On April 19, 2024, the Biden administration issued new rules that broaden the scope of Title IX of the Education Amendments of 1971. Title IX guarantees gender equality in education programs or activities that receive federal funding. The Department of Education stated the rules were modified to address “unacceptably high” rates of sexual harassment and …
In the White House’s 2024 proclamation on National Child Abuse Prevention Month, it wrote, “[t]here is no greater sin than the abuse of power, especially when that abuse is directed at a child.” When state and county child welfare agencies remove children from their homes, we expect that they are placed in safer environments. But …
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April is Sexual Assault Awareness Month (“SAAM”), a time when we raise public awareness about sexual assault and discuss ways to prevent sexual violence. Sexual violence is a significant problem. The Center for Disease Control and Prevention reports that “over half of women and almost one in three men have experienced sexual violence involving physical …
A New York gynecologist working at Columbia University sexually assaulted female patients for years. In 1994, one victim wrote a complaint to Columbia detailing her abuse, but the university never acted. Another victim has stated, “I did try to speak up when it happened in the hospital, and I was just told that I was …
Last week multiple news outlets reported that police were investigating a sextortion scheme targeting Colorado students—dubbed a “social media nightmare.” Dozens of middle school and high school students reported that a suspect or suspects contacted them on Instagram and asked them to pay to take down explicit images, some of which were generated via A.I. …
A Longstanding Problem News recently broke in Colorado that the state is losing track of children in foster care who have run away from residential treatment centers. Colorado’s Department of Human Services claims it has no obligation to find children who have run away—even though those children are in the Department’s custody—and instead, it typically …
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Problems With Today’s Foster Care Residential Facilities & Group Homes Over 40,000, or 10 percent of the children in foster care in the U.S., are placed in congregate care facilities, including group homes, residential facilities, and psychiatric residential treatment facilities. In some states, the percentage of children in congregate care facilities exceeds 30 percent. Most …
There are nearly 400,000 children in foster care in the United States. These children enter care for a variety of reasons, including due to physical abuse, sexual abuse and exploitation, neglect, parental substance abuse, abandonment, etc. In other words, some sort of trauma brought them to the attention of state or county child welfare officials. …
There is a disturbingly strong link between gun violence and domestic violence in the United States. According to Everytown for Gun Safety, “An average of 70 women in America are shot and killed by an intimate partner in an average month—and the presence of a gun in a domestic violence situation makes it five times …
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