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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 (8/01/2008 - 8/08/2008)
I-Team: DFS Refuses Release of Murdered Teen's Records
KLAS-TV, NV – Aug 8, 2008
DFS says it will not release her case history because her death does not fall under the definition of a child abuse and neglect fatality. ...
PA Department of Public Welfare Awards Grants to Help Low-Income ...
eMediaWorld.com Newswire Press Release Distribution Service (press release), AZ – Aug 7, 2008
... related to child health, child abuse and neglect, crime reduction and school readiness, including: -- 48 percent reduction in child abuse and neglect; ...
Area man allegedly assaulted foster girls
Pekin Daily Times, IL - Aug 5, 2008
Marlowe said that the department always runs a criminal background check through the LEADS system and a DCFS child abuse and neglect check. ...
Community turns out to help children
Lihue Garden Island , HI - Aug 4, 2008
... in the country and bring together a multi-disciplinary team of professionals who coordinate activities and investigations of child abuse and neglect. ...
FLDS custody hearings moved up a month
Deseret News, UT – Aug 8, 2008
Hundreds of children from the FLDS Church's YFZ Ranch were removed in an April raid when child welfare workers and law enforcement responded to the ...
State Senator Wants Juvenile Prison Shut Down
The Morning News, AR - Aug 8, 2008
She called the juvenile prison in southwest Pulaski County a "grim" place while discussing child welfare issues during a meeting of the Arkansas Kids Count ...
Two DHS workers in child death case are fired
Philadelphia Inquirer, PA - Aug 8, 2008
By John Sullivan Two child-welfare workers criminally charged in the starvation death of 14-year-old Danieal Kelly were fired yesterday after an internal ...
Department of Human Services: New Strategies in Child Welfare ...
Hawaii Reporter, HI - Aug 7, 2008
Implemented in 2005, this Web-based system assists child welfare social workers in determining the least intrusive and most effective response that ensures ...
DHS wants curtailed discovery process
Edmond Sun, OK - Aug 7, 2008
... of Human Services Wednesday to curtail the pretrial discovery process in a lawsuit that seeks top-to-bottom reform of the state's child welfare system. ...
National study finds child abuse under-reported
Medill Reports, IL - Aug 7, 2008
Vice president of public policy and communication at the Virginia-based Child Welfare League of America, Linda Spears, finds it interesting that clinicians ...
Life After Foster Care
In These Times, IL - Aug 6, 2008
“We’re really badly in need of foster homes,” says Marissa Allen, vice president of child welfare services at OCH. “But it’s difficult because nobody wants ...
Texas wants 8 kids from sect back in state care
The Associated Press - Aug 6, 2008
SAN ANTONIO (AP) — Texas child welfare authorities asked a judge on Tuesday to place eight children from a Texas polygamist sect's ranch back into foster ...
Camp reunites foster siblings
Washington Times, DC - Aug 5, 2008
... according to Casey Family Programs, a Seattle-based national foundation that promotes improvements in child welfare practices and policies. ...
Social worker slaying has W.Va. pondering safety
Kentucky.com, KY - Aug 5, 2008
... advocates struggling to find ways to better protect those who work daily on potentially volatile issues of child welfare and family crisis management. ...
Giving Foster Teens a Place to Call Home
Gotham Gazette, NY - Aug 3, 2008
(This article is adapted from Child Welfare Watch Vol. 16, "Home Away From Home: Foster Parents for a New Generation." Reporting by Ann Farmer, ...
Homeless shelter focuses on youths
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, WI - Aug 3, 2008
“There is a huge child welfare system that is supposed to be looking out for the welfare of children.” Roman’s agency estimates that more than 1 million ...
Human services making changes in wake of childrens' deaths
Denver Post, CO - Aug 3, 2008
The new Child Welfare Action Committee held its first meeting Thursday. • Counties have begun receiving training on how to access a new data platform. ...
