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Virginia
Virginia: federal child-welfare figures and 61 pieces of KARA reporting, in full.
Federal child-welfare figures and KARA's reporting on Virginia.
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 Virginia
61 articles, newest first, republished in full.
June 26, 2026 · KARA Reporting
Child Abuse Prevention In America (videos & articles)
KARA reports on the issues of at risk children by curating a wide lens on child abuse and child protection. This post pulls together recent coverage from newspapers, universities, public health departments, UNICEF, the W
Colorado · Georgia · North Carolina · Oklahoma · South Carolina · Virginia
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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June 4, 2026 · KARA Reporting
Child Endangerment (Star Tribune "IN HARM'S WAY")
Minnesota’s child protection system is repeatedly returning severely abused children to unsafe homes, and some are dying as a result. Drawing on the Star Tribune’s “In Harm’s Way” investigation, Safe Passage’s child fat
May 2, 2026 · KARA Reporting
Essential Foster Care Videos and Podcasts: Powerful Resources for Foster Youth and Families
Aging Out of Foster Care: Hannah’s Story – Dave Thomas Foundation for Adoption. Short video about abuse, instability in care, and aging out at 18, stressing that teens are never too old to need a permanent family.
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 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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September 22, 2025 · KARA Reporting
Child Endangerment (Star Tribune "IN HARM'S WAY")
The Star Tribune's investigative report titled "IN HARM'S WAY" provides a rare glimpse into the world of Child Protective Services. This report illuminates the disheartening fact that children often do not have a right t
August 17, 2024 · KARA Reporting
Schools, Child Suicide, Nurses, & COVID
Repeated childhood trauma does cruel things to children. Things that never go away. Those things (behaviors/thoughts/self-harm/suicide) can be managed with help. Without help, depression, pain and sadness often become ov
Arizona · Colorado · Florida · Massachusetts · Minnesota · Vermont · Virginia
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
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
Arizona · Florida · Georgia · Illinois · Kansas · Michigan · Minnesota · North Dakota · Oregon · Tennessee · Texas · Virginia
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
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
November 21, 2020 · KARA Reporting
COVID & Child Suicide November 2020
KARA (Kids At Risk Action) tracks current news about at risk children bringing transparency and attention to our youngest and most vulnerable citizens. The COVID pandemic has interrupted most major media reporting of chi
California · Kentucky · Missouri · Virginia
October 18, 2020 · KARA Reporting
Child Suicide Reporting (3 weeks ending 10.17.20)
These articles reflect current trends in child suicide & self-harm in America today. Only a fraction of child/youth suicides are successful. The vast majority of self-inflicted harm remains invisible. Mental health servi
Colorado · Florida · Maryland · North Carolina · Oregon · Tennessee · Virginia
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
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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September 21, 2020 · KARA Reporting
Police vs Social Worker and what happened to an autistic child when the wrong one showed up
Police encounters with mentally ill people can have deadly consequences: according to the nonprofit Treatment Advocacy Center, people suffering from untreated mental illness are 16 times more likely to be killed in inter
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
California · Iowa · Maine · Minnesota · New Hampshire · North Dakota · Virginia
August 27, 2020 · KARA Reporting
COVID Child Abuse Update for July - August 2020
Almost every school building in the country is closed Fewer than half of students are participating in online learning in some schools, The reporting of child abuse is dropping by as much as 70% since schools shut their
Florida · Maryland · New Jersey · North Carolina · Texas · Virginia · West Virginia
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
