Feb 8, 2017 | Relevant News
Associated Press Jan 20, 2017 HELENA – Montana lawmakers have opened debate on proposals that aim to help the state’s child foster care system and make the agency that is responsible for protecting neglected and abused kids more accountable. Legislative...
Sep 6, 2016 | Relevant News
Researchers are learning more about the effects of child abuse on teenagers. In fact, one study shows that child abuse results in harmful, physical changes to teens’ brains. Children who had been emotionally or physically abused had less gray matter in their brains...
May 11, 2016 | Relevant News
JACKSON, MS (Mississippi News Now) – Mississippi is working to improve the foster care system. Meanwhile, the legislature passed a community-based alternative to the system. It’s not intended to fix all the problems but rather alleviate some of the load....
Apr 25, 2016 | Relevant News
Foster care in Alaska is the state’s last resort for helping kids who have been abused or neglected—and the number of kids in the system is at a record high. Nearly 3,000 kids are in out of home care. One foster care worker says part of the solution is in prevention –...
Apr 25, 2016 | Media Mentions, Relevant News
It’s all too fitting and tragic that during the month of April, which is Child Abuse Prevention Month, a recent news story on NBC 2 out of Southwest Florida highlighted an alarming situation struggling local families were already far too familiar with: the rise of...
