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December 28, 2023
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The greatest gift a child could receive at the holidays? A stable and loving home

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The holidays should be a joyful time for all children, but we know that for…

January 12, 2023
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Should We Love All Children or Just our Own?

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Our soon-to-be-released study of child fatalities documents numerous physical assaults on children that caseworkers, law…

March 4, 2022
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Repeating Myths Until they Become Facts

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This week we interviewed Child Welfare Monitor blogger Marie Cohen for a combined webinar/podcast. The…

February 24, 2022
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Minnesota Scorecard for Children: A Few Golds, Many DNFs

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A Winter Olympics-style graphic would show that 2015 reform legislation produced some gold medals for…

December 3, 2021
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Should Politics or Research Drive Child Welfare Reforms?

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This Child Welfare Monitor article summarizes a paper by Richard Barth et. al. analyzing “10…

October 21, 2021
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Child Welfare Vigilantes

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Years ago when I was running the Yonkers New York Department of Social Services, I…

December 5, 2019
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Judges and Caseworkers Would Use Good Information

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Most judges and social workers would figure out how to get better outcomes for children…

April 4, 2019
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Ideology is No Friend to Children

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Ideologues on either end of the spectrum frequently view child protection as “government interference” in…

The greatest gift a child could receive at the holidays? A stable and loving home

Should We Love All Children or Just our Own?

Repeating Myths Until they Become Facts

Minnesota Scorecard for Children: A Few Golds, Many DNFs

Should Politics or Research Drive Child Welfare Reforms?

Ideology is No Friend to Children

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