NCCPR #childwelfare Blog: Mass Legislature makes a good change to mandatory #childabuse reporting laws. So Mass. child welfare agency tries a sleazy end run. Will lawmakers accept it? www.nccprblog.org/2025/04/mass... #fostercare
ICYMI: Mass. #childwelfare agency tries to send a great big DCF-U! to the state legislature. Will lawmakers tolerate it? www.nccprblog.org/2025/04/mass...
New Mexico AG investigating state #childwelfare agency says he wants to hear from current and former case workers, foster families, and youth impacted by the system. Notice who he left out? https://sourcenm.com/2025/04/24/torrezs-cyfd-investigation-will-fail-if-it-leaves-people-out/ #fostercare #childabuse
NCCPR in Source NM on why the Attorney General’s “investigation” of the state #childwelfare agency will fail. https://sourcenm.com/2025/04/24/torrezs-cyfd-investigation-will-fail-if-it-leaves-people-out/ #fostercare

The Trump admin is killing off the datasets that tell us what’s working and what’s broken — from maternal mortality and drug use to climate emissions and child welfare.

No data = no accountability. No measurement = no problem… right?

ProPublica lays it all out:
🔗 https://www.propublica.org/article/trump-doge-data-collection-hhs-epa-cdc-maternal-mortality

#DataDestruction #EvidenceMatters #ClimateCrisis #PublicHealth #ChildWelfare #FederalData #EJScreen #WISQARS #DataIsPower

Trump’s War on Measurement Means Losing Data on Drug Use, Maternal Mortality, Climate Change and More

By slashing teams that gather critical data, the administration has left the federal government with no way of understanding if policies are working — and created a black hole of information whose consequences could ripple out for decades.

ProPublica
NCCPR news and commentary round-up, week ending April 22

  ● Kansas has its own special, ugly little version of hidden foster care. I have a blog post on How the Kansas “child welfare” agency mak...

Ontario child welfare audits progressing with spring completion deadline
Last fall, Ontario announced financially focused audits of 37 children's aid organizations in the province after a push from Premier Doug Ford.
#audit #childwelfare #government #Ontario #Politics #Ontariopolitics
https://globalnews.ca/news/11141425/ontario-childrens-aid-audit-update/
Ontario child welfare audits progressing with spring completion deadline

Last fall, Ontario announced financially focused audits of 37 children's aid organizations in the province after a push from Premier Doug Ford.

Global News
Ontario child welfare audits progressing with spring completion deadline
Last fall, Ontario announced financially focused audits of 37 children's aid organizations in the province after a push from Premier Doug Ford.
#audit #childwelfare #government #Ontario #Politics #Ontariopolitics
https://globalnews.ca/news/11141425/ontario-childrens-aid-audit-update/
Ontario child welfare audits progressing with spring completion deadline

Last fall, Ontario announced financially focused audits of 37 children's aid organizations in the province after a push from Premier Doug Ford.

Global News
Ontario child welfare audits progressing with spring completion deadline
Last fall, Ontario announced financially focused audits of 37 children's aid organizations in the province after a push from Premier Doug Ford.
#audit #childwelfare #government #Ontario #Politics #Ontariopolitics
https://globalnews.ca/news/11141425/ontario-childrens-aid-audit-update/
Ontario child welfare audits progressing with spring completion deadline

Last fall, Ontario announced financially focused audits of 37 children's aid organizations in the province after a push from Premier Doug Ford.

Global News
Ontario child welfare audits progressing with spring completion deadline
Last fall, Ontario announced financially focused audits of 37 children's aid organizations in the province after a push from Premier Doug Ford.
#audit #childwelfare #government #Ontario #Politics #Ontariopolitics
https://globalnews.ca/news/11141425/ontario-childrens-aid-audit-update/
Ontario child welfare audits progressing with spring completion deadline

Last fall, Ontario announced financially focused audits of 37 children's aid organizations in the province after a push from Premier Doug Ford.

Global News