NCCPR news and commentary round-up, week ending June 9, 2026

● In a case involving what is alleged to be rampant lying by both foster parents and a family police agency supervisor in Alaska, a judge sa...

NCCPR news and commentary round-up, week ending June 2, 2026

● A lawsuit challenging the New York City family police agency’s misuse of its power to tear apart families without even going through the ...

ICYMI: NCCPR #childwelfare Blog: Avoiding needless #fostercare saves children’s lives! And in NY and NJ it’s possible to estimate how many lives have been saved by #familypreservation https://www.nccprblog.org/2026/05/how-nycs-reduction-in-foster-care-saves.html #childwelfare #childabuse
How NYC’s reduction in foster care saves children’s lives; and Suffolk County’s foster-care panic puts those lives at risk

In addition to saving lives, the efforts of New York City and New Jersey to curb needless foster care also saved thousands of children from ...

NCCPR news and commentary round-up, week ending May 28, 2026

● Because of its vast unchecked power and no real accountability, few (if any) government power centers are easier to weaponize than the fam...

NCCPR #childwelfare Blog: Avoiding needless #fostercare saves children’s lives! And in NY and NJ it’s possible to estimate how many lives have been saved by #familypreservation https://www.nccprblog.org/2026/05/how-nycs-reduction-in-foster-care-saves.html #childwelfare #childabuse
How NYC’s reduction in foster care saves children’s lives; and Suffolk County’s foster-care panic puts those lives at risk

In addition to saving lives, the efforts of New York City and New Jersey to curb needless foster care also saved thousands of children from ...

Because we know how much worse children in #fostercare typically do compared to comparably-maltreated children left in their own homes, it’s possible to calculate how many lives are *saved* by emphasizing #familypreservation: Data for NY and NJ https://www.nccprblog.org/2026/05/how-nycs-reduction-in-foster-care-saves.html #childwelfare #childabuse
How NYC’s reduction in foster care saves children’s lives; and Suffolk County’s foster-care panic puts those lives at risk

In addition to saving lives, the efforts of New York City and New Jersey to curb needless foster care also saved thousands of children from ...

NCCPR news and commentary round-up, week ending May 19, 2026

● The big news this week, and some of the biggest in years, is the release of a study showing that it is possible to estimate the number of ...

NCCPR news and commentary round-up, week ending May 12, 2026

Before the news, a word about a big event next week:   ● Every November, on “Adoption Saturday,” we re-post our blog about the obscenity o...

NCCPR news and commentary round-up, week ending May 5, 2026

● Cruddy journalism by the San Jose Mercury News and grandstanding by a prominent politician have been so effective that it appears that so...

Clueless (at best) journalist & pol in Silicon Valley join forces to scapegoat #familypreservation after #childabuse deaths #Fostercare skyrockets, leaving less time to find children in real danger. Now another child is dead. Journo and pol learn nothing. https://www.nccprblog.org/2026/04/did-media-fueled-foster-care-panic.html
Did a media-fueled foster-care panic contribute to a child’s death in Silicon Valley?

Source: California Child Welfare Indicators Project KEY POINTS   ● After two children known-to-the-system died in Santa Clara County, Ca...