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Parents first: The constitutional order of child protection

THERE are phrases that sound compassionate until one examines their legal consequences. One of them is this: “The State is the primary duty-bearer of child rights.” At first hearing, many will find ...
Animal Welfare Institute

Child and Animal Abuse Detection and Reporting Act

H.R. 712, introduced by Representatives Jeff Van Drew (R-NJ) and Julia Brownley (D-CA), amends the Child Abuse Prevention and Treatment Act to expand the data collected around child abuse cases to ...
The Heritage Foundation

Defining Abuse Child Protection Act

[In state’s child protection statute and/or where “abuse and neglect” and/or “best interests of the child” are defined, add] A parent has the fundamental right to direct the care and upbringing of the ...
The Grio

50 years after the Child Abuse Prevention and Treatment Act, it’s time to redefine child protection through a lens of equity and support

OPINION: By broadly defining abuse and neglect, CAPTA enabled the creation of a punitive child welfare system that conflated the circumstances of poverty with parental neglect, disproportionally ...
The New York Times

A Child Misses 3 Weeks of School. Should Protective Services Step In?

A growing number of states are debating whether to alter their policies on summoning child protection officials if a student has excessive absences. By Troy Closson and Samantha Latson In the largest ...
The Guardian

Dozens of vulnerable children were deemed not at risk by Victoria’s child protection system. They are now dead

The state’s commissioner for children and young people raised the alarm about cycles of ineffective referrals to voluntary services and closed reports in 35 cases of children who died after ...