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The Commission to Eliminate Child Abuse and Neglect Fatalities (CECANF) has heard from experts and stakeholders around the country and has prepared a draft of its recommendations. Among them is the suggestion that states expand a practice called “birth match,” which can identify at birth children who are at risk of child abuse and neglect.

Focus on the Figures is a regular partnership between The Imprint and KidsData.org, a nonprofit dedicated to providing data on the health and well-being of California’s children. In 2014, there were 496,972 reports (allegations) of child abuse and neglect in California.

Busy week? No problem, we got you covered. Here is a rundown of all the funding leads, news, analysis and opinion pieces produced by The Imprint. News, Opinion and Analysis A victim of sexual exploitation shares five things youth-serving organizations should do to help youths leaving the street Waterside Workshops is serving the toughest youth demo to reach, older teens with court involvement, with no government funding A profile of Sokhom Mao, a former foster youth running for Oakland City Council Ira Schwartz: Child welfare reform should focus less on service delivery model and more on risk assessment See where your state ranks on child well-being indicators in the recent release of Annie E.

Busy week? No problem, we got you covered. Here is a rundown of all the funding leads, news, analysis and opinion pieces produced by The Imprint. News, Opinion and Analysis The House Ways and Means and Senate Finance Committee have reached a deal on adoption incentives.

Busy week? No problem, we got you covered. Here is a rundown of all the funding leads, news, analysis and opinion pieces produced by The Imprint. News, Opinion and Analysis The Oprah Winfrey Network is set to air a groundbreaking show on foster care on July 3.

Busy week? No problem, we got you covered. Here is a rundown of all the funding leads, news, analysis and opinion pieces produced by The Imprint. News, Opinion and Analysis Los Angeles supervisors okay establishment of child welfare czar to oversee the nation’s largest local child welfare system.

Busy week? No problem, we got you covered. Here is a rundown of all the funding leads, news, analysis and opinion pieces produced by The Imprint. Funding Local Calif.: Dept. of Corrections funding efforts to prevent violence in juvenile justice facilities.

Here is a rundown of all the funding leads, news, analysis and opinion pieces produced by The Imprint. MONEY & BUSINESS The Republican-led House Ways and Means Committee began discussions on the reauthorization of the federal home visitation program, a $1.5 billion investment in child maltreatment prevention that expires in 2015.

Here is a rundown of all the funding leads, news, analysis and opinion pieces produced by The Imprint. Among the headlines this week: A conversation with the Godfather of Finding Families California’s shift on early screening/treatment funding: potential boon to counties, but also shaky legal ground A national child welfare research network launched A discussion with leaders and students about the right (and wrong) instances for removing children MONEY & BUSINESS Children’s Home Society of America and the University of North Carolina School of Social Work have formed a new research network aimed at evaluating child welfare policies.