All posts tagged "child abuse"

New York’s mandatory reporter training wants to have it both ways. That’s an improvement.

New York’s new online mandated reporter training course is less awful than its predecessors.

trafficking of girls: young, sad woman sitting on bed looking out window

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Child/youth human trafficking victim services and outcome improvement program grants

GRANT FOCUS: Child/Youth Victims, Human/Sex Trafficking, Child/Youth Abuse, Victim Services | Amount: Up to $1,500,000 | Deadline: Apr. 6, 2023

Ex-state adviser implicated in youth center abuse lawsuits: two hooded people look out at city from high window

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Ex-state adviser implicated in youth center abuse lawsuits

David Ball is among roughly 150 former staffers who are implicated by former residents.

Native Americans share trauma of Arizona boarding schools: row of people sitting and looking off to the side

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Native Americans share trauma of Arizona boarding schools

In Arizona alone, there were 47 federal Indian boarding schools.

children exposed to domestic violence, family violence grants: mother comforting her young, sad daughter

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Improving family supports in child maltreatment reporting and prevention program grants

GRANT FOCUS: Child Welfare, Child Maltreatment/Neglect, Family Support, Children/Youth in Poverty | Amount: $1,000,000 - $2,000,000 | Deadline: Mar. 13, 2023

early child care and early education: young black boy in overalls playing with different colorful toys

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Child welfare system and early care/education partnership project support grants

GRANT FOCUS: Child Welfare/Well-being, Early Care/Education, At-risk Children/Youth, Family Support | Amount: $250,000 - $275,000 | Deadline: Mar. 13, 2023

Roxanna Asgarian Q&A: woman with medium length dark hair whit arms folded on table against dark background

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Q&A: Reporter Roxanna Asgarian’s upcoming book dives deep into the murder-suicide that killed six adopted Black children

There's a larger story behind the Hart murder-suicide, Asgarian says.

institutionalized children run: chain link fence with sunset

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You don’t need a task force to tell you why institutionalized children run

Children run away from out-of-home placements because they are in out-of-home placements. Institutionalization is inherently harmful, inherently traumatic and almost never necessary....

Transgender youth treatment: Crowd of people in business casual wear stand on a green lawn bedind a young asult with blonde hairwearinga blue shirt and tan pants, speaking into a microphone to a crowd off-camera.

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Landmark trial begins over Arkansas’ ban on trans youth care

Arkansas was the first state to enact such a ban on gender-confirming care, with Republican lawmakers in 2021 overriding GOP Gov. Asa...

Child Abuse Reporting: Ols, rust playground swings on fenced, asphalt playground

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Mandatory reporting was supposed to stop severe child abuse. It punishes poor families instead.

“Today, Pennsylvania says ‘No more’ to child abuse,” then-Gov. Tom Corbett declared as he signed the legislation into law in 2014. A...

foster care: Woman of color wipes tear during meeting with professional counselor

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Texas caseworkers give us a lesson in whose lives matter

Sixteen current and former employees of the Texas Department of Family and Protective Services (DFPS) have filed an amicus brief as part...

child abuse and neglect prevention, treatment grants; sad child sitting in hallway

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Child maltreatment in youth organizations national research project grant

GRANT FOCUS: Child Maltreatment, Child Abuse, Youth Organizations, Sexual Abuse, Research | Amount: $1,500,000 | Deadline: Oct. 24, 2022

child neglect screening algorithm raises concerns: graphic of silhouette

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Oregon dropping AI tool used in child abuse cases

Child welfare officials in Oregon will stop using an algorithm to help decide which families are investigated by social workers, opting instead...

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An algorithm that screens for child neglect raises concerns

Inside a cavernous stone fortress in downtown Pittsburgh, attorney Robin Frank defends parents at one of their lowest points – when they...

Native Community domestic violence grants; native mom and daughter smiling at camera

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Native/tribal child abuse response improvement program grants

GRANT FOCUS: Child Welfare, Child Abuse/Maltreatment, Child Safety, Native/Tribal Youth | Amount: Up to $750,000 | Deadline: May 17, 2022

US church boarding school pasts: memorials of lights and flowers on grass in front of building and tree at sunset

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First pope, now US churches face boarding-school reckoning

As Native Americans cautiously welcome Pope Francis' historic apology for abuses at Catholic-run boarding schools for Indigenous children in Canada, U.S. churches...

Missouri boarding school abuse: selfie photo of young woman with colored hair and piercings

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Missouri regulates boarding schools after abuse allegations

The new law approved last year followed extensive reporting from The Kansas City Star that found that several faith-based boarding schools, including...

Juvenile detention rough in La. illustration of persn's silhouette sitting with head in hands in jail cell

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Shackles and Solitary: Inside Louisiana’s Harshest Juvenile Lockup

Scrambling to respond to a wave of violence and escapes from other juvenile detention facilities, Louisiana state officials quietly opened the high-security...

Child welfare and poverty: Paper cut out figures of people stand on top of several stacks of coins

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In child welfare, if the solution is money, the problem is poverty

In the beginning, the builders of what would become a system of massive intrusion into families, and, ultimately, the separation of millions...

cities and youth in violence: mayor in suit poses next to Rockford sign

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