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Child Maltreatment 2018 Report Shows an Increase in Child Abuse

On January 15, 2020, the Children’s Bureau released the annual child abuse and neglect report: Child Maltreatment 2018. The numbers show an increase in the rates of abuse and neglect for the first time since

AMA Study: Decline in Overdose Deaths in States That Expanded Medicaid Under ACA

A new study, Association of Medicaid Expansion With Opioid Overdose Mortality in the United States, finds that jurisdictions that expanded access to Medicaid under the Affordable Care Act (ACA) had a six percent reduction in

Moments From History

In March 1992, the Child Welfare League of America releases a survey linking the drug epidemic (crack-cocaine) to the 50 percent increase in foster care over the previous five years. The survey of several

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LAST WEEK IN CHILD WELFARE

New from Child Welfare Journal: Volume 97, Number 4

CWLA is pleased to announce the publication of Volume 97, Number 4 of Child Welfare journal. As we approach our 100th anniversary in 2020, we’re proud of Child Welfare’s longevity and standard-setting identity as the country’s oldest child welfare-based

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