Report blasts child welfare system: How to better protect US kids?, By Cristina Maza, January 27, 2015, Christian Science Monitor: “A new report released Tuesday finds that the United States government is falling woefully short in its attempts to keep the nation’s youngest residents safe. But despite the bleak picture, experts say that programs at the local level, combined with better data collection and tighter federal oversight, could reduce the number of cases of abuse and neglect. The 110-page report by the Children’s Advocacy Institute at the University of San Diego School of Law, titled ‘Shame on the U.S.,’ outlines the failure of all three branches of government to protect children and enforce federal child welfare laws at the state level…”
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