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States Are Wrestling with How to Deal with Substance-Exposed Infants. New Mexico Offers a Warning
…would require verbal and written consent from mothers before testing newborns for drugs. It just failed to pass again. But the pressure on lawmakers has been growing for years. And…
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Child Abuse and Neglect Are Intergenerational Problems. Policies to Protect Children Should Reflect That
…unreasonable goals for greater reliance on relatives. Connecticut recently announced it wanted to place as many as 70% of its foster children with kin. Pennsylvania lawmakers are about to introduce a bill…
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Congress Shouldn’t Create Another Newborn Benefit
A bipartisan group of lawmakers recently introduced the Supporting Newborn Parents Act of 2026, which would provide parents up to $2,000 when a child is born. The impulse is understandable. Babies…
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The Wrong Way to Fix Foster Care
…been a growing chorus of policymakers and activists who want to provide cash assistance to needy families. Whether child tax credits or guaranteed-income programs will lift families out of poverty…
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Legislation Passed by Governor Hochul Makes It Harder to Save the Lives of Abused Children
…progressive activists for years, was sold to lawmakers as a way to reduce false or frivolous reports of child maltreatment from angry landlords or vengeful ex-partners. “This bill will transform…
Op-Ed
Free Cash to Poor Families Isn’t Helping the Kids
…maternal anxiety and depression. In other words, as much as such a simple solution would be welcome news to policy makers, handing a poor mother more than $300 extra per…
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A win for Wisconsin families: Childcare in the 2025-2027 biennial state budget
…low-income families. Competing visions Childcare is an essential but often burdensome expense for working families with young children. Policymakers across the political spectrum generally agree on the importance of helping…
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Better Boys: The Difference Good Dads Make
…the odds they end up in the principal’s office. They also suggest that policymakers — including leaders such as Govs. Glenn Youngkin and Wes Moore in states such as Virginia and Maryland who have…
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Insiders Reveal Why ACS Decided to Leave Kids in Hands of Abusive Parents
…rates skyrocket periodically when ACS doesn’t have anywhere else to put young lawbreakers. And the lack of space is becoming a bigger problem in recent years. Because of the “raise the…
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Seven Children Died in Abusive New York City Homes Because Progressives Say It’s Racist to Save Them
…But without more transparency neither the public, our elected lawmakers or even most ACS employees will know what went wrong and how to avoid future tragedies. Which brings us back…
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Minnesota’s War on Charter Schools
…to the charter cuts came from parents of students with specialized education plans. The mother of a student with autism told lawmakers how enrolling at Minnesota Online High School allowed…
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The dangerous myth that poverty is the cause of child abuse
…them from engaging in services, while also diminishing their ability to protect and care for their children. Oversimplifying the causes of child maltreatment will only lead policymakers to offer ineffective…