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CPS Shortages Lack of Data Plague System as Demand for Foster Parents Rises / Public News Service

Children s advocates said they are hoping for major changes to the state s foster-care and child-protective services systems in the new year. Recent investigations have highlighted a strained foster-care system, largely because of the opioid crisis and lack of resources. Marissa Sanders, director of the West Virginia Foster, Adoptive, and Kinship Parents Network, said while state lawmakers recently formed a bipartisan child-welfare caucus, she has since seen little movement on the issue. . ....

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ND Head Start Programs Encounter Enrollment Issues

As North Dakota families navigate the latest phase of the pandemic, community action agencies worry the crisis is affecting parents enrollment decisions for Head Start programs. ....

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Report Child Abuse Cases in PA Rose in 2020 / Public News Service

HARRISBURG, Pa. With kids stuck at home early in the pandemic, a new report said child-abuse cases decreased in 2020, but children s advocates say it is likely a result of the abuse going undocumented, and there is work to be done to better respond to children s needs during a public-health crisis. Pennsylvania Partnerships for Children s annual State of Child Welfare report showed nearly 33,000 fewer cases of child abuse or neglect in 2020 than the previous year, a 22% decrease. . ....

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