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Administration for Children and Families

Children’s Bureau Memo ACYF-CB-IM-19-03

Engaging, empowering, and utilizing family and youth voice in all aspects of child welfare to drive case planning and system improvement.

A Cop at My Bedside (Filter)

Under the Child Abuse Prevention and Treatment Act (CAPTA), in order for states to receive crucial federal funding for their child welfare agencies, they must have specific plans in place […]

How to Work with Parents Who Lost Their Children to Foster Care (The Imprint)

For 15 years, the New York City nonprofit Rise has been training parents to write, publish and speak about their experiences with the child welfare system and become advocates for reform. […]

How Child Protective Services Can Trap the Parents They’re Supposed to Help (Talk Poverty)

In the United States, 7 million children are reported to abuse hotlines each year. More than 3 million of those allegations trigger a child maltreatment investigation. But that’s just the beginning of the story: […]

Fear Mongering Won’t Help Keep Kids Safe (The Imprint)

We’ve all heard the refrain that it takes a village to raise a child. But what if your village is out to get you? Since March, the Colorado Department of Human […]

Family Separation Doesn’t Just Happen at the Border (Washington Post)

Poor families, too, are torn apart by policy that favors separation over aid.