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The National Coalition for Child Protection Reform works to change America's approach to #childabuse, #childwelfare, #fostercare

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NCCPR @nccpr.bsky.social · 6h

Today’s reminder: In #childwelfare the horror stories go in ALL directions: indepthnh.org/2026/06/29/j... #childabuse #fostercare

Jury takes up Saddleback Sexual Abuse Case

Kristy Gesse’s lawsuit is the first of the 300 contract home lawsuits brought by adult survivors who say they were physically and sexually abused in group homes that were paid by the state to take in…

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NCCPR @nccpr.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

This week’s round-up of #familypreservation journalism and commentary starts with a groundbreaking plan for federal #childwelfare finance reform: www.nccprblog.org/2026/09/nccp... #fostercare #childabuse

NCCPR news and commentary round-up, week ending September 29, 2026

● First and foremost this week: A new development involving one of the most crucial issues in child welfare: the perverse financial incentiv...

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NCCPR @nccpr.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Everybody knows you get what you pay for. Feds give states billions for #fostercare, far less for better, safer #childwelfare alternatives. Today United Family Advocates released a comprehensive cost-neutral bipartisan plan to change that: unitedfamilyadvocates.org/wp-content/u...

NCCPR @nccpr.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

I’m proud to have been part of the team of bipartisan child and family advocates working on this comprehensive plan to reverse the awful financial incentives in #childwelfare that encourage #fostercare and discourage better, safer alternatives unitedfamilyadvocates.org/wp-content/u...

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NCCPR @nccpr.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

NCCPR #childwelfare Blog: I think I know who Laura Howard and the attorney from EmberHope had in mind when they spoke at a legislative hearing last week. But nothing’s going to change if they won’t even say the name. www.nccprblog.org/2026/09/want... #childabuse #fostercare

Want to fix child welfare in Kansas? There’s a name that needs to be said out loud

It sure sounded like his unfortunate influence kept coming up at a recent legislative hearing, but no one would say the name. The Secr...

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NCCPR @nccpr.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

Head of Kansas #childwelfare agency cites need to be laser-focused on child removal capital of the state: Wichita. But she never says exactly where to point the laser: www.nccprblog.org/2026/09/want... #fostercare #childabuse

Want to fix child welfare in Kansas? There’s a name that needs to be said out loud

It sure sounded like his unfortunate influence kept coming up at a recent legislative hearing, but no one would say the name. The Secr...

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NCCPR @nccpr.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

Kansas tears apart families at one of the highest rates in America, and Wichita is worst in Kansas, due to its own form of hidden #fostercare. Lots of hints about who might be responsible, but no one will say it out loud: www.nccprblog.org/2026/09/want... #childwelfare #fostercare #childabuse

Want to fix child welfare in Kansas? There’s a name that needs to be said out loud

It sure sounded like his unfortunate influence kept coming up at a recent legislative hearing, but no one would say the name. The Secr...

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NCCPR @nccpr.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

ICYMI: NCCPR Blog: The real “oomph” deficit in Santa Clara County #childwelfare: So far, no one will stand up to the bullies driving the nation’s worst #fostercare panic and endangering children’s lives. www.nccprblog.org/2026/09/the-... #childabuse

The real “oomph” deficit in Santa Clara County

U.S. Rep. Joyce Beatty of Ohio just taught a master class in how to deal with bullies. I hope they will take note of it in Santa Clara Count...

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NCCPR @nccpr.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

ICYMI NCCPR in The Imprint: 10 years ago, when it was first introduced, I explained why the Family First Act would fail and how the child welfare establishment would exploit that failure to push for more foster care. If Kalshi had been around, I’d have made a fortune: imprintnews.org/child-welfar...

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More Foster Care Funding Won't Save Family First | The Imprint

Richard Wexler argues that flexibility — not more foster care funding — could help the Family First Act.

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NCCPR @nccpr.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

ICYMI: No one I’ve encountered in #childwelfare is more fanatical about making poor people pee into cups than Maine’s “child advocate” Perhaps she should worry less about whether enough parents are being humiliated than about how far the humiliation can go www.nccprblog.org/2026/09/in-m...

In Maine, a man overseeing a mother’s drug test allegedly forces her to strip and stares at her. Then, it allegedly got worse. The family police agency, on the other hand, is only too glad to look the other way.

The Maine Department of Health and Human Services gives its response to the allegations. Of all the people who defend the take-the-child-and...

