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The following links to selected national news stories were obtained through a Google News search using key terms such as "child welfare" and "child abuse and neglect." The National Child Welfare Resource Center for Organizational Improvement assumes no responsibility for the content of the posted news links. If you find inaccuracies in the news articles, we recommend that you contact the author or the local news sources.
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National Child Welfare News Clippings (7/18/2008 - 7/25/2008)
First Steps aims help at kids and families
WOOD-TV , MI – Jul 24, 2008
By improving early childhood development and healthcare, First Steps creators and contributors believe it will curb crime, poverty, child abuse and neglect ...
University at Albany-SUNY Center for Human Services Research ...
UAlbany Campus News, NY – Jul 24, 2008
... services to new and expectant parents, especially those families who are overburdened by stressors that put them at risk of child abuse and neglect. ...
Missouri Announces Grants to Fight Child Abuse and Neglect
Kansas City infoZine, MO - Jul 23, 2008
million in grants to support organizations and agencies that help strengthen families to reduce the risk of child abuse and neglect. ...
Teen study poses dilemma
Boston Globe, United States - Jul 20, 2008
Researchers will track rates of child abuse and neglect, whether mothers pursue further education or job training, repeat pregnancies, and other factors, ...
Washington, DC, Reinstitutes Home-Schooling Rules
RedOrbit, TX – Jul 25, 2008
"We would like to see the superintendent enforce regulations the same way all other child welfare regulations are enforced -- only with probable cause," Mr. ...
Foster Transplant Case Sparks DCF Policy Revamp
RedOrbit , TX – Jul 24, 2008
He had caseworkers and doctors and a high-ranking administrator from Florida 's child welfare agency all working on his behalf. Days after Jackson Memorial ...
Hearing set for child welfare settlement
Detroit Free Press, United States - Jul 24, 2008
A federal judge has scheduled a hearing for preliminary approval of a court settlement that would mean sweeping changes in Michigan's child welfare system. ...
Audit: CPS lax in tracking, responding to complaints
Arizona Republic, AZ - Jul 22, 2008
The review by the Office of the Auditor General found that the child-welfare agency provides easy access for members of the public to file complaints and ...
Polygamist Is Indicted in Assault of a Child
New York Times, United States - Jul 22, 2008
The indictments came seven weeks after the Texas Supreme Court ordered child welfare officials to return to their parents 460 children removed from the ...
Chronic child neglect summit looks at causes of and solutions to ...
NRToday.com, OR - Jul 22, 2008
As a result of a chronic child neglect summit held Monday, the child welfare office and ADAPT, a drug and alcohol treatment program, are seeking former ...
Reports of domestic violence rise
Tahlequah Daily Press, OK - Jul 22, 2008
... but it is still grossly underreported,” said Sandie Edgmon, program member for investigation with Cherokee Nation Indian Child Welfare. ...
Problems persist for child welfare: Review finds Texas caseworker ...
TMCnet - Jul 20, 2008
The latest Child and Family Services Review also faulted Texas for having too many children in long-term foster care and placing children on waiting lists ...
Bloomberg says blame ACS mess on me
New York Daily News, NY - Jul 19, 2008
BY KATHLEEN LUCADAMO Mayor Bloomberg took the blame Friday for three child welfare workers accused of embezzling millions in city funds meant for needy ...
Child Welfare Agency On "Emergency Basis"
WJZ, MD - Jul 18, 2008
The Child and Family Services Agency will "act on an emergency basis" by getting social workers from other District offices and hiring more staff, ...
Child abuse reporting rules called unclear
The Patriot-News - PennLive.com, PA - Jul 17, 2008
The mandatory reporting laws can save lives, Levi said, but there can be danger in being too quick to report: Child welfare agencies could be overwhelmed ...
