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All posts tagged "child protective services"
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409NewsLawmakers provide grim look at WV foster care system, say mandated improvements, funding needed
The state leads the nation in the rate of children coming into foster care.
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1.5KNewsNYC child abuse investigators violate parents’ civil rights, lawsuit alleges
Class-action suit says agency conducts tens of thousands of illegal searches each year.
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10.3KNewsMurdered on the job: A year after a child welfare investigator was killed, little has changed
The day Deidre Silas was murdered, the social worker went alone on a house call.
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2.3KNewsPolice need warrants to search homes. Child welfare agents almost never get one.
By law, ACS caseworkers are not allowed to enter and search a home without either permission to enter or an entry order,...
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687NewsOregon 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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688NewsCaseworkers: Texas order on trans kids handled differently
When Texas Gov. Greg Abbott put in motion abuse investigations into the parents of some transgender kids, child welfare supervisor Randa Mulanax...
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1.0KNewsTexas judge blocks investigations of trans youth parents
A Texas judge on Friday blocked the state from investigating as child abuse gender confirming care for transgender youth. District Judge Amy...
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4.3KNewsChild Protective Services Target Minority, Poor Women, Report Says
In 2018, Elizabeth Brico left her Florida home for three days following a fight with her mother-in-law. After her mother-in-law called Florida’s...
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3.8KFrom the BureausBobby Cagle, New LA Child Welfare Chief, to Find High Demand, Too Few Foster Homes
Bobby Cagle, a former foster child and caseworker, is set to take over as head of Los Angeles Department of Children and...
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6.6KGuest Opinion EssayDomestic 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...
