NCCPR Child Welfare Blog

News and commentary from the National Coalition for Child Protection Reform concerning child abuse, child welfare, foster care, and family preservation.

Thursday, June 11, 2026

Without ever intending it, New Mexico’s governor has made it more likely that vulnerable children will die – and used an Orwellian justification

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A wealth of research suggests Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham’s child-confiscation-at-birth directive will lead to more child deaths. But she ju...
Tuesday, June 9, 2026

NCCPR news and commentary round-up, week ending June 9, 2026

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● In a case involving what is alleged to be rampant lying by both foster parents and a family police agency supervisor in Alaska, a judge sa...
Tuesday, June 2, 2026

NCCPR news and commentary round-up, week ending June 2, 2026

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● A lawsuit challenging the New York City family police agency’s misuse of its power to tear apart families without even going through the ...
Sunday, May 31, 2026

What happens when the family police and their enablers in politics and journalism treat impoverished children and their families as sub-human? A story in The New Yorker has some answers.

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A story in The New Yorker notes that  “A.C.S. acknowledges that many of its caseworkers have  ‘experienced the toddler whose little fingers ...
Thursday, May 28, 2026

NCCPR in the CT Mirror: CT’s DCF, slouching back to mediocrity: To save more children, it must refocus on keeping families together.

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New legislation “sends a clear and powerful message,” says a lawmaker.  “It is time to look at what is not working and fix it,” says anoth...
Wednesday, May 27, 2026

NCCPR news and commentary round-up, week ending May 28, 2026

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● Because of its vast unchecked power and no real accountability, few (if any) government power centers are easier to weaponize than the fam...
Tuesday, May 26, 2026

There will be no sugar-frosted foster care in New York

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  NOT SOLD IN NEW YORK! The state’s highest court slays what one critic called “a hydra-headed quasi-foster care monster, with all of the ha...
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The members of the National Coalition for Child Protection Reform have encountered the child welfare system in their professional capacities. Through NCCPR, we work to make that system better serve America’s most vulnerable children by trying to change policies concerning child abuse, foster care and family preservation. Unless otherwise noted, all posts on this blog are by NCCPR's Executive Director, Richard Wexler Contact us at info(at)nccpr(dot)info phone: (703) 212-2006
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