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Sen. Ron Wyden, D-Ore., speaks during a Senate Finance Committee hearing on Oct. 19, 2021. Wyden says he has long been concerned about the algorithms used by his state's child welfare system.

Oregon is dropping an artificial intelligence tool used in child welfare system

Jun 02, 2022
Officials will stop using an algorithm to help decide which families are investigated by social workers, opting instead for a process that officials say will make more racially equitable decisions.
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Investigations
Daisy Hohman was separated from her three children for 20 months when they were placed in foster care. When Hohman was reunited with her children, she received a bill of nearly $20,000 for foster care from her Minnesota county.

States send kids to foster care and their parents the bill — often one too big to pay

Dec 27, 2021
In every state, governments charge parents for the cost of foster care when children are taken away. When that happens, NPR found, poor parents can't make ends meet, so families are kept apart longer.
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Drying migrants clothes in an encampment near the Gateway International Bridge in Matamoros, Tamaulipas. More than 1,500 asylum-seekers are living in the tent encampment.

Mexican Official Tries To Move Asylum-Seekers Stuck In Tent Camps

Nov 09, 2019
At one point a child welfare official threatened to take custody of the kids and families refused to let them go. "I told them I couldn't, that I wouldn't let my kid go," one woman said.
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Goats and Soda
Schoolchildren in Namibia, which scored high marks for "child-friendliness" in a new ranking of African countries.

Africa Takes A Tough Look At Africa — And The Way It Treats Its Children

Dec 04, 2018
A new "child friendliness" index praises such countries as Namibia and Lesotho — and "names and shames" poor performers.
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The Two-Way
The bathroom of the home in Fairfield, Calif., is strewn with feces.

10 Children Living Amid Feces Were Tortured For 'Sadistic Purpose,' Police Say

May 15, 2018
Police found them living in squalor. Their parents were charged after an investigation revealed "a long and continuous history of severe physical and emotional abuse."
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After Being Retired For A Month, Saitta Misses Supreme Court

Sep 06, 2016

Recently retired Nevada Supreme Court Justice Nancy Saitta said she left the bench with two years left in her term to spend more time with her family and donate more energy on behalf of the state’s

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Child Welfare Panel Proposes Changes to Clark County System

Jan 23, 2015

A state panel looking into child welfare in Clark County has issued a preliminary set of recommendations on how to improve services.

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NV Gets Low Grades For Child Welfare, Education

Jan 26, 2015
A Nevada advocacy group is challenging the state Legislature to improve programs for child health, safety and education. The nonprofit Children's...
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NV Low On Another Child Care List

Jan 26, 2015
A report on child homelessness out this week ranked Nevada 44th among the states. The National Center on Family Homelessness at the American Institutes...
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Murder-Suicide Puts Clark County Welfare System Under Microscope

Oct 27, 2014
After 16-month-old Michell Momox-Caselis was killed earlier this month in an apparent murder-suicide involving her foster father, Clark County’s child...
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Clark County Child Welfare Problems Under Scrutiny From Supreme Court

Jan 26, 2015

Nevada Supreme Court Justice Nancy Saitta has established a blue ribbon committee to examine the deficiencies in the Clark County child welfare system...

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Is There A Right Way To Discipline A Child?

Jan 26, 2015

Corporal punishment is wrong, suggest behavioral psychologists -- some family therapists say any kind of punishment is a bad idea. Therapist Cheryl...

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Changing Foster Care's Bad Reputation

Aug 12, 2014
Nevada and Clark County have embarked on a effort to improve the image of foster and kinship care. They hope to attract better foster parents and...
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Court Costs Affecting Indigent Defendants

Jan 26, 2015
In Mohave County, Arizona, increased court costs are affecting the county’s ability to provide counsel for indigent defendants. The Havasu News says the...
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Southwest States Last For Child Well-Being

Jan 26, 2015
The Southwest continues to earn dismal marks for child well-being. New Mexico, Arizona and Nevada rank in the bottom five of an annual national report...
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