Alaska · Arizona · California · Colorado · Connecticut · Florida · Georgia · Idaho · Illinois · Indiana · Iowa · Kansas · Kentucky · Louisiana · Maine · Massachusetts · Michigan · Minnesota · Missouri · Montana · Nebraska · Nevada · New Hampshire · New Mexico · New York · North Carolina · Ohio · Oklahoma · Oregon · Rhode Island · South Carolina · Tennessee · Texas · Virginia · Washington · Wisconsin
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
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August 1, 2019 · KARA Reporting
CASA Guardian Ad Litem Activity Around the Nation (where you live)
News and stories from around the U.S. from June and July 2019. Find your CASA news here;
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July 16, 2019 · KARA Reporting
Hard to Watch; Immigration & Children as Political Footballs
Dropping napalm on children and families in Vietnam (PBS video) was an unforgivable evil. Thousands of small children died by napalm. Burned alive is the most painful death anyone can suffer. Survivors live with scars an
January 10, 2019 · KARA Reporting
Recent Child Burns/Torture Reporting & Statistics
Only the worst child abuse is reported Most child child trauma and torture is not discovered Find your state & resources here;
Alabama · Kansas · New York · Ohio · Utah · Virginia · Wisconsin
October 24, 2018 · KARA Reporting
September 2018 Child Sex Abuse & Trafficking (I)
KARA (Kids At Risk Action) tracks current news about at risk children bringing transparency and attention to our youngest and most vulnerable citizens. Human trafficking is rapidly growing crime across Tennessee In Tenne
Florida · Massachusetts · Michigan · North Carolina · Oklahoma · Tennessee · Texas · Virginia
August 21, 2018 · KARA Reporting
July Child Sex Abuse/Child Trafficking (part 4)
hundreds of allegations of missing children and child sex trafficking
California · Illinois · Iowa · Maryland · Pennsylvania · Virginia
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
August 8, 2018 · KARA Reporting
July 2018 Child Abuse / Child Protection (part 3)
KARA (Kids At Risk Action) tracks current news about at risk children bringing transparency and attention to our youngest and most vulnerable citizens. This reporting is only sampling of what should be reported – the gre
Florida · Illinois · Michigan · New York · North Carolina · Ohio · Tennessee · Texas · Virginia
March 22, 2018 · KARA Reporting
Sad Stories Feb 2018 Part VI (foster care stories and 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 · California · Connecticut · Iowa · Kentucky · Minnesota · Oregon · Texas · Virginia
March 1, 2018 · KARA Reporting
Sad Stories Feb 2018 Part I (child abuse - child death stories & 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
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
August 21, 2017 · KARA Reporting
The Problem With Accommodating Hate (& hateful people)
Wanting to get along is a blessing and a curse. Most of us lean towards accommodation and away from conflict. We avoid conflict and accept behaviors & beliefs in others that stretch us to our limits. Caring friends may a
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 13, 2016 · KARA Reporting
CASA Guardian ad Litem News From Around the Nation July 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 KARA volunteers for your research and writing on this page. All Adult
Alabama · Connecticut · Florida · Georgia · Missouri · Nevada · North Carolina · Oregon · Tennessee · Texas · Virginia
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
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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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
February 26, 2016 · KARA Reporting
February Sad Stories (2016 KARA reporting)
AZ: DCS Completing More Investigations, But Court Cases Increase (Includes audio)
Alabama · Connecticut · Florida · Georgia · New York · Oklahoma · Texas · Virginia
January 1, 2016 · KARA Reporting
5 People / Week Accidentally Shot By Children (thank you Wayne LaPierre)
265 Moms, dads, brothers, sisters and selves were shot by very young children this year. This is the first time data on people shot by children has been collected in America. I'm guessing it will go up n next year. There
California · Colorado · Florida · Kentucky · Louisiana · Oregon · South Carolina · Virginia
August 19, 2015 · KARA Reporting
Child Death and Child Abuse Articles (for August 2015 - find your state/country here)
CA: County responses unacceptable (Opinion) Ukiah Daily Journal - August 02, 2015 The Mendocino County Health and Human Services Agency's response to the Grand Jury is one of the most twisted documents I have ever read.
