March 29, 2026
Missing Boy Jacob Pritchett Is a Reminder of Why We Can’t Leave Disabled Kids with Ill-Equipped Parents
It has been a year since anyone saw Jacob Pritchett. The 11-year-old boy, who is autistic…
October 3, 2025
The Link Between Maternal Drug Use and Rising Infant Mortality
Mississippi has just declared a public health emergency involving an alarming rise in infant mortality…
April 3, 2025
The dangerous myth that poverty is the cause of child abuse
Why does child abuse happen? A new public service announcement says most people think it’s a “bad…
April 1, 2025
Mayoral Candidate Zohran Mamdani’s Dangerous Radicalism on Child Welfare
Socialist state assemblyman Zohran Mamdani has made a splash in the race for New York…
April 1, 2025
Did Maltreatment Fatalities in Texas Really Decline?
A drop in the number of children entering foster care and fatalities due to abuse…
March 31, 2025
Putting Children First: Child Welfare Priorities for the New Administration
Event Summary On March 31, AEI hosted a discussion on child welfare priorities, moderated by…
December 14, 2024
Why the Riskiest Situation NYC Foster Kids Can Face Is Visiting Their Birth Parents
Between 2020 and 2023, there were 2,154 cases of substantiated abuse and/or neglect of foster…
December 9, 2024
Helping Parents to Help Kids: How to Reduce Addiction Among Families in the Child Welfare System
Event Summary On December 9, AEI hosted an event exploring innovative treatments for parental addiction,…
October 14, 2024
Another Terrible Idea: Abolishing Child Welfare
The only thing surprising about Dorothy Roberts winning a MacArthur Foundation “genius grant” earlier this…
September 27, 2024
Justice at Any Cost?
“Almost 9,000 children in California foster care could soon be taken from homes over insurance…
September 21, 2024
Why Is Race Still a Factor in Adoption?
“I know you really want to be parents, and I can tell that you would…
August 27, 2024
Poverty Isn’t Neglect, and Money Isn’t Always the Answer
“I think about the families separated in Missouri over the years, not because of abuse…