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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 (6/19/2009 - 6/26/2009)
American Children Dying from Abuse at an Alarming Rate
PR-CANADA.net (press release) - Jun 26, 2009
... time to be a child in America according to newly released statistics that report that 1760 children died in the US in 2007 from child abuse and neglect. ...
Toddler's legacy is review of Missouri's foster care system
St. Louis Post-Dispatch - Nancy Cambria - Jun 24, 2009
The Children's Division, an arm of the Department of Social Services, is responsible for child abuse and neglect investigations and the care of about 9700 ...
SWEET VICTORY: TEXAS GOVERNOR VETOS “TAKE AWAY YOUR CHILD ACT”
NewsWithViews.com - Sarah Foster - Jun 24, 2009
“In simple terms, [SB 1440] clarifies the process for DFPS to obtain a court order that can aid in investigation of child abuse and neglect,” said Tina ...
Court backs Neb. tribe in kids' cases
KTIV - Jun 26, 2009
The tribe argued a Dakota County juvenile court judge wrongly denied its rights under the Indian Child Welfare Act because of the tribe was not represented ...
Samuels Tapped to Head Administration on Children, Youth and Families
Youth Today - Jamaal Abdul-Alim, John Kelly - Jun 25, 2009
Samuels is regarded as an effective child welfare administrator who relies as much on studies and research in making decisions as he does on his own ...
Judge's concern over lack of family court reporting
Press Gazette - Paul McNally - Jun 25, 2009
The court is able to restrict attendance if a child's welfare required it, or if it is necessary to do so for the safety and protection of parties or ...
DHS Challenges Class Action Status Of Suit
News On 6 - Ashli Sims - Jun 24, 2009
TULSA, OK -- There are new developments in the federal class action lawsuit against Oklahoma's child welfare system. ...
The Advertising Council, HHS' AdoptUsKids Launch New PSAs to ...
SHOOT Online (press release) - Jun 24, 2009
... need for foster care and adoptive families for children in the US Public child welfare system, said Kathy Ledesma, Project Director, AdoptUsKids. ...
DCF reaches out to Haitians in Lee County
The News-Press - Janine Zeitlin - Jun 22, 2009
A team of Haitian Creole-speaking child welfare workers recently began reaching out to Haitian churches and organizations to educate parents and children. ...
2 foster kids finally flourish, but budget cuts threaten foster ...
Chicago Tribune - Jun 21, 2009
The foster mom was no novice to the child welfare system. In 1991, she had taken in the children of relatives. A few years later, when those children moved ...
$1.7 Million to Hire Additional CPS Caseworkers
Hudson Valley Press - Jun 21, 2009
These positions will be eligible for continued funding under the state child welfare services law, which reimburses local counties for 63.7 percent of their ...
Judges, welfare system engage relatives to take role in kids' lives
Pittsburgh Tribune-Review - Bobby Kerlik - Jun 20, 2009
Even for experienced foster mom Amy Morrison, navigating Allegheny County's child welfare system can be difficult. ...
State working to counter poverty's effect on children
The Colorado Statesman - Lucy McFadden - Jun 20, 2009
Bill Ritter to support Senate Bill 164, Colorado Child's Welfare Training Academy. The bill, sponsored by Sen. Linda Newell, D-Littleton, mandates that ...
Report: Ga. Agencies Improving Child Welfare
News/Talk 750 WSB - Jay Black - Jun 20, 2009
In December, Atlanta US District Judge Marvin Shoob ordered child welfare officials to do a better job of finding permanent homes for those children, ...
