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child abuse

1/31/2024

WA Lawmakers Introduce Bill Requiring Clergy to Report Child Abuse After a Similar Bill Died Over Catholic Opposition

After failing last year, Washington state lawmakers are trying to pass a bill to make clergy mandatory reporters of child abuse or neglect. 

Youth Services Insider

1/8/2024

Feds Release 2022 Child Maltreatment Numbers

Federal child maltreatment numbers from 2022 show that the level of abuse and neglect reporting in the country returned to pre-pandemic levels, while fatalities rose for a fifth year.

6/26/2023

Making Clergy Mandated Reporters? No Prayer This Curbs Child Abuse

Legislators have proposed expanding mandatory reporting into one of the few fields that has typically been viewed as sacrosanct: the clergy.

Youth Services Insider

4/27/2023

Bipartisan Bill Introduced To Tighten Oversight of Residential Centers for Youth

Legislation calling for better oversight of youth residential treatment centers was introduced in both chambers of Congress today.

Black and white image of a young person with dark hair hanging their head, photographed from behind.

8/23/2022

Better Apart

An anonymous writer says that through therapy and time away from home, she's been able to reflect on her relationship with her mom.

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Senators Patty Murray, pictured left, and Ron Wyden, pictured right, launched inquiry into reported abuse at youth treatment facilities.

8/4/2022

Senators Want Answers About Alleged Abuse at Youth Treatment Facilities

Two senators have launched a new inquiry into four major operators of youth residential treatment programs that have been the subject of recent reports of abusive treatment.

    Should Social Workers Interview Children Separated from their Parents? Debate in Minnesota Continues

    5/24/2022

    Should Social Workers Interview Children Separated from their Parents? Debate in Minnesota Continues

    A new provision in Minnesota emphasizes the need for private interviews of children in the most serious cases of maltreatment — but not every case.

    Staff Abuse Children and Incite Violence at ‘Deplorable’ Tennessee Detention Center, Report Finds

    5/3/2022

    Staff Abuse Children and Incite Violence at ‘Deplorable’ Tennessee Detention Center, Report Finds

    Teenagers at a Tennessee detention facility have been sexually abused, locked in isolation cells for 23 hours a day and set up by staff to fight each other, two prominent advocacy groups have found.

    A Social Services Department in Upstate New York Gets Independent Review

    10/18/2021

    Amid Division Over Critical State Audit, St. Lawrence County Approves Outside Review of Embattled Social Services Department

    Following concerns about its child protection and foster care services, local lawmakers in St. Lawrence County, New York, are bringing in an independent firm to conduct a comprehensive review.