5 days ago1 minBlack Families Were Hit Hard by the Pandemic. The Effects on Children May Be Lasting.Setbacks in household wealth and the toxic stress of racism can have long-term effects, experts said.
Jun 151 minExtended State Foster Care Is A Necessity During COVID-19Young people in foster care, foster care alumni, and coalitions of lawyers and advocates have called upon child welfare departments to is...
Jun 91 minChild Abuse Cases Drop 51 Percent. The Authorities Are Very Worried.The coronavirus has shattered the system that protects children, leaving some confined in troubled homes or lingering in foster care.
Apr 211 minSocial distancing leads to decline in reporting of child abuse amid coronavirus pandemic, CT expertsChildren have become less visible in their communities.
Apr 61 minFoster kids who can't visit parents are struggling under coronavirus isolation, advocates say"It's difficult to help them understand what's going on," a foster father said. "Sometimes even we don't understand."
Apr 21 minCoronavirus Roils Every Segment of US Child Welfare SystemChild welfare agencies across the U.S., often beleaguered in the best of times, are scrambling to confront new challenges that the corona...
Mar 271 minNew Mexico Agrees to Revamp Its ‘Broken’ Foster Care SystemIn a legal settlement set to be announced on Thursday, New Mexico said it would overhaul its foster care system, in what advocates said c...
Mar 231 minDon't Let Abused Children Become Collateral Damage During CrisisA recent report indicated that DCF's Careline had received 60 calls in a day. If that's true, it is not a good thing. It means 4,000 repo...
Mar 101 minBill would provide attorneys to young adults in DCF careStudies show that young people aging out of foster care are among the most vulnerable in society.
Jan 311 minHomelessness Can Traumatize A Young Child For Life; Collaborative Seeks To End The ConsequencesThe repercussions of being homeless as a child younger than 6 can be lifelong, and the strain often shows in their speech, behavior, deve...
Jan 241 minUnaccompanied minors are moving to Connecticut in record numbersThere were 952 youths, mostly from Central America, who joined sponsors here last year
Jan 211 minWhy Aren’t There More Rich Foster Parents?Bureaucracy — no surprise — gets in the way of expanding the pool of volunteers .
Jan 161 minTrial of 6-Year-Old’s Killer Exposes Lapses in City’s Child Welfare System A Harlem man was convicted of murder in the beating of his girlfriend’s son after a trial that shed light on the city’s failure to inter...
Jan 161 minWho Killed the Knapp Family?Across America, working-class people — including many of our friends — are dying of despair. And we’re still blaming the wrong people.
Jan 91 minWoman who grew up in foster care adopts 6 boys: 'They give me purpose'The single mom from Milwaukee is now a mother of 8.
Nov 26, 20191 minReport: Socioeconomic disparities widening in Fairfield CountyWhen it comes to quality of life, educational achievements and levels of income are not broken down evenly
Nov 25, 20191 minThe Parents Passed a Drug Test. Should They Get Their Children Back?Ohio counties want to reunite families that were separated because of drug use. But prioritizing that ideal has had deadly consequences.
Nov 7, 20191 minHow Connecticut moved from institutions to familiesNo matter what euphemisms – be it “group care” or “congregate care” – were used to describe a highly institutionalized system, this neede...
Oct 14, 20191 minTo kids in foster care, you are more than your circumstanceTo kids in foster care, From: Tuzar Skipper, former foster youth, NY Giants
Aug 27, 20191 minFederal monitor’s report reflects continuing concerns about DCF, but progress being madeDCF has been making progress, particularly in its hiring and caseload goals, even though it did not reach target levels during the peri...
