Tuesday, September 29, 2026

NCCPR news and commentary round-up, week ending September 30, 2026

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● First and foremost this week: A new development involving one of the most crucial issues in child welfare: the perverse financial incentiv...
Sunday, September 27, 2026

Want to fix child welfare in Kansas? There’s a name that needs to be said out loud

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  It sure sounded like his unfortunate influence kept coming up at a recent legislative hearing, but no one would say the name. The Secr...
Wednesday, September 23, 2026

In Maine, a man overseeing a mother’s drug test allegedly forces her to strip and stares at her. Then, it allegedly got worse. The family police agency, on the other hand, is only too glad to look the other way.

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The Maine Department of Health and Human Services gives its response to the allegations. Of all the people who defend the take-the-child-and...
Tuesday, September 22, 2026

NCCPR in The Imprint: Flexibility Could Help Family First. More Foster Care Funding Will Make the Whole System Worse.

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Ten years ago, when the bill that would become the Family First Prevention Services Act was introduced, I wrote a column for this publicatio...
Sunday, September 20, 2026

The real “oomph” deficit in Santa Clara County

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U.S. Rep. Joyce Beatty of Ohio just taught a master class in how to deal with bullies. I hope they will take note of it in Santa Clara Count...
Wednesday, September 16, 2026

NCCPR news and commentary round-up, week ending September 15, 2026

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● The Tampa Bay Times reports that local and state advocates are demanding answers after the Times’ expose of the enormous scope and harm...
Wednesday, September 9, 2026

NCCPR news and commentary round-up, week ending September 10, 2026

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● Two years after one sensation-seeking member of the Board of Supervisors and one Pulitzer-sniffing journalist for the San Jose Mercury New...