What leads to seriously antisocial behavior at such a young age? Child maltreatment. This family had 16 prior reports of alleged abuse or neglect since 2013 – in other words, the 11-year-old victim was known to the agency since infancy. livescutshort.org/analysis/cycle… American Enterprise Institute Independent Women

The Family First Act’s core promise is worth fighting for. But we must acknowledge its Achilles’ heel: flexibility without accountability, writes Channing Collins. Read her op-ed with five suggestions for strengthening Family First implementation: imprintnews.org/opinion/how-to…

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"it cannot be ruled out that the victim was still alive at the time that Gardner placed her in the suitcase and suffocated to death prior to succumbing to the other injuries." Prosecutors were going to let her walk after less than 10 years. She should never see the light of day

Horrific update to a case we posted last week. How many CPS calls were there before this brutal murder, WA State Department of Children, Youth & Families? We'd bet a million dollars it wasn't zero. kiro7.com/news/local/cou…

She could have legally and safely left the child at any hospital, police, or fire station. Instead she left her at the bottom of a busy subway station stairwell. youtube.com/watch?v=OoHvl3…

Cost is no barrier to adoption from foster care, but a continual failure in many states to enforce the ASFA timely permanency requirement is. The friends and family of foster parents see how many children go back to dangerous homes, only to end up in care again. They see kids

Mom's boyfriend. kptv.com/2025/10/23/fat…

Would a licensed foster parent have left a baby in their custody alone with a birth parent who was not allowed unsupervised visitation? Unlikely. However, grandparents often have a blind spot for the failures of their children, which is why it is so important to carefully vet

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Please join us in person or online for this important event Monday. aei.org/events/parents…

"She said that despite the parents not following all the guidelines, such as counseling and home visits, the kids were placed back with their parents. Less than a month later, police were called to an Albuquerque home. Estrella was found dead." krqe.com/news/albuquerq…

It's unfortunate that this article implies that calls to CPS involve complicated "he said, she said" situations. The reality is that the majority of maltreatment allegations involve clear, irrefutable evidence: failed drug tests, bruises, lack of medical care, parental arrests.

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"Children just above the threshold whose cases were investigated were 33% less likely “to have an injury-related Medicaid claim in the 60 days following a referral” than kids just below it — an effect driven by reductions in injuries at home." "With kids on the margin of being