Wednesday, November 27, 2019

NCCPR News and commentary round-up, week ending November 26, 2019

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● Have you heard about the judge in child welfare cases who actually follows the law? The child welfare establishment is throwing a fit. ...
Monday, November 25, 2019

A judge in child welfare cases is actually following the law. The foster care establishment is throwing a fit.

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Judge Ernestine Gray The full Washington Post story discussed in this post is available here.             Imagine if the presum...
Thursday, November 21, 2019

Adoption of children from foster care: National Child Welfare Hypocrisy Day, 2019

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This post originally appeared in 2008. Since the event is annual, I've reprinted it on several occasions since, with revisions and upda...
Tuesday, November 19, 2019

NCCPR News and commentary round-up, week ending November 19, 2019

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● Philadelphia Weekly  is two-thirds of the way through a three-part series on “the great mindf--k that is Philadelphia's child welfar...
Friday, November 15, 2019

Child welfare in Kansas: They’ve been knocking on doors for nearly 30 years. Maybe someone is starting to listen.

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When parents picketed the Kansas State Capitol last week, something unusual happened. The first time I heard from a grassroots group...
Thursday, November 14, 2019

Philadelphia DHS has a new scapegoat for the City’s obscene rate of child removal: Philadelphians!

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DHS Commissioner Cynthia Figueroa seems to be suggesting that Philadelphia is a cesspool of depravity so much worse than other cities that...
Tuesday, November 12, 2019

NCCPR News and commentary round-up, week ending November 12, 2019

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● The Austin American-Statesman has a good story about that giant study of Texas CASA that shows CASA makes things worse for kids.  CASA’...