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The National Coalition for Child Protection Reform works to change America's approach to #childabuse, #childwelfare, #fostercare
A brief round-up of #familypreservation journalism and commentary this week: www.nccprblog.org/2026/09/nccp... #childabuse #fostercare #childwelfare
NCCPR news and commentary round-up, week ending September 15, 2026
● The Tampa Bay Times reports that local and state advocates are demanding answers after the Times’ expose of the enormous scope and harm...
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September 16, 2026 at 1:26 PM
A brief round-up of #familypreservation journalism and commentary this week: www.nccprblog.org/2026/09/nccp... #childabuse #fostercare #childwelfare
ICYMI: I don’t know underlying decision to remove child was right, though there is strong cause to doubt it. I do know that everything else Florida DCF did was wrong – and probably far more common than the agency will ever admit. www.nccprblog.org/2026/09/body... #fostercare #childwelfare
Bodycam video reveals the appalling behavior of Florida family police
Street art on a bridge in Pensacola, Florida. (Image from Freekenlee.com) I don’t know if the underlying decision to remove the child in thi...
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September 13, 2026 at 7:06 PM
ICYMI: I don’t know underlying decision to remove child was right, though there is strong cause to doubt it. I do know that everything else Florida DCF did was wrong – and probably far more common than the agency will ever admit. www.nccprblog.org/2026/09/body... #fostercare #childwelfare
ICYMI: If you’re still wondering why, at a minimum, all interviews in #childwelfare investigations must be recorded, watch the video here and consider: If it didn’t exist, the child probably would be trapped in #fostercare for her entire childhood: www.nccprblog.org/2026/09/body...
Bodycam video reveals the appalling behavior of Florida family police
Street art on a bridge in Pensacola, Florida. (Image from Freekenlee.com) I don’t know if the underlying decision to remove the child in thi...
www.nccprblog.org
September 12, 2026 at 3:01 PM
ICYMI: If you’re still wondering why, at a minimum, all interviews in #childwelfare investigations must be recorded, watch the video here and consider: If it didn’t exist, the child probably would be trapped in #fostercare for her entire childhood: www.nccprblog.org/2026/09/body...
Our weekly round-up of #familypreservation journalism and commentary: www.nccprblog.org/2026/09/nccp... #childabuse #childwelfare #fostercare
NCCPR news and commentary round-up, week ending September 10, 2026
● Two years after one sensation-seeking member of the Board of Supervisors and one Pulitzer-sniffing journalist for the San Jose Mercury New...
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September 10, 2026 at 2:06 PM
Our weekly round-up of #familypreservation journalism and commentary: www.nccprblog.org/2026/09/nccp... #childabuse #childwelfare #fostercare
Today’s reminder: In #childwelfare the horror stories go in ALL directions: apnews.com/article/adop... #childabuse #fostercare
Inside a taxpayer-funded treatment center for adoptees, tales of abuse, neglect and little oversight
A residential treatment center in Missouri advertises to adoptive parents that it can help heal struggling children.
apnews.com
September 10, 2026 at 2:03 PM
Today’s reminder: In #childwelfare the horror stories go in ALL directions: apnews.com/article/adop... #childabuse #fostercare
If you’re still wondering why, at a minimum, all interviews in #childwelfare investigations must be recorded, watch the video here and consider: If it didn’t exist, the child probably would be trapped in #fostercare for her entire childhood: www.nccprblog.org/2026/09/body... #childabuse
Bodycam video reveals the appalling behavior of Florida family police
Street art on a bridge in Pensacola, Florida. (Image from Freekenlee.com) I don’t know if the underlying decision to remove the child in thi...
www.nccprblog.org
September 8, 2026 at 8:04 PM
If you’re still wondering why, at a minimum, all interviews in #childwelfare investigations must be recorded, watch the video here and consider: If it didn’t exist, the child probably would be trapped in #fostercare for her entire childhood: www.nccprblog.org/2026/09/body... #childabuse
Two years after incident, when bodycam video surfaced of appalling behavior, Florida DCF caseworker reportedly was fired. But was that because of her behavior, or because she forgot she was on camera www.nccprblog.org/2026/09/body... #fostercare #childabuse #childwelfare
Bodycam video reveals the appalling behavior of Florida family police
Street art on a bridge in Pensacola, Florida. (Image from Freekenlee.com) I don’t know if the underlying decision to remove the child in thi...
