Category: Child Welfare

Thursday, April 2, 2009 3:25 AM By Catherine Candisky THE COLUMBUS DISPATCH Ohio's sinking economy might be causing a spike in reports of child abuse and neglect. For the first time, new allegations of abuse and neglect topped 100,000, according to a statewide survey released yesterday. The report by the Public Children Services Association ... Read More

By JULIE BOSMAN Published: April 7, 2009 THE NEW YORK TIMES Even in boom times, young people who become too old for the foster-care system often struggle to make it on their own, lacking families, job skills or adequate educations. Now, the recession has made the challenges of life after foster care even ... Read More

Sunday,  December 7, 2008 3:43 AM By Bonnie Miller Rubin, Chicago Tribune FAYETTEVILLE, Ark. -- Anne Shelley and Dr. Robin Ross are unwinding after a jam-packed day of ferrying 4-year-old daughter Eva Mae from preschool to ice-skating lessons to speech therapy. "It's pretty much your mundane American family," said Shelley, 46, over a ... Read More

Payments fall below the amount needed to generate matching funds. State is ordered to determine the cost of care. California's payments to foster parents are so low that the state is in violation of the federal Child Welfare Act, a federal judge in San Francisco ruled Wednesday. Ruling in favor of three ... Read More

HARTFORD, Conn. - Connecticut's child welfare agency came under fire Monday from two critics who claim years of reorganizational plans haven't worked and children are not receiving the best care possible. Connecticut Attorney General Richard Blumenthal suggested to state lawmakers that the Department of Children and Families needs to be partially ... Read More