the News is distributed at no charge by Child Welfare Information Gateway (www.childwelfare.gov), a service of the Children's Bureau/ACF/HHS (www.acf.hhs.gov/programs/cb). It features news stories on top
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May 29, 2013 · KARA Reporting
Religious Freedom In Philadelphia Kills 2 Young children (4 years apart, same home)
In April, 2 year old Kent Schailble died of treatable pneumonia because his parent's fanatical religion demanded it. Kent's 4 year old brother Brandon died for the same reason in the same home just a few years earlier (h
April 30, 2013 · KARA Reporting
Judges Jailing Children For Money In America (yes it happens)
A second Pennsylvania judge (Michael Conahan) has plead guilty for receiving commissions for each child sent to privately held detention facilities (PA Childcare and Western PA Childcare) . 2.6 million dollars in fees we
April 1, 2013 · KARA Reporting
Tracking America's Most At Risk Children (Weekly)
Teen who killed baby sentenced to 90 days October 18, 2012. Colorado. Dylan Kuhn had called authorities stating that his 6-month-old daughter was found hanging from her crib by her next and that she wasn’t breathing. Aut
Colorado · New Mexico · Oregon · Pennsylvania · Tennessee · Virginia
February 19, 2013 · KARA Reporting
CASA guardian ad-Litem News From Around The Nation
Without court appointed CASA guardian ad-Litems, America's at risk children have no voice in the homes they are raised in or for years as state wards in foster care. Some states (Virginia most recently) are moving toward
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February 8, 2013 · KARA Reporting
Tracking America's Most At Risk Children (Compiled)
New documents obtained by KCAL9 detail previous allegation of abuse in the case of a now- deceased 8-year-old Palmdale boy who investigators say was tortured and beaten to death. Gabrieal Frenandez suffered a skull fract
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June 23, 2012 · KARA Reporting
What’s Wrong With New Jersey’s Half Way Houses Is What’s Wrong With America; The Illusion That Privatizing Social Services Saves Money Or Provides Social Services.
First, it is the same government money being spent, just that it goes to an entrepreneurial lowest bidder. Second, New Jersey’s half way houses are managed the same way privatized day care, juvenile justice, prison syste
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
November 25, 2011 · KARA Reporting
Race To The Bottom
From California, as if life for poor children were not difficult enough, State sponsored Indentured Servitude: Lawsuit Seeks to Stop State Welfare Agencies from Illegally Forcing Children to Repay Money Paid to Parents M
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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
October 30, 2010 · KARA Reporting
The Heart Of Child Protection Services
As budgets shrink, more states and counties have fewer resources to save abused and neglected children from the immediate dangers they face in their homes and the future problems that come along with the abuse (preteen p
Pennsylvania · Utah · Virginia · Washington
October 23, 2010 · KARA Reporting
After Traumatic Event, Early Intervention Reduces Odds of PTSD in Children by 73 Percent
My experience in the CASA guardian ad-Litem program was impacted by the harsh realities that become part of an abused child's life after experiencing the trauma of extended exposure to violence and deprivation. Their liv
October 17, 2010 · KARA Reporting
Across Ages, Youth Substance Abuse & Programs That Work
* a mentoring program; pairing an adult over 55 years of age with each youth between ages 9 and 13. The mentor spends at least two hours per week with the child doing recreational activities, providing tutoring, counseli
July 17, 2010 · KARA Reporting
Citizen Review Panels Advocating For Abused & Neglected Children
Getting more people involved in gathering and disseminating information about the issues of child abuse and what can and should be done to protect and serve vulnerable children has to be a good thing.
April 30, 2010 · KARA Reporting
Kids For Cash, Privatizing Punishment, What Could Be More Wrong?
It is up to us as citizens to have the depth of understanding and concern with our community to see how what happened in Pennsylvania is happening by degrees to youth throughout our state and our nation (just without the
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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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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