www.nccprblog.org
September 8, 2026 at 6:04 PM
Two years after incident, when bodycam video surfaced of appalling behavior, Florida DCF caseworker reportedly was fired. But was that because of her behavior, or because she forgot she was on camera www.nccprblog.org/2026/09/body... #fostercare #childabuse #childwelfare
I don’t know underlying decision to remove child here was right, though there is strong cause to doubt it. I do know that everything else Florida DCF did was wrong – and probably far more common than the agency will ever admit. www.nccprblog.org/2026/09/body... #fostercare #childabuse #childwelfare
Bodycam video reveals the appalling behavior of Florida family police
Street art on a bridge in Pensacola, Florida. (Image from Freekenlee.com) I don’t know if the underlying decision to remove the child in thi...
www.nccprblog.org
September 8, 2026 at 4:04 PM
I don’t know underlying decision to remove child here was right, though there is strong cause to doubt it. I do know that everything else Florida DCF did was wrong – and probably far more common than the agency will ever admit. www.nccprblog.org/2026/09/body... #fostercare #childabuse #childwelfare
NCCPR #childwelfare Blog: Bodycam video reveals the appalling behavior of Florida family police www.nccprblog.org/2026/09/body... #fostercare #childabuse
Bodycam video reveals the appalling behavior of Florida family police
Street art on a bridge in Pensacola, Florida. (Image from Freekenlee.com) I don’t know if the underlying decision to remove the child in thi...
www.nccprblog.org
September 8, 2026 at 2:04 PM
NCCPR #childwelfare Blog: Bodycam video reveals the appalling behavior of Florida family police www.nccprblog.org/2026/09/body... #fostercare #childabuse
Today’s reminder: In #childwelfare the horror stories go in ALL directions: foxbaltimore.com/spotlight-on... #childabuse #fostercare
Maryland won’t renew Silver Oak’s license; foster abuse allegations mount
Maryland officials are preparing to remove foster children from Silver Oak Academy after the state confirmed for the first time that youth will no longer remain
foxbaltimore.com
September 3, 2026 at 2:03 PM
Today’s reminder: In #childwelfare the horror stories go in ALL directions: foxbaltimore.com/spotlight-on... #childabuse #fostercare
Our weekly round-up of #familypreservation journalism and commentary: www.nccprblog.org/2026/09/nccp... #childwelfare #fostercare #childabuse
NCCPR news and commentary round-up, week ending September 1, 2026
● The big news this week includes publication of an outstanding new book. In Making Families, Breaking Families , child welfare’s foremost a...
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September 2, 2026 at 2:43 PM
Our weekly round-up of #familypreservation journalism and commentary: www.nccprblog.org/2026/09/nccp... #childwelfare #fostercare #childabuse
NCCPR #childwelfare Blog: While Maryland lavishes $1 billion+ over the next 5 yrs to institutionalize children, a mom is arrested because she left kids alone to work – and couldn’t afford childcare www.nccprblog.org/2026/08/conf... #fostercare
Confusing poverty with neglect, from coast to coast
Two stories in the news last week aptly illustrate that, no matter how deep in denial the child welfare establishment may be about it, they ...
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September 1, 2026 at 7:57 PM
NCCPR #childwelfare Blog: While Maryland lavishes $1 billion+ over the next 5 yrs to institutionalize children, a mom is arrested because she left kids alone to work – and couldn’t afford childcare www.nccprblog.org/2026/08/conf... #fostercare
NCCPR #childwelfare Blog: Why are children 3x more likely to be thrown into #fostercare in rural Oregon than in metro Portland? Hint: it’s not because there’s 3x more #childabuse www.nccprblog.org/2026/08/conf...
