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The National Coalition for Child Protection Reform works to change America's approach to #childabuse, #childwelfare, #fostercare Also @nccpr.bsky.social

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When you take away so many children needlessly, often when poverty is confused with neglect, as Philly does, you use up all the good foster homes. That creates a huge incentive to ignore young people like Maria when they disclose abuse in foster care. https://t.co/rftCduhrcx

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Maria Campbell said she was 14 years old when she entered the foster system in October 2019. She was placed with Carprice Williams.

Williams is now charged with the murder of 10-year-old Malayshia Alford, a West Philadelphia girl in her care who was found dead in New Jersey earlier this month.

Philadelphia City Council has passed resolutions this week calling for hearings focused on the child welfare system, and District Attorney Larry Krasner launched a separate probe.

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@CBSPhiladelphia Philly still takes children needlessly at a far higher rate than NY, NJ or Chi. even when child poverty is factored in. When foster homes are filled with children who don’t need to be there, there’s nowhere to house them except offices. We can fix it: https://t.co/rftCduhrcx

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@KYWNewsradio The more eyes on #childwelfare system the better, but while waiting for the new committee, & new hearings, please take another look at the 2022 report of the previous committee, formed by @PHLCouncil https://t.co/rftCdugTmZ #fostercare #childabuse

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.@PhillyMayor, @PHLCouncil: While examining the tragic death of Malayshia Alford, please don’t be distracted by side issues that only deflect responsibility from CUAs & miss the big picture: Wrongful removal of kids to #fostercare drives everything else https://t.co/rftCdugTmZ

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Horrific death of Malayshia Alford is an aberration–but abuse in #fostercare is NOT. Studies find abuse in at least 25 – 33% of family foster homes. Solutions must focus on further reducing needless foster care. Here’s how Philly can do it: https://t.co/rftCdugTmZ #childwelfare

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.@PhillyMayor: The more eyes on #childwelfare system the better, but while waiting for the new committee, please take another look at the report of the Special Committee on Child Separations, formed when you were on @PHLCouncil https://t.co/rftCdugTmZ

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Today’s reminder: In #childwelfare the horror stories go in ALL directions: https://t.co/3C7JRCerVn #childabuse #fostercare

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As Philadelphia mourns horrific death of Malayshia Alford in #fostercare, there are at least 31 ways to make such tragedies less likely: See the report of the @PHLCouncil Special Committee on which I was honored to serve: https://t.co/rftCdugTmZ #childwelfare #childabuse

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@KYWNewsradio The more eyes on #childwelfare system the better, but while waiting for the new committee, I hope @PhillyMayor will take another look at the 2022 report from the last committee, the Special Committee on Child Separations, established by @PHLCouncil
https://t.co/rftCdugTmZ

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@PhillyMayor Thank you for this. The more eyes on #childwelfare system the better, but while waiting for the new committee, please take another look at the report of the Special Committee on Child Separations, formed when you were on @PHLCouncil https://t.co/rftCduhrcx

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Our weekly round-up of #familypreservation journalism and commentary: https://t.co/yWTvqsaWAG #childabuse #fostercare #childwelfare

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ICYMI: What would #fostercare-at-all-costs crowd say if LA’s declining foster care #s were accompanied by increases in #childabuse deaths? Yes, exactly. But when such deaths plummet as foster care goes down, they’d rather you not know. So we’ll tell you: https://t.co/2sO3S44JLM

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Our weekly round-up of #familypresrvation journalism and commentary: https://t.co/hEMw7mkgEJ #childabuse #fostercare #childwelfare

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Today’s reminder: In #childwelfare the horror stories go in ALL directions: https://t.co/0SCHvj4VFi #childabuse #fostercare

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Huge national study finds no link between #fostercare entries and #childabuse deaths – and in LA both have declined sharply since 2020. Maybe the best way to save children’s lives is to cut short all that needless #fostercare. https://t.co/2sO3S44JLM

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NCCPR #childwelfare Blog: From 2015-2025 in LA County: Number of children known to be in #fostercare dropped dramatically – and so did #childabuse deaths – including deaths of children “known to the system” https://t.co/2sO3S44JLM

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[4/4] So maybe the best way to save children’s lives is to cut short all that needless #fostercare. Or maybe we should simply stop pretending we can measure system performance by fatality numbers, no matter what those numbers show in one community. https://t.co/2sO3S44JLM

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[1/4] NCCPR #childwelfare Blog: In Los Angeles County, from 2015 through 2025: The number of children known trapped in #foster care on any given day dropped dramatically:

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[3/4] And child abuse fatalities, including deaths of children “known to the system,” ALSO dropped dramatically: