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All posts tagged "child abuse"
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1.7KGrantsFamily Drug Court Evaluation Program Grants
Subject: Child Maltreatment, Family Support, Substance/Drug Abuse, Youth Welfare, Opioids | Deadline: June 14, 2018 | Amount: Up to $2,000,000
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1.6KGrantsChild Abuse Victims Advocacy Center Support Program Grants
Subject: Children's Advocacy, Child Welfare, Child Abuse, Victim Support | Deadline: May 14, 2018 | Amount: $1,000,000 - $10,000,000
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12.1KOpinionPittsburgh Misuses Big Data to Target Poor Children for Abuse Investigations
One massive leak of middle-class Americans’ data seems to have the whole world in an uproar. A firm known as Cambridge Analytica...
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1.7KGrantsTraining Grants to Improve Judicial System’s Handling of Child Maltreatment Cases
Subject: Child/Youth Welfare, Child Abuse, Child Neglect, Justice System, Child Victims | Deadline: May 3, 2018 | Amount: Up to $2,000,000
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Increasing Availability of Court-Appointed Advocates for Child Abuse/Neglect Victims Program Grants
Subject: Justice, Juvenile Justice, Child Abuse/Neglect, Victim Services | Deadline: Apr. 23, 2018 | Up to $9,000,000
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5.1KOpinionDo Spikes in Foster Care Contribute to More Child Abuse Deaths?
More than 30 years ago, when I was a reporter for a daily newspaper, I was assigned a story about what looked...
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2.2K► ReportsChild Maltreatment 2016
The Administration for Children and Families' Children's Bureau produced this report using data from 2016 to present and summarize the child abuse...
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3.6KOpinionDon’t Turn California Child Torture Case Into Discrimination Against Home-schoolers
To the cliché “hard cases make bad law” allow me to add a corollary: Horror-story cases make horrible law.
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Justice for Families Program Grants
Subject: Family Support, Domestic Violence, Child Abuse, Juvenile Justice | Deadline: Dec. 20, 2017
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Grants for Programs Improving Lives of At-Risk and Abused Children
Subject: Child/Youth Welfare, Health, Child Abuse, At-Risk Children | Deadline: Sept. 30, 2017
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6.9KOpinionDomestic Violence Survivors Say Mandatory Reporting Laws Made Their Lives Worse
In a previous column about the harm done to battered women and their children by child protective services agencies, I told the...
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Grants for Training and Technical Assistance Programs for Child Abuse Professionals
Subject: Child/Youth Welfare, Safety, Child Abuse, Career/Job Training | Deadline: May 11, 2017
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1.5KOpinionUniversity-based Research, Treatment Under One Roof: The Future of Combating Child Abuse
One in every five children around the world suffers abuse, neglect and trauma during their childhood. In the United States, “Child Maltreatment...
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1.2KOpinionWe Must Decriminalize Trauma for Girls with Histories of Abuse or Neglect
Girls’ involvement in the juvenile justice system is growing disproportionately at a time when arrest rates for boys are declining.
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2.1KNewsFederal Commission Releases Recommendations to End Child Abuse Fatalities
A report released Thursday calls for a national strategy to end child deaths from abuse and neglect. The report emphasizes improved leadership...
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1.6KOpinion
Child Abuse Fatalities Commission Staggers to a Close
During a congressional hearing in 2011, Michael Petit, who then ran an organization called Every Child Matters, was asked which states do...
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Getting Myself Back: Living in Foster Care with People Who Let Me Be a Child
The last fight between my mother and stepfather was severe enough to get them both arrested. With nowhere else to go, we...
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1.4KOpinion
Federal Commission’s Recommendations on Child Fatalities Would Backfire
Had I bought a ticket when the Powerball lottery jackpot reached more than $1 billion, odds are I would not have won....
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2.5KNewsAdvocates Hope for Action on National Background Check Bill
WASHINGTON — Youth advocates hope this year will bring action on legislation that would give youth-serving organizations greater access to criminal background...
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Regional Children Advocacy Center Program Grants
Subject: Child Welfare, Child Abuse, Safety, Healthcare | Deadline: Mar. 7, 2016