Confusing poverty with neglect, from coast to coast
Two stories in the news last week aptly illustrate that, no matter how deep in denial the child welfare establishment may be about it, they ...
www.nccprblog.org
September 1, 2026 at 6:10 PM
NCCPR #childwelfare Blog: Why are children 3x more likely to be thrown into #fostercare in rural Oregon than in metro Portland? Hint: it’s not because there’s 3x more #childabuse www.nccprblog.org/2026/08/conf...
NCCPR #childwelfare Blog: Stories from Oregon and Maryland illustrate how family police agencies routinely confuse poverty with neglect:
www.nccprblog.org/2026/08/conf... #childabuse #fostercare
www.nccprblog.org/2026/08/conf... #childabuse #fostercare
https://www.nccprblog.org/2026/08/confusing-poverty-with-neglect-from.html
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September 1, 2026 at 2:48 PM
NCCPR #childwelfare Blog: Stories from Oregon and Maryland illustrate how family police agencies routinely confuse poverty with neglect:
www.nccprblog.org/2026/08/conf... #childabuse #fostercare
www.nccprblog.org/2026/08/conf... #childabuse #fostercare
Today’s reminder: In #childwelfare the horror stories go in ALL directions: buff.ly/nqwteyK #childabuse #fostercare
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August 27, 2026 at 2:08 PM
Today’s reminder: In #childwelfare the horror stories go in ALL directions: buff.ly/nqwteyK #childabuse #fostercare
Our weekly round-up of #familypreservation journalism and commentary: www.nccprblog.org/2026/08/nccp... #childabuse #childwelfare #fostercare
NCCPR news and commentary round-up, week ending August 25, 2026
● Maine’s highest court has ruled that no, the state family police agency can’t keep a family apart forever just because mom can’t afford ho...
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August 26, 2026 at 2:41 PM
Our weekly round-up of #familypreservation journalism and commentary: www.nccprblog.org/2026/08/nccp... #childabuse #childwelfare #fostercare
From excellent story in @themainemonitor.org about state’s highest court refusing to allow #childwelfare agency to take child from his mom forever because Mom can’t afford housing. Analysis and link to story on the NCCPR #childwelfare Blog: www.nccprblog.org/2026/08/main... #fostercare #childabuse
August 24, 2026 at 8:08 PM
From excellent story in @themainemonitor.org about state’s highest court refusing to allow #childwelfare agency to take child from his mom forever because Mom can’t afford housing. Analysis and link to story on the NCCPR #childwelfare Blog: www.nccprblog.org/2026/08/main... #fostercare #childabuse
2 moms who could be accused of making bad choices, exposing kids to allegedly unsafe partners. In one case, child spends years in #fostercare, and is almost taken away forever. In the other, no indication of foster care for even a day. Care to guess the difference? www.nccprblog.org/2026/08/main...
Maine fails to keep a family apart forever just because of poverty – but not for lack of trying
The Maine Supreme Judicial Court Compare the trauma Maine family police inflicted on this family to the restraint shown by their counterpart...
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August 24, 2026 at 6:03 PM
2 moms who could be accused of making bad choices, exposing kids to allegedly unsafe partners. In one case, child spends years in #fostercare, and is almost taken away forever. In the other, no indication of foster care for even a day. Care to guess the difference? www.nccprblog.org/2026/08/main...
NCCPR #childwelfare Blog: Here's what the #fostercare-at-all-costs crowd wants you to forget: Even when a child isn’t taken because of poverty “alone” poverty *alone* is often the excuse for keeping the family apart, sometimes forever. Case in point: www.nccprblog.org/2026/08/main... #childabuse
Maine fails to keep a family apart forever just because of poverty – but not for lack of trying
The Maine Supreme Judicial Court Compare the trauma Maine family police inflicted on this family to the restraint shown by their counterpart...
www.nccprblog.org
August 24, 2026 at 4:40 PM
NCCPR #childwelfare Blog: Here's what the #fostercare-at-all-costs crowd wants you to forget: Even when a child isn’t taken because of poverty “alone” poverty *alone* is often the excuse for keeping the family apart, sometimes forever. Case in point: www.nccprblog.org/2026/08/main... #childabuse
NCCPR #childwelfare Blog: Maine fails in an effort to keep a family apart forever just because of poverty – but not for lack of trying www.nccprblog.org/2026/08/main... #fostercare #childabuse
Maine fails to keep a family apart forever just because of poverty – but not for lack of trying
The Maine Supreme Judicial Court Compare the trauma Maine family police inflicted on this family to the restraint shown by their counterpart...
