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2/21/2018

Alaska Transfers Child Welfare Services for Native Alaskans to Tribes

Sara Tiano

In Alaska, a coalition of tribal governments has now begun to assume responsibility for offering some child welfare services to Alaska Native children. The Alaska Tribal Child Welfare Compact, which was signed into law in October 2017 by Alaska Gov.

2/22/2017

Congratulations, Alaska: You’re the Foster Care Capital of America

Opinion

Richard Wexler

At the end of 2016, the federal government finally released state-by-state foster care numbers for 2015. Congratulations, Alaska: You’re number one! The National Coalition for Child Protection Reform uses a “Rate of Removal Index” to determine each state’s propensity to place children in foster care.

6/14/2016

New Report Shows Improvements and Persistent Problems with New Jersey’s Child Welfare System

Devon Ziminski

A court-ordered report of New Jersey’s child welfare system released last week declared that the state has made “significant progress” in its work with troubled families and children in foster care.

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