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Should ‘Visitation’ be Changed to ‘Family Time’ For Kids in Foster Care? (Pt 2)
Welcome back and thanks for joining us again for this discussion on the issue of visitation for kids in foster care, and how that time together should be viewed more as “family time” and less as a short visit. As we explained in the previous article, the federal government has recently released a memo addressing…
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Should ‘Visitation’ be Changed to ‘Family Time’ For Kids in Foster Care? (Pt 1)
The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services recently released a memo to all State, Tribal, and Territorial Agencies that oversee child welfare, addressing the issue of visitation for foster kids. Currently, most children in foster care whose parents aren’t a direct threat to their wellbeing, get time to visit with their parents. Sometimes (usually)…
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CPS Gets Called For Runaway, But It’s Dad Who Ends up in Jail!
When Michigan State Troopers were dispatched to an address in Holly, Michigan for a runaway, they arrived with no notion of what to expect. They gathered information on the boy who was missing and set about looking for him. In the end, it didn’t take them long to find the boy, but once they got…
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What Happens When States Don’t Track Child Deaths Accurately? (Pt 2)
Welcome back and thanks for joining us. We’ve been looking at a recent study done by ProPublica, where they gathered data on abuse and neglect related child deaths from all 50 states, under the federal law (Child Abuse Treatment and Prevention Act, called CAPTA). Unsurprisingly, child welfare agencies in many states either refused to comply…
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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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