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The following links to selected national news stories were obtained through a Google News search using key terms such as "child welfare" and "child abuse and neglect." The National Child Welfare Resource Center for Organizational Improvement assumes no responsibility for the content of the posted news links. If you find inaccuracies in the news articles, we recommend that you contact the author or the local news sources.
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National Child Welfare News Clippings (10/3/2008 - 10/10/2008)
DHS director wins award for efforts to help kids
Honolulu Star-Bulletin, HI - Oct 10, 2008
... recipients prepare and get jobs, promote positive youth development, reduce teen pregnancies, and reduce substance abuse and child abuse and neglect. ...
Fenty Announces Reform of DC Child and Family Services
News Channel 8, DC - Oct 7, 2008
Purchase and activate new telephone technology for the child abuse and neglect reporting hotline. Families/Thriving Communities Collaboratives. ...
Foster-care chief suddenly retires, citing frustration
Arkansas Democrat Gazette, AR - Oct 7, 2008
... families where there is child abuse and neglect, mental illness, developmental disabilities, poverty, domestic violence, and substance abuse, Page said. ...
Principal charged with not reporting child abuse
News Virginian, VA - Oct 7, 2008
By Jimmy LaRoue The principal at Hugh K. Cassell Elementary School faces a misdemeanor criminal charge of not reporting child abuse but will remain in her ...
State to revamp children's mental health services
North Platte Telegraph, NE - Oct 10, 2008
Services for children came primarily from Medicaid and Child Welfare. We need the linkages at the state level to be stronger."
Ex-foster kids getting help to vote
Detroit Free Press, United States - Oct 10, 2008
"We want everyone who has been in the child welfare system to become involved in the election process," Johnson said. "We want to give them a space to talk ...
Child Welfare Lawsuit Getting an Appeal
KLAS-TV , NV - Oct 9, 2008
The Clark County child welfare system will have to defend itself in a federal appeals court. Thursday morning, the Ninth Circuit agreed to hear arguments in ...
DHS to Change Foster Parent Requirements
KATV , AR - Oct 9, 2008
... family foster homes and will ask the Child Welfare Licensing Agency Review Board to amend its minimum licensing standards to reflect the new practice. ...
DC considers checks on adoptive parents
Annapolis Capital, MD - Oct 9, 2008
... are being cared for following the deaths of two girls who were one-time DC foster children, the head of the city's child welfare agency said yesterday. ...
Law’s Effect: An Iowa Girl Is Abandoned in Nebraska
New York Times , United States - Oct 8, 2008
They said she could be taken under the custody of Nebraska ’s child welfare department, which holds her now, and end up in foster care. ...
Court-appointed monitor to oversee Michigan's foster care system
DetNews.com, MI - Oct 7, 2008
"This settlement is truly a landmark victory for the thousands of children dependent on Michigan 's child welfare system," Marcia Robinson Lowry, ...
Report: Most Child Death's Preventable
Fox5 KVVU, NV - Oct 7, 2008
The report also stated that additional research needs to be conducted in the areas of risk factors for infant deaths, racial disparities, child welfare and ...
Child Welfare Panel Addresses Foster Care Concerns
KCPW, UT - Oct 7, 2008
... foster care payment system with a cost reimbursement system were discussed yesterday during a meeting of the Child Welfare Legislative Oversight panel. ...
Indian Country Today, NY - Oct 3, 2008
22, creates new, sovereignty-based avenues for tribal governments to access the nation’s largest child welfare program, the Title IV-E Foster Care and ...
