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ADAI's Susan Stoner, director of the WA Parent-Child Assistance Program, has an op-ed in the Seattle Times about the impending impacts of budget cuts on the safety of children and what policymakers should & shouldn't do to protect them: seattletimes.com/opinion/childr… via @seattletimes

#Familypreservation journalism & comment from @byjnanderson, @mchlftzgrld & @sara_tiano in @TheImprintNews, @johncornellhill of @CivilBeat @bhundsdorfer of @CapitolNewsIL, @Vanessa_Murphy of @8newsnow & @tclift of @sacbee_news nccprblog.org/2025/07/nccpr-… #fostercare #childwelfare

I was inspired to write THE MIXED MARRIAGE PROJECT after I discovered this interview of a white woman married to a Black man that my father conducted in 1937 when he was a 21-year-old student, the first of hundreds of interviews of Black-white couples in Chicago. (1/2)

Eviction bans during the pandemic didn’t just keep families in their homes. They may have kept children safer, too, according to a new study. imprintnews.org/top-stories/ha…

Our weekly round-up of #familypreservation journalism and commentary nccprblog.org/2025/07/nccpr-… #childabuse #fostercare #childwelfare

#Familypreservation journalism & comment from @thejoshkeefe of @mainemonitor on WERU, Clark Kauffman of @IowaCapDispatch, @JustinaCoronel & @notkelsi of @KSDKnews, @edwreports of @SearchlightNM & @GeoffRushton of @StateCollegecom nccprblog.org/2025/07/nccpr-… #fostercare #childwelfare

Thank you for staying on this story, which we'll include in our news roundup on the NCCPR #childwelfare Blog tomorrow And thank you for including the family's full statement. Everything done to this child was done in the name of putting child safety ahead of #familypreservation

ICYMI: NCCPR #childwelfare Blog: Meet the #childabuse pediatrician who says she’s never been wrong! (And she doesn’t seem too keen on any colleagues who might not share her self-assessment.) nccprblog.org/2025/07/propub… xxx #fostercare

ICYMI: NCCPR #childwelfare Blog: ProPublica’s #childabuse pediatrician exposé breaks new ground, revealing failures of medicine, government – and journalism: nccprblog.org/2025/07/propub… #fostercare

#Familypreservation journalism & comment from @Lussenpop of @ProPublica, @mchlftzgrld of @TheImprintNews, @layalbouharfou of @reasonfdn, @DrLeanaWen of @WashingtonPost, @MikeMagsCBS12 of @CBS12, & @amanda_gokee of @BostonGlobe nccprblog.org/2025/07/nccpr-… #fostercare #childwelfare

Hey journos who cover #childwelfare: Next time a parent says the #childwelfare agency lied about them, before you roll your eyes, please read this: nccprblog.org/2025/07/propub… #fostercare #childabuse

How a media-fueled #fostercare panic in Minnesota indirectly contributed to tragedies due to alleged misdiagnoses by a famed #childabuse pediatrician nccprblog.org/2025/07/propub… #childwelfare

NCCPR #childwelfare Blog: Meet the #childabuse pediatrician who says she’s never been wrong! (And she doesn’t seem too keen on any colleagues who might not share her self-assessment.) nccprblog.org/2025/07/propub… xxx #fostercare

NCCPR #childwelfare Blog: ProPublica’s #childabuse pediatrician exposé breaks new ground, revealing failures of medicine, government – and journalism: nccprblog.org/2025/07/propub… #fostercare

A rare story that gets at the *real* reasons for #childabuse tragedies. Thanks, @MikeMagsCBS12 for including our perspective #fostercare #childwelfare

ICYMI: A @CASAofLA volunteer said she was “triggered” when the program director used the words “social justice” or “racial justice. Instead of deciding the problem was with the volunteer, they … well, it’s CASA so I’m sure you can guess nccprblog.org/2025/06/la-cas… #childwelfare

ICYMI: NCCPR in the Michigan Advance: Forget the ceremonies: In Michigan, every day is Family Destruction Day michiganadvance.com/2025/07/02/for… #fostercare #childwelfare #childabuse #MIpol, #milegislature, #mileg, #mipolitics

ICYMI: Here’s the thing about a gish-gallop of misinformation, like that offered by the new MO Children’s Division director: You have to go deep into the weeds to explain all the false premises and misleading claims. But if you want to take the trip… nccprblog.org/2025/06/cran...

ICYMI: By firing their director, CASA of LA shows its true colors – and, as usual with CASA, one color dominates nccprblog.org/2025/06/la-c... #childabuse #fostercare #childwelfare

And here's why that stinks: witnessla.com/dont-shield-pr…