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.

Tuesday, January 3, 2017

Child welfare in New York City: HORRORS!!! Some Family Court judges reportedly are behaving like – judges!

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NCCPR's updated report on New York City child welfare is available here. New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio I noted in a previou...

Monday, January 2, 2017

Child welfare in New York City: “I am scared of ACS”

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In January, 2006, NCCPR and several New York City advocates held a news conference in response to a foster-care panic – a sharp sudden surg...

Friday, December 23, 2016

We won’t find a “new vision” for foster care by looking in the rear view mirror

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Nearly seven years ago, when the northeast was hit with a snowstorm quickly dubbed “snowpocalypse” and “snowmageddon,” The Daily Show us...

Child welfare in New York City: Another mayor wanna-be tries to exploit child abuse tragedy

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New York City Comptroller Scott Stringer NCCPR's updated report on New York City child welfare is available here. And see th...

Sunday, December 18, 2016

UPDATED: The politics of foster care panic in New York

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New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo is exploiting a child abuse death to score points in his longstanding feud with New York City Mayor Bill de B...

Thursday, December 15, 2016

Once again, New York City children pay the price of foster care panic

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New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio. Photo by Kevin Case And it comes just as data show City children "known to the system" at...

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National Coalition for Child Protection Reform: 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 Postal address and phone: National Coalition for Child Protection Reform 53 Skyhill Road (Suite 202) Alexandria VA 22314 (703) 212-2006

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