The Record · SD
South Dakota
South Dakota: federal child-welfare figures and 20 pieces of KARA reporting, in full.
Federal child-welfare figures and KARA's reporting on South 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 South Dakota
20 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
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October 22, 2025 · KARA Reporting
The Importance of Foster Youth Rights (find your State here)
This article is derived from Hana Ikramuddin's excellent Imprint News Article about Fosters not being notified of their rights - Read the Imprint article here. Hana tells us the story of AIayna Ghost’s years in Foster Ca
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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 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 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
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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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January 3, 2019 · KARA Reporting
Recent Child Suicide Reports & Statistics (part II)
KARA’s reporting is only a sampling of what should be reported Most child suicide is under reported & obfuscated. Your state, resources & statistics here…
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 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
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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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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 12, 2017 · KARA Reporting
March 2017 Sad Stories Part I
Baby Justice Rees' father responds to charges in infant's death KCRA Sacramento The father of Baby Justice Rees, who found dead two years ago in a Yolo County slough, faces an involuntary manslaughter charge in connectio
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
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December 14, 2016 · KARA Reporting
December 2016 Sad Stories Part 1
MD: Youth homelessness in Baltimore higher than previously thought The Baltimore Sun - November 30, 2016 More than 1,400 young people under the age of 25 were unaccompanied by a parent or guardian, without a safe, stable
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September 17, 2016 · KARA Reporting
CASA guardian ad Litem News & Stories for August 2016
Jan. 17 trial date set in Sullivan County homicide Terre Haute Tribune Star Tribune-Star/Lisa TriggDefendant Joshua Travis Hall is led from the Sullivan Superior courtroom by Sheriff Clark Cottom following a hearing Mond
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September 13, 2016 · KARA Reporting
Remembering Mark Proctor
Mark Proctor passed away this past week and Minnesota lost one of its most committed and effective advocates for children in the child protection and foster care system. I know of no one more dedicated to making life bet
August 22, 2014 · KARA Reporting
This Week's At Risk Children's News
SC: Exclusive - Robert Guinyard's life and death in SC's child welfare system The State - August 17, 2014 Since his death, Robert has become the face of the debate over whether Social Services is doing all it can to prot
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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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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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