The members of the National Coalition for Child Protection Reform have encountered the child welfare system in their professional capacities. Through NCCPR, we work to make that system better serve America's most vulnerable children by trying to change policies concerning child abuse, foster care and family preservation.

NCCPR advocates for systemic reform. We regret that we cannot provide advice in dealing with individual cases.

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Phone: (703) 212-2006 / E-Mail: info@NCCPR.org

This site and all its contents are © 2008 by The National Coalition for Child Protection Reform, Inc.

 

BRIEF ANALYSES AND COMMENTARIES:

●    The Evidence is in: Foster Care vs. Keeping Families Together: The Definitive Study. NCCPR’s analysis of a study comparing outcomes for more than 15,000 children, with a link to the full study.  Children left in their own homes typically fared far better than comparably maltreated children placed in foster care. 

· 80 Percent Failure: A Brief Analysis of the Casey Family Programs Northwest Foster Care Alumni Study.

· Civil Liberties Without Exception: NCCPR’s Due Process Agenda for Children and Families

· Epidemic of Hype: How hysteria over methamphetamine has become the latest excuse to “take the child and run.” 

· A Foster Parent Speaks Out.  A foster parent shares her observations about the child welfare system in her state.

· Residential Treatment: What the Research Tells Us.

· The Trouble with CFSRs.  NCCPR’s analysis of the federal government’s Child and Family Services Reviews.

STATE AND LOCAL REPORTS: NCCPR has issued reports on child welfare in several states as well as in New York City.  They are available (in pdf format), by CLICKING HERE TO GET TO OUR STATE REPORT INDEX PAGE as well as by regular mail or e-mail as attached files.

 

About NCCPR, Frequently Asked Questions, Issue Papers on Family Preservation Foster Care and Reasonable Efforts, Other Issue Papers, Twelve Ways to do Child Welfare Right, A Child Welfare Timeline, When Children Witness Domestic Violence: Expert Opinion, An Analysis of ASFA, State and Local Reports, NCCPR Board and Staff, Additional Reading, Funders

THE NCCPR CHILD WELFARE BLOG. News and commentary on child welfare, and media coverage of child welfare, usually updated at least weekly, usually on Mondays.  And click here for information on the NCCPR (almost) 24/7 media response line.

 

NCCPR NEEDS YOUR HELP.  The authoritative trade journal Youth Today says NCCPR “might be the most successful youth advocate[s] out there in terms of landing [their] words on editorial pages around the country.”  From our inception, we’ve done this work funded almost exclusively by foundations.  But now, to maintain our effectiveness, we need your help.  Please consider donating to NCCPR online through Network for Good, by clicking on the “Donate Now” link: