State and Local Reports

NCCPR has issued reports and other material on child welfare in several states as well as in Los Angeles, New York City, and Washington, D.C.  They are available in pdf format by clicking on the links below as well as by regular mail or e-mail as attached files:

Arizona:

2007: Perennial Panic and press release with summary of recommendations

California:

2009: Briefing material on Los Angeles County child welfare

2008: NCCPR 2007 California Rate-of-Removal Index

2006: NCCPR California Rate-of-Removal Index

District of Columbia:

2009: Presentation for News Conference on D.C. Child Welfare

Florida:

SEE OUR FLORIDA REPORTS INDEX PAGE

Georgia:

2008: UPDATED Georgia Rate-of-Removal Index and press release

2007: Who Watches the Watchdog and Georgia Rate-of-Removal Index.

Kansas:

2009: Analysis of Legislature’s Performance Audit Report on Kansas child welfare issues.

2007: Return of “The Cruelty” and press release about the report.

Kentucky:

2001: Misreading The Warning Signs

Maine:

2002: Safe at Home: An Action Agenda for Child Welfare in Maine.

2001: A Law Unto Itself

Michigan:

SEE OUR MICHIGAN REPORTS INDEX PAGE

Missouri:

2003: The Road Less Traveled By

New York City:

2006 [UPDATED 2009]: Don’t Turn Back: Reform Has Made New York’s

Children Safer

Ohio:

2010: NEW: HB 371: Ohio’s Wolf in Sheep’s Clothing Analysis of a bill that would overhaul Ohio’s definitions of child maltreatment.

2006: Second Chance (full Report), Ohio Rate-of-Removal Index only

Texas:

2005: In Search of Middle Ground

2008: Update to statistics in the Texas report

Utah:

2007: No Way to Treat an Angel and press release about the report

Virginia:

2008: Half Way Home and press release about the report