How to really help children and families
Protecting families and children while avoiding the trauma of unnecessary family separation is not unsolvable. It just requires accountability, transparency, and proven effective alternatives to foster care.
Civil Liberties Without Exception: NCCPR’s Due Process Agenda for Children and Families
The National Coalition for Child Protection Reform believes the only way truly to protect children is to demand civil liberties without exception. There can be no true child protection when a government agency is given virtually unchecked power, almost no accountability, and operates in secret.
That is why enacting meaningful due process protections for families is even more important than improving the “services” they receive from child welfare agencies.
Read all of NCCPR’s due process recommendations
Doing Child Welfare Right: Successful Alternatives to Taking Children From Their Families
At the National Coalition for Child Protection Reform, we often are asked what can be done to prevent the trauma of foster care by safely keeping children with their own families. There are many options, ranging from specific services to entire county or state systems that can serve as models.
Read all of our examples of alternatives to family separation
The Good Bill Bank
In recent years, as the public and their elected representatives have come to realize the enormous harm done by family police agencies, many bills have been introduced to curb these agencies’ power and mitigate the harm. Some became law, others did not. Check out our Good Bill Bank to see if it any of the listed legislation might be adaptable to your state.
Read all of our the examples of good child welfare legislation
How You Can Help Reform ‘Child Welfare’: Some Suggestions from Richard Wexler, Executive Director
It’s a question we get all the time: “How can I help change the “child welfare” system?”