Tag: Child Welfare System
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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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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…