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		<title>Op Ed &#8211; Collective Support for DCFS and Director Deborah Forkas</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Op Ed Submitted to The Plain Dealer on June 22, 2010 
On behalf of the Alliance of Child Caring Service Providers and the Family-to-Family Administrators Council, two associations that represent neighborhood and children’s services organizations throughout Cleveland and Cuyahoga County, we are deeply saddened by the recent tragedies involving children who have had contact with [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://allianceccsp.com/2010/07/op-ed-collective-support-for-dcfs-and-director-deborah-forkas/</link>
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		<title>Child-abuse reports climb in Ohio; Advocates blame &#8216;07 results on increasing economic strain</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Thursday, April 2, 2009 3:25 AM 
By Catherine Candisky
THE COLUMBUS DISPATCH
Ohio&#8217;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 of Ohio found that in [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://allianceccsp.com/2009/04/child-abuse-reports-climb-in-ohio-advocates-blame-07-results-on-increasing-economic-strain/</link>
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		<title>Too Old for Foster Care, and Facing the Recession</title>
		<description><![CDATA[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 more formidable, especially for those [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://allianceccsp.com/2009/04/too-old-for-foster-care-and-facing-the-recession/</link>
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		<title>Research Links Poor Kids&#8217; Stress, Brain Impairment</title>
		<description><![CDATA[By Rob Stein
 Washington Post Staff Writer 
 Monday, April 6, 2009; Page A06
Children raised in poverty suffer many ill effects: They often have health problems and tend to struggle in school, which can create a cycle of poverty across generations.
Now, research is providing what could be crucial clues to explain how childhood poverty translates [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://allianceccsp.com/2009/04/research-links-poor-kids-stress-brain-impairment/</link>
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		<title>Alliance Statement on Incident at Parmadale</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The Alliance of Child Caring Service Providers is an association that represents providers who provide a variety of child welfare and children&#8217;s mental health services in Cuyahoga County, including secure settings for children and youth. These providers are licensed and accredited and adhere to clear policies and procedures in regards to the training of staff [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://allianceccsp.com/2009/01/alliance-statement-on-incident-at-parmadale/</link>
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		<title>Study Finds 1 in 5 Young Americans Have Personality Disorder</title>
		<description><![CDATA[According to a study funded with grants from the National Institutes of Health, the American Foundation for Suicide Prevention, and the New York Psychiatric Institute, almost one in five young American adults has a personality disorder that interferes with everyday life. Personality disorders include obsessive, compulsive, anti-social, and paranoid behaviors that interfere with ordinary functioning. [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://allianceccsp.com/2008/12/study-finds-1-in-5-young-americans-have-personality-disorder/</link>
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		<title>Cash-Strapped States Cut Juvenile Justice Programs</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Cash-strapped states cut juvenile justice programs
By JIM DAVENPORT &#8211; December 26, 2008
COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) &#8211; State budget cuts are forcing some of the nation&#8217;s youngest criminals out of counseling programs and group homes and into juvenile prisons in what critics contend is a shortsighted move that will eventually lead to more crime and higher costs.
For [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://allianceccsp.com/2008/12/cash-strapped-states-cut-juvenile-justice-programs/</link>
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		<title>Pediatricians Don’t Routinely Ask About Mental Health</title>
		<description><![CDATA[A recent Blog article on the U.S. News and World Report website focused on pediatricians and their inquiry into the mental health needs of their patients.  See the exerpt below:
Pediatricians Don&#8217;t Routinely Ask About Mental Health
December 15, 2008 03:48 PM ET &#124; Nancy Shute &#124; 
Don&#8217;t count on your child&#8217;s doctor to ask whether you&#8217;re [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://allianceccsp.com/2008/12/pediatricians-don%e2%80%99t-routinely-ask-about-mental-health/</link>
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		<title>Next Cultural Battleground: Gay Adoption</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Sunday,  December 7, 2008 3:43 AM
By Bonnie Miller Rubin, Chicago Tribune
FAYETTEVILLE, Ark. &#8212; 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.

&#8220;It&#8217;s pretty much your mundane American family,&#8221; said Shelley, 46, over a dinner of barbecue at their [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://allianceccsp.com/2008/12/next-cultural-battleground-gay-adoption/</link>
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		<title>School-Based Program Can Change Kids&#8217; Lives</title>
		<description><![CDATA[A Seattle project was linked to better education, mental health 15 years later
WEDNESDAY, Dec. 3 HealthDay News, U.S. News and World Report &#8211; Urban kids who took part in a social development program in elementary school had improved mental health, sexual health, and educational and economic success as young adults, a new study finds.
Crime, drug use, [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://allianceccsp.com/2008/12/school-based-program-can-change-kids-lives/</link>
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