child welfare Archives - The Chicago Reporter http://www.chicagoreporter.com/tag/child-welfare/ Investigating race and poverty since 1972 Mon, 17 Oct 2016 16:55:11 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://www.chicagoreporter.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/logo-1-reverse-1-150x150-1.png child welfare Archives - The Chicago Reporter http://www.chicagoreporter.com/tag/child-welfare/ 32 32 163009088 Just 1 percent of Cook County foster children get special advocates https://www.chicagoreporter.com/less-than-1-percent-of-cook-county-foster-children-get-special-advocates/ https://www.chicagoreporter.com/less-than-1-percent-of-cook-county-foster-children-get-special-advocates/#comments Mon, 17 Oct 2016 14:25:49 +0000 http://www.chicagoreporter.com/?p=413339 Of thousands of abuse and neglect cases in the child welfare system, few get much-needed adult support from the Court Appointed Special Advocates program, known as CASA.

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]]> https://www.chicagoreporter.com/less-than-1-percent-of-cook-county-foster-children-get-special-advocates/feed/ 1 413339 Trauma of witnessing police violence is not lost on children https://www.chicagoreporter.com/trauma-of-witnessing-police-violence-is-not-lost-on-children/ https://www.chicagoreporter.com/trauma-of-witnessing-police-violence-is-not-lost-on-children/#comments Mon, 22 Aug 2016 14:36:33 +0000 http://www.chicagoreporter.com/?p=352425 Better training could help police officers avoid interactions that could have a lasting negative impact on children’s development.

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