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NCCPR @nccpr.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

ICYMI: NCCPR #childwelfare Blog: In Maine, a man overseeing a mother’s drug test allegedly forces her to strip and stares at her. Then, it allegedly got worse. @MaineDHHS, on the other hand, is only too glad to look the other way: www.nccprblog.org/2026/09/in-m... #fostercare

In Maine, a man overseeing a mother’s drug test allegedly forces her to strip and stares at her. Then, it allegedly got worse. The family police agency, on the other hand, is only too glad to look the other way.

The Maine Department of Health and Human Services gives its response to the allegations. Of all the people who defend the take-the-child-and...

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NCCPR @nccpr.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

NCCPR Blog: In Maine, men are not supposed to supervise women peeing into cups for child welfare drug screens – unless no woman is available. Then there’s a protocol to minimally protect her privacy. But why is this ever allowed at all? www.nccprblog.org/2026/09/in-m... #fostercare #childabuse

In Maine, a man overseeing a mother’s drug test allegedly forces her to strip and stares at her. Then, it allegedly got worse. The family police agency, on the other hand, is only too glad to look the other way.

The Maine Department of Health and Human Services gives its response to the allegations. Of all the people who defend the take-the-child-and...

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NCCPR @nccpr.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

NCCPR #childwelfare Blog: A mother in Maine allegedly is sexually abused during a drug screen. Maine family police agency goes full Sgt Schultz - they know nothing – nothing! They offer no comfort to the alleged victim and say nothing about investigating www.nccprblog.org/2026/09/in-m...

In Maine, a man overseeing a mother’s drug test allegedly forces her to strip and stares at her. Then, it allegedly got worse. The family police agency, on the other hand, is only too glad to look the other way.

The Maine Department of Health and Human Services gives its response to the allegations. Of all the people who defend the take-the-child-and...

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NCCPR @nccpr.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

No one I’ve encountered in #childwelfare is more fanatical about making poor people pee into cups than Maine’s “child advocate.” Perhaps she should worry less about whether enough parents are being humiliated than about how far the humiliation can go: www.nccprblog.org/2026/09/in-m... #fostercare

In Maine, a man overseeing a mother’s drug test allegedly forces her to strip and stares at her. Then, it allegedly got worse. The family police agency, on the other hand, is only too glad to look the other way.

The Maine Department of Health and Human Services gives its response to the allegations. Of all the people who defend the take-the-child-and...

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NCCPR @nccpr.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

NCCPR #childwelfare Blog: In Maine, a man overseeing a mother’s drug test allegedly forces her to strip and stares at her. Then, it allegedly got worse. The family police agency, on the other hand, is only too glad to look the other way: www.nccprblog.org/2026/09/in-m... #fostercare

In Maine, a man overseeing a mother’s drug test allegedly forces her to strip and stares at her. Then, it allegedly got worse. The family police agency, on the other hand, is only too glad to look the other way.

The Maine Department of Health and Human Services gives its response to the allegations. Of all the people who defend the take-the-child-and...

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NCCPR @nccpr.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

Today’s reminder: In #childwelfare the horror stories go in ALL directions: www.sltrib.com/news/2026/06... #childabuse #fostercare

‘Shocking’ conditions at Provo Canyon School should prompt stronger state action, Utah watchdog group urges

After visits to the program’s Provo and Springville campuses, the Disability Law Center reported violence, self-harm, inadequate medical care and chronic staffing shortages.

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NCCPR @nccpr.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

NCCPR in The Imprint: How foster care apologists want to sneak a near tripling of foster care funding through a backdoor: imprintnews.org/child-welfar...

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More Foster Care Funding Won't Save Family First | The Imprint

Richard Wexler argues that flexibility — not more foster care funding — could help the Family First Act.

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NCCPR @nccpr.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

10 years ago I wrote about how Family First Act set up prevention to fail by not funding what families really need & how #childwelfare establishment would exploit the failure it created to push for more #fostercare. Not that I’d ever say “I told you so” … imprintnews.org/child-welfar...

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More Foster Care Funding Won't Save Family First | The Imprint

Richard Wexler argues that flexibility — not more foster care funding — could help the Family First Act.

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NCCPR @nccpr.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

NCCPR in The Imprint: Ten years ago, when it was first introduced, I explained why the Family First Act would fail and how the child welfare establishment would exploit that failure to push for more foster care. If Kalshi had been around, I’d have made a fortune: imprintnews.org/child-welfar...

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More Foster Care Funding Won't Save Family First | The Imprint

Richard Wexler argues that flexibility — not more foster care funding — could help the Family First Act.