Colorado · Illinois · Iowa · Kentucky · Massachusetts · Texas · Virginia · Wisconsin
July 26, 2015 · KARA Reporting
Child Death and Child Abuse Articles (for July 2015 - find your state/country here)
KARA tracks child abuse and death articles from around the nation (and some international cases). Most non death child abuse cases never make it into the media. This page is KARA's discovery of information through July 2
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May 31, 2015 · KARA Reporting
Virginia Abandons Abused Children To Death (200 unanswered calls never reported)
Minnesota is not the only state to fail abused children to death (8 children since Eric dean last year). Virginia child protective services has just been discovered to have ignored, then hidden (and erased) over 200 tele
May 31, 2015 · KARA Reporting
Child Protection News Gathered Nationally (find your state here)
ALL ADULTS ARE THE PROTECTORS OF ALL CHILDREN Most of our news for this page (300 + articles) is gathered from; Child Welfare in the News is distributed at no charge by Child Welfare Information Gateway (www.childwelfare
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December 3, 2014 · KARA Reporting
It Happens Over and Over (profound child abuse - child death - inadequate reporting & response)
This is my take from Brandon's article of Nov 30th (linked above) Minnesota's recent brutal murder of 4 year old Eric Dean after 14 ignored reports of child abuse by mandated reporters (and one family assessment) is beco
Arizona · Colorado · Florida · Maine · Minnesota · Ohio · Texas · Virginia
July 11, 2014 · KARA Reporting
It Could Be Worse (Virginia screens out 83% of all child abuse complaints)
Minnesota screens out 66% of child abuse complaints overall, but 4 MN counties screen out 90%. The only good thing to say about conditions in Virginia is that there seems to be some transparency in the reporting which on
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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June 6, 2013 · KARA Reporting
CASA guardian ad-Litem News From Around The Nation
Without court appointed CASA volunteers, America's abused and neglected children have no voice in the homes they are raised in or the homes they live in foster care. States like Virginia are now forcing children back int
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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July 20, 2012 · KARA Reporting
Michael Swanson, Jeff Weise, James Holmes, Virginia Tech; Tons of Avoidable Pain
I know parents who have lost children to murder and violent death. It ruins lives far beyond the coffin. Violent Death spouse and children images stay with us forever. Still, no likes the conversation. Virginia Tech, Men
Illinois · Indiana · Iowa · Michigan · Minnesota · New Jersey · Virginia
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
Alabama · Arizona · Arkansas · California · Colorado · Delaware · Florida · Georgia · Illinois · Kansas · Louisiana · Maryland · Massachusetts · Michigan · Missouri · Nebraska · New Jersey · New York · North Carolina · Ohio · Oklahoma · Oregon · Tennessee · Texas · Utah · Virginia · Washington · Wisconsin
April 30, 2012 · KARA Reporting
Children Murdered In Kentucky, Governor Beshear Hides The Evidence
Kentucky Governor Steve Beshear is hiding the records of dozens of dead children (from child abuse) because life for abused children is so awful in his state he wants it hidden from the rest of the nation. The core issue
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
April 18, 2010 · KARA Reporting
This Weeks Important At Risk Youth News
This is a compilation of recent news that reflects the conditions of youth and youth policy in the U.S. this past few weeks. Thank you Jamie Wilt and Century College for your hard work and good programs.
Florida · Hawaii · Illinois · Indiana · North Carolina · Virginia
April 2, 2010 · KARA Reporting
Mental Health, Drug & Alcohol Abuse Programs Don't Cost They Save
Programs that help youth understand these issues and how to cope with them are one of the best investments that we can make in our youth and our community. Not having programs is expensive. Just ask the people that lost
March 28, 2010 · KARA Reporting
Breaking The Cycle Of Abuse
For every dollar spent on Healthy Families, $4 to $7 in saved in intervention and health care costs, according to program statistics.
February 24, 2010 · KARA Reporting
Ruben Rosario on Victor Vieth's Dream of Ending Child Abuse
As a guardian ad-Litem, I know that most child abuse cases are not reported. Recently an acquaintance admitted to witnessing the prostitution of a very young girl and not reporting it. He had remorse and felt endangered.
February 3, 2010 · KARA Reporting
Be A Part of Reforming America's Child Protection System
The weekly subject-oriented, solutions-driven program broadcasts online at www.blogtalkradio.com/CWLA-Radio, Wednesdays, 2:00-2:30 pm ET and feature indepth, timely discussions with leading child welfare experts, agents,
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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April 25, 2007 · KARA Reporting
Saving Ourselves From the Next Virginia Tech
At that time in Minnesota there were 15 child psychiatrists in the entire state (population about 4 million) and the student to counsellor ratio in MN high schools was 900 to 1. As a child advocate (long time guardian ad