Connect for Kids / Child Advocacy 360 / Youth Policy Action Center - Abuse & Neglect

Protecting Children and Strengthening Families

Mon, 27 Jul 2009 15:59:02 -0500

Too many children experience abuse and neglect with negative lifelong consequences. Too few children get the services and supports they need to heal. Yet, proven and promising practices can reduce maltreatment and ameliorate harm.

OJJDP Measuring Court Performance Toolkit

Mon, 16 Feb 2009 20:36:08 -0600

Children’s Express reports on this toolkit that helps child welfare courts define goals, collect data and measure their performance to improve child and family outcomes of safety, permanence, and well-being.

Children’s Rights Announces Settlement in Milwaukee, Wisconsin Child Welfare

Mon, 16 Feb 2009 19:51:38 -0600

Children's Rights reports that Wisconsin officials have agreed to an aggressive new plan aimed at fixing persistent problems in the state-run system responsible for providing care and protection to ab

Bush Signs Remaining Youth-Directed Bills

Wed, 07 Jan 2009 15:50:08 -0600

October 2008, President Bush signed into law two bills aimed at keeping children safer and healthier: the Protect Our Children Act and the Reconnecting Homeless Youth Act. The latter provides a fundin

Continuing in Foster Care Beyond Age 18: How Courts Can Help

Thu, 04 Sep 2008 19:13:06 -0500

By examining foster youth in Illinois -- one of the few states that extends care up to
age 21 -- this new Chapin Hall study finds that a higher degree of advocacy by juvenile
courts is linked with more services for older foster youth, greater involvement by

Voter Survey: Concern about Kids, Poor Standing on International Child-Well Being

Thu, 04 Sep 2008 18:44:21 -0500

The nonpartisan Every Child Matters Education Fund surveyed 800 registered voters and
found that regardless of party, strong majorities are concerned about a recent UNICEF
report ranking U.S. child well-being near the bottom of the industrialized world. The

English and Spanish Child Abuse and Neglect General Information Packets

Wed, 23 Jul 2008 10:52:04 -0500

Child Abuse and Neglect: General Information Packet and El abuso y la negligencia de
menores: paquete de información general provide information on child abuse and
neglect for anyone interested in the topic. The packets cover a number of topics,

Evaluation Exchange: Building the Future of Family Involvement

Thu, 17 Jul 2008 09:24:00 -0500

The Spring 2008 issue of Evaluation Exchange from the Harvard Family Research Project looks at promising practices in family involvement.

Addressing the Health Care Needs of Foster Care Children

Tue, 27 May 2008 19:25:55 -0500

Children who have been abused or neglected often have a range of unique physical and mental health needs and developmental delays, far greater than other high-risk populations. In fact, studies suggest that nearly sixty percent of children in foster care experience a chronic medical condition, and one-quarter suffer from three or more chronic health conditions.

Youth with Disabilities in the Foster Care System: Barriers to Success and Proposed Policy Solutions

Tue, 06 May 2008 13:54:32 -0500

At least one-third of children in foster care have physical or mental disabilities and are at higher risk for poor educational, employment and well-being outcomes. This report from the National Council on Disability finds that federal investments are undercut by lack of coordination across programs and agencies.

Foster Care Central

Tue, 06 May 2008 13:52:47 -0500

Here's a nonprofit social network (think MySpace or Facebook) for social workers, foster parents and others interested in improving the lives of foster and adoptive youth.

The Real Math of Child Poverty In America

Tue, 15 Jul 2008 19:12:02 -0500

I was somewhat surprised when I recently came across the following paragraph on the Voices for America’s Children Website: “As a society we pay a steep price for allowing one in five of our nation’s children to live in poverty. Economists estimate the annual national cost of persistent childhood poverty due to lost adult productivity and wages, increased crime, and higher health expenditures is massive: approximately $500 billion or four percent of the nation’s gross domestic product”...

In Mississippi: A Sweeping Legal Victory for Kids

Fri, 09 Jan 2009 20:42:10 -0600

Mississippi plans a serious overhaul of its child welfare system to do more to protect the approximately 3,400 abused and neglected children in its care. Here's an overview of the details of this comprehensive reform plan, developed as a settlement of a class action lawsuit brought against the state by Children's Rights.

“Stop the Silence” to End Child Sexual Abuse: a Small Nonprofit takes on a Big Issue

Tue, 10 Apr 2007 19:45:21 -0500

Seven years ago, a piece of paper on a desk started Pamela Pine on a quest to understand and spread the word about child sexual abuse. In this column, Pine shares how she turned her concern into a vibrant, dynamic nonprofit organization—with an annual international awareness-raising foot race in Washington, DC, every April.

Strong at the Heart: How It Feels to Heal from Sexual Abuse

Thu, 26 Jun 2008 15:55:44 -0500

Carolyn Lehman presents the stories of survivors of sexual abuse. The accounts of abuse are unflinching, but the focus is on healing and eventual recovery.