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NCCPR @nccpr.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

NCCPR #childwelfare Blog: U.S. Rep. Joyce Beatty of Ohio just taught a master class in how to deal with bullies. I hope they will take note of it in Santa Clara County. www.nccprblog.org/2026/09/the-... #childabuse #fostercare

The real “oomph” deficit in Santa Clara County

U.S. Rep. Joyce Beatty of Ohio just taught a master class in how to deal with bullies. I hope they will take note of it in Santa Clara Count...

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NCCPR @nccpr.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

The Mercury News ignores the real cause of the serious failings in Santa Clara County #childwelfare exposed in a recent state report: the #fostercare panic caused by one clueless, bullying politician – and by The Mercury News. www.nccprblog.org/2026/09/the-... #childabuse #fostercare

The real “oomph” deficit in Santa Clara County

U.S. Rep. Joyce Beatty of Ohio just taught a master class in how to deal with bullies. I hope they will take note of it in Santa Clara Count...

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NCCPR @nccpr.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

NCCPR Blog: The real “oomph” deficit in Santa Clara County #childwelfare: So far, no one will stand up to the bullies driving the nation’s worst #fostercare panic and endangering children’s lives. www.nccprblog.org/2026/09/the-... #childabuse

The real “oomph” deficit in Santa Clara County

U.S. Rep. Joyce Beatty of Ohio just taught a master class in how to deal with bullies. I hope they will take note of it in Santa Clara Count...

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NCCPR @nccpr.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

Today’s reminder: In #childwelfare the horror stories go in ALL directions: www.cbsnews.com/chicago/news... #childabuse #fostercare

Lawsuit filed against Illinois DCFS over teen sex abuse at Aunt Martha's foster care facility

"A house of horrors." That's how one former Chicago foster child described Aunt Martha's Integrated Care Center, a facility that's been at the center of a years-long CBS News Chicago investigation.

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NCCPR @nccpr.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

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...

NCCPR @nccpr.bsky.social · 13/09/2026

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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NCCPR @nccpr.bsky.social · 12/09/2026

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...

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NCCPR @nccpr.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

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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NCCPR @nccpr.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

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.

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NCCPR @nccpr.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

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...

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NCCPR @nccpr.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

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...

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NCCPR @nccpr.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

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...

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NCCPR @nccpr.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

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...

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NCCPR @nccpr.bsky.social · 03/09/2026

Today’s reminder: In #childwelfare the horror stories go in ALL directions: foxbaltimore.com/spotlight-on... #childabuse #fostercare

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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

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NCCPR @nccpr.bsky.social · 02/09/2026

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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NCCPR @nccpr.bsky.social · 01/09/2026

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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NCCPR @nccpr.bsky.social · 01/09/2026

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 ...

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NCCPR @nccpr.bsky.social · 01/09/2026

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

https://www.nccprblog.org/2026/08/confusing-poverty-with-neglect-from.html

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NCCPR @nccpr.bsky.social · 27/08/2026

Today’s reminder: In #childwelfare the horror stories go in ALL directions: buff.ly/nqwteyK #childabuse #fostercare

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NCCPR @nccpr.bsky.social · 26/08/2026

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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NCCPR @nccpr.bsky.social · 24/08/2026

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

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NCCPR @nccpr.bsky.social · 24/08/2026

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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NCCPR @nccpr.bsky.social · 24/08/2026

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...

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NCCPR @nccpr.bsky.social · 24/08/2026

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...

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NCCPR @nccpr.bsky.social · 22/08/2026

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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NCCPR @nccpr.bsky.social · 20/08/2026

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.

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NCCPR @nccpr.bsky.social · 19/08/2026

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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NCCPR @nccpr.bsky.social · 18/08/2026

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…

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NCCPR @nccpr.bsky.social · 18/08/2026

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

New Mexico gets its foster-care panic

The number of children torn from their families so far in 2026 soars 40% over 2025. In the second quarter, the increase is nearly 80% Co...

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NCCPR @nccpr.bsky.social · 13/08/2026

Today’s reminder: In #childwelfare the horror stories go in ALL directions: foxbaltimore.com/spotlight-on... #childabuse #fostercare

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Maryland foster child missing from Silver Oak; new alleged assaults with ‘rat traps'

A 16-year-old foster child placed at Silver Oak Academy has been missing for more than nine days, according to sources familiar with the case and public records

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NCCPR @nccpr.bsky.social · 13/08/2026

Our weekly round-up of #familypreservation journalism and commentary www.nccprblog.org/2026/08/nccp... #childabuse #fostercare #childwelfare

NCCPR news and commentary round-up, week ending August 12, 2026

● The Marshall Project and CBS News Sunday Morning produced a stunning in-depth report on how the family police persecute pregnant women if ...

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