Wednesday, July 2, 2025

Forget the ceremonies: In Michigan, every day is Family Destruction Day

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At a ceremony to commemorate “Michigan Reunification Day,” Michigan Supreme Court Chief Justice Megan Cavanagh said:  Through coordination...
Tuesday, July 1, 2025

NCCPR news and commentary round-up, week ending July 2, 2025

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● A volunteer in the Los Angeles Court-Appointed Special Advocates program said she was “triggered” when the program director used the words...
Monday, June 30, 2025

Cranking up the foster care to prison pipeline in Missouri

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  In an interview, the new head of Missouri’s Children’s Division spewed out a gish-gallop of misinformation to try to justify her take-the-...
Sunday, June 29, 2025

Los Angeles CASA does the most CASA thing in the world

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There are more than 900 chapters of Court-Appointed Special Advocates. Of that number, one was led by a Black woman with lived experience. N...
Friday, June 27, 2025

Points of no return

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Here are some of the other states with child welfare systems so rotten that the vast majority of foster children are never allowed to go hom...
Wednesday, June 25, 2025

Virginia’s shame: When children are torn from their parents here, nearly three in four may never go home.

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If the family police take your children in Virginia, odds are nearly 3 in 4 they're never coming home ● While other states celebrate Jun...
Tuesday, June 24, 2025

NCCPR news and commentary round-up, week ending June 25, 2025

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● Maine lawmakers are considering a bill that would impose a “balance of harms” test in child welfare cases. Judges would have to balance th...