This post was updated on 7-15-24 to include a link to the Child Welfare Information Gateway's factsheet, which provides guidance on leaving your child home alone. Please keep in mind that this is intended only to provide information, not to advise or provide any kind of guidance. If you need specific guidance on if you [...]
In preparation for this Friday’s meeting of the Governor’s Task Force on the Protection of Children, I’d like to highlight each workgroup’s proposed final recommendations (based on the February 27 Task Force meeting). On Friday the Task Force will meet to finalize the final recommendations. This post will focus specifically on the Screening and Transparency [...]
Updated Jan. 5, 2015, to reflect the Initial Recommendations report, released December 31, 2014. Changes and additions are highlighted yellow , and deletions are marked as strikethroughs. The Training & Supervision Workgroup preliminary recommendations are listed below, grouped under general themes (which are found in the light gray boxes). Each of these recommendations [...]
On December 20th, Rep. Frederica Wilson (D-FL) introduced H.R. 3741: Rilya Wilson Act (no relation to the Representative), which aims to "protect foster children and to ensure that every state has a procedure in place to promptly report their disappearance." Essentially, this bill would require child welfare agencies to report missing or abducted children to [...]
