October Sad Stories 2017 Part I
37% of children overall and 57% of Black children are reported to child protection services in America by the time they turn 18. (American Journal of Public Health 1.17) 12 million children a year are...
View ArticleInternational Child Protection News October thru December 2017
KARA tracks current international news about at risk children bringing transparency and attention to our youngest and most vulnerable citizens. Most child trauma & abuse never gets reported KARA...
View ArticleJoin KARA’s New Speaker’s Bureau Network – it’s all about children
Do you speak publicly on issues of child protection, child abuse & trauma and issues of at risk children. Join our speaker network
View ArticleWhat We Can Learn From Kentucky (kinship rules)
JEFFERSONTOWN, Ky. - In Kentucky, a lot of children are being raised by extended family members: at 6 percent of all kids, it's one of the highest kinship-care rates in the nation. A new report from...
View ArticleLet’s Start The Conversation
Because we don't like to talk about it, there is little understanding of the core problems that are driving the terrible statistics of public safety, crime, school performance, and public health...
View ArticleCentury College Luncheon Speaker Series – Kids At Risk Action Sept 11th
Come hear Mike Speak about how our communities are providing child protection to vulnerable children and the results we are all living with. 1130 to 1pm, Century College, East Campus Lincoln Mall,...
View ArticleHelping Homeless Kids In the Metro
Today, there are about 100 youth shelter beds for the almost 5000 youth that experience homelessness every year in our state. Sad facts; 15% of homeless youth have traded sex for shelter and food. Over...
View ArticleChild Abuse, Covid & What We Know (stress and domestic violence)
Kids At Risk Action writes and reports on child abuse issues & provides a passionate voice for at risk children All Adults Are the Protectors of All Children Support KARA’s Public Service...
View ArticleFor New Mexico’s At Risk Children – Life is Very Hard (find your state here)
Across the board, America's Southern States seem to maintain an anti tax mantra that devalues the well-being of other people's children. This clear from the KIDS COUNT statistics over the years. This...
View ArticleCriminalizing Elementary School Children (policing our schools & punishment)
Federal Funding, Zero Tolerance and Inadequate Alternatives mean that more states are policing schools with armed officers. Before the 1970's police were almost absent from elementary and junior high...
View ArticleKARA Is Unable to Respond To Requests For Child Protection Issues
Friends of KARA, PLEASE Use the Kids At Risk Action resource library to find help for child protection and wellbeing issues.
View ArticleTrauma, Children & Overwhelmed ER’s in Minneapolis
Fairview Masonic Children's hospital has been overwhelmed with 145 emergency pediatric psych cases since September. A makeshift shelter in an ambulance garage is all that's available at Fairview...
View ArticleCriminalizing Elementary School Children
Federal Funding, Zero Tolerance and Inadequate Alternatives mean that more states are policing schools with armed officers. Before the 1970's police were almost absent from elementary and junior high...
View ArticleHere’s Something Easy You Can Do To Improve The Lives Of At Risk Children
Children's Issues in MN don't get the coverage they need. You can help KARA change this. Click Here and fill out the form recommending children's issues as the most important story right now. Think...
View ArticleHere’s Something Easy You Can Do To Improve The Lives Of At Risk Children
Children's Issues in MN don't get the coverage they need. You can help KARA change this. Click Here and fill out the form recommending children's issues as the most important story right now. Think...
View ArticleChild Death and Child Abuse Articles (for September 2015 – find your...
Every month KARA publishes articles that go unnoticed outside of the community they occur. These stories are gathered from different sources all around the nation and some international stories. Please...
View ArticleImportant Information About Child Protection in MN (from Safe Passage For...
Although counties disagree, the Department wants an outside expert to review screening practices. This is because, contrary to new guidelines, counties are still responding to half as many maltreatment...
View ArticleOctober Sad Stories Part I
Drugging Our Kids: Governor signs bills to curb prescribing of psych drugs to California foster youth The Mercury News Joymara Coleman, a 24-year-old Cal State East Bay student, displays two of the...
View ArticleOctober Sad Stories Part II
WA: Can this tool fix our troubled foster care system? Crosscut Seattle - October 28, 2015 Anyone who has filed a tax return by hand knows that filling out bureaucratic forms can be a dreary,...
View ArticleKARA Is Unable To Provide Services
Dear Readers, Every so often we receive requests for hands on help and it it is necessary to remind you that KARA is a small group of people working to improve our child child well-being and child...
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