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What Happens When States Don’t Track Child Deaths Accurately? (Pt 1)
One of the challenges that agencies and departments in states around the U.S. face, the issue of double rules. Almost nowhere else in the world are agencies and organizations required to operate by following two completely different (and sometimes conflicting) sets of rules and regulations. In this case, the difficulty lies in being required to…
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A New House Bill Could Reform Michigan Child Welfare Laws
House Bill 4706, which was introduced by House Rep Matt Hall, would make small but significant changes to how child abuse allegations are handled right after the first report is made to CPS here in Michigan. Current law says that any form of child abuse and neglect, or suspected child abuse and neglect, (including exposure…
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How The Indian Child Welfare Legal Challenge Could Change Foster Situations For Tribal Children (Pt 2)
Welcome back and thanks for joining us. We’ve been looking at the Indian Child Welfare Act (ICWA), and how the current legal challenge to this law could impact thousands of native children all over the country. Having discussed the history behind the act, and what led to its passage in Congress, we’d like to share…
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How The Indian Child Welfare Legal Challenge Could Change Foster Situations For Tribal Children (Pt 1)
There was a time in US history where the number of tribal children removed from their homes and sent to boarding schools around the country as a government-sanctioned part of their “re-education”. They were forbidden to speak their native languages, forbidden to practice their native beliefs, and forbidden from wearing their native clothing, or engaging…
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Are States in The US Complying With CAPTA Laws For Kids Not in Foster Care? (Pt 2)
Welcome back and thanks for joining us again. We’ve been looking at the CAPTA laws (which if you remember from the previous article are the federal laws governing how US child welfare agencies handle kids who aren’t in the foster system) and discussing whether or not local agencies are actually following them. As we shared…
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Are States in The US Complying With CAPTA Laws For Kids Not in Foster Care? (Pt 1)
Did you know, there’s a federal law that many people aren’t aware of called the Child Abuse Prevention and Treatment Act (commonly called CAPTA) that states in the US are required to comply with? CAPTA provides Federal funding to States in support of prevention, assessment, investigation, prosecution, and treatment activities to do with child abuse.…
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Kids in Foster Care (And Their Parents) Really Struggle Over The Holidays!
There are loads of things that make the Christmas holidays special. Getting together with family. Decorating the tree and baking cookies with your kids. Snuggling up with your family, everyone in their pjs, to watch a favorite holiday movie. If you think about it, you’ll realize that being with family is central to the holidays.…
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What do You Want For Christmas? Probably Nothing From CPS, Right?
What does the holiday season mean to you? Do you exchange gifts with loved ones? Maybe you get together with family or snuggle up with your kids to watch a marathon of Christmas movies on Netflix. Perhaps you bake cookies, get together with others who share your faith, or even volunteer in your community. Whatever…
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Child Welfare in Michigan is STILL Under The Watchful Eye of The Court!
CPS in Michigan has a long history of screwing up, not meeting goals, and falling short of the mark. Over the years there seems to have been an endless string of scandals, law suits, audits revealing gross oversights, and agency-wide failures to follow their own policies. It’s a mess. And it’s been going on for…
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Parenting in The Online Age, Where All Your Choices (And Mistakes) Are Made Public! (Pt 2)
Welcome back and thanks for joining us. We’ve been talking about something that isn’t comfortable to discuss, but all of us are painfully aware of – the fact that parenting in the online age is extra hard! As we mentioned in the previous article, anyone can film anyone else doing just about anything in public…
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