www.nccprblog.org
August 24, 2026 at 2:09 PM
NCCPR #childwelfare Blog: Maine fails in an effort to keep a family apart forever just because of poverty – but not for lack of trying www.nccprblog.org/2026/08/main... #fostercare #childabuse
ICYMI: Hey Gov. Grisham, AG Torrez and your take-the-child-and-run allies in New Mexico: You really need to see the latest edition of Last Week Tonight with John Oliver. The #childwelfare part starts at 8:25 in: youtu.be/sCSt45rev7w?... #fostercare #childabuse
Fetal Personhood: Last Week Tonight with John Oliver (HBO)
John Oliver discusses how some states in the U.S. that have given rights to fetuses, where the idea came from and where things could be headed next, and why calling someone a “piss lawyer” isn’t…
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August 22, 2026 at 2:47 PM
ICYMI: Hey Gov. Grisham, AG Torrez and your take-the-child-and-run allies in New Mexico: You really need to see the latest edition of Last Week Tonight with John Oliver. The #childwelfare part starts at 8:25 in: youtu.be/sCSt45rev7w?... #fostercare #childabuse
Today’s reminder: In #childwelfare the horror stories go in ALL directions: www.aol.com/articles/cho... #childabuse #fostercare
Chokeholds and punches used in Ohio youth treatment homes, report finds - AOL
Children are supposed to receive mental health care. But Ohio's facilities are marred by abuse, bullying and intimidation, inspectors found.
www.aol.com
August 20, 2026 at 2:07 PM
Today’s reminder: In #childwelfare the horror stories go in ALL directions: www.aol.com/articles/cho... #childabuse #fostercare
Sure, John Oliver of @lastweektonight.com thought it was a big deal to be cast in a couple of soap operas, but that’s nothing compared to his latest triumph: lead item in the weekly news round-up on the NCCPR #childwelfare Blog! www.nccprblog.org/2026/08/nccp...
NCCPR news and commentary round-up, week ending August 18, 2026
● It was bound to happen eventually: Sooner or later, Last Week Tonight with John Oliver would take on some of the enormous harm done by fa...
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August 19, 2026 at 2:08 PM
Sure, John Oliver of @lastweektonight.com thought it was a big deal to be cast in a couple of soap operas, but that’s nothing compared to his latest triumph: lead item in the weekly news round-up on the NCCPR #childwelfare Blog! www.nccprblog.org/2026/08/nccp...
Hey @GovMLG, @TorrezforNM and your take-the-child-and-run allies in New Mexico: You really need to see the latest edition of Last Week Tonight with John Oliver. The #childwelfare part starts at 8:25 in: youtu.be/sCSt45rev7w?... #fostercare #childabuse
Fetal Personhood: Last Week Tonight with John Oliver (HBO)
John Oliver discusses how some states in the U.S. that have given rights to fetuses, where the idea came from and where things could be headed next, and why calling someone a “piss lawyer” isn’t…
youtu.be
August 18, 2026 at 2:36 PM
Hey @GovMLG, @TorrezforNM and your take-the-child-and-run allies in New Mexico: You really need to see the latest edition of Last Week Tonight with John Oliver. The #childwelfare part starts at 8:25 in: youtu.be/sCSt45rev7w?... #fostercare #childabuse
The part about the harm done by #childwelfare systems starts at 8:25 in, and it's as harrowing as you'd expect. I really hope they watch this in New Mexico - which is now among the most extreme in the nation, with its child-confiscation-at-birth policy: www.nccprblog.org/2026/08/new-... #fostercare
August 17, 2026 at 11:31 PM
The part about the harm done by #childwelfare systems starts at 8:25 in, and it's as harrowing as you'd expect. I really hope they watch this in New Mexico - which is now among the most extreme in the nation, with its child-confiscation-at-birth policy: www.nccprblog.org/2026/08/new-... #fostercare