Current Kids At Risk News

Mar92025

What Happened To Portia?

Aces and Trauma, Adoption, Foster and Kinship Care, All Posts from Kids at Risk Action, CASA, GAL and Child Protection, Child Abuse and Deaths, Child Protection, Reporting and News - MN Specific, Their storiesBy Mike Tikkanen March 9, 2025

Portia died shortly after being brought into the operating room. Leroy called me early in the morning and told me that the surgery had been delayed too long. There was no way the doctors could save her at that point.

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Mar72025

When Is Child Abuse a Crime

All Posts from Kids at Risk Action, CASA, GAL and Child Protection, Child Abuse and Deaths, Child Protection, Child self harm and suicide, Children's Rights, Reporting and News - MN SpecificBy Mike Tikkanen March 7, 2025

If I had committed the crimes parents perpetrated upon their own children in my CASA guardian ad Litem cases, I would be writing this from jail.

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Mar22025

(CASA Guardian ad Litem) Be a Voice For Abused Children Where You Live

All Posts from Kids at Risk Action, CASA, GAL and Child Protection, Child Abuse and Deaths, Child Protection, Guest Posts, Reporting and News - MN SpecificBy Mike Tikkanen March 2, 2025

Spotify Episode # 30 Click Here For the Audio: What it’s like Being a CASA Child Advocate Summary: This is a short description of one Community CASA Guardian ad Litem’s experience being a child advocate in the Child Protection System.

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Feb252025

There Is No Constituency For Abused & Neglected Children

All Posts from Kids at Risk Action, CASA, GAL and Child Protection, Child Abuse and Deaths, Reporting and News - MN SpecificBy Mike Tikkanen February 25, 2025

how 13 Minnesota Child Advocacy Centers (CAC’s) are losing 80% of their Federal funding. If this happens they will likely disappear or become a shell of what they were in a very short time.

CAC’s keep safe and provide services to children and families who have reported abuse and provide services to help them live through and recover from child abuse, domestic violence, and the traumas that come from it.

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Feb192025

Child Death and Public Non Disclosure (thank you Marie Cohen)

All Posts from Kids at Risk Action, CASA, GAL and Child Protection, Child Abuse and Deaths, Reporting and News - MN Specific, Reporting and News - US BasedBy Mike Tikkanen February 19, 2025

Much of this article is taken from Marie Cohen’s remarkable research at the American Enterprise Institute. For those of you concerned with Child Protective Services in your community, Marie’s article is detailed and powerful. It could change your State Representative’s mind about transparency in CPS (Child Protective Services) where you live (share this state rep…

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Feb132025

Invisible Children: The 200 Lives Lost in CPS Podcast

#childabuse, #childprotection, All Posts from Kids at Risk Action, Child Abuse and Deaths, PODCAST & STREAMING, Reporting and News - MN Specific, Statistics, Their storiesBy Mike Tikkanen February 13, 2025

Jamie and Alex delve into the harrowing issue of children dying within the Child Protective Services (CPS) system. They discuss a groundbreaking report revealing that 200 children have died while within the CPS system,

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Jan262025

200 Child Deaths In CPS Deserve To Be Recorded In CPS

& Transparency, #childabuse, #childprotection, All Posts from Kids at Risk Action, Reporting and News - MN Specific, Reporting and News - US BasedBy Mike Tikkanen January 26, 2025

Before this report, no one knew how many children in CPS were dying or how they died. Chances are the number of children murdered at the hands of their caregivers is much larger than the 200 listed in the report.

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Nov282024

Management Not Fit For Purpose

All Posts from Kids at Risk Action, CASA, GAL and Child Protection, Child Abuse and Deaths, Reporting and News - MN SpecificBy Mike Tikkanen November 28, 2024

a unique perspective of what happened to Minnesota’s CASA Guardian ad Litem program over the last 4 years.

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Nov222024

Budget Surplus Fund For Children (how to make a Christmas Miracle)

All Posts from Kids at Risk Action, Day Care and Education, Reporting and News - MN SpecificBy Mike Tikkanen November 22, 2024

Peter Hutchinson’s recent Star Tribune article points to how the current MN budget surplus could fully fund programs that would make children healthier, better educated and (ALL OF US) safer.

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Oct212024

Making Informed Decisions

& Transparency, All Posts from Kids at Risk Action, CASA, GAL and Child Protection, Child Abuse and Deaths, Reporting and News - MN SpecificBy Mike Tikkanen October 21, 2024

The public knows almost nothing about the depth and scope of child abuse in their community

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CASA Minnesota supporting and promoting CASA volunteers to ensure every abused and neglected child in MN has a safe, stable and permanent family AND raising money and operating the CASA Cares grants for foster children program 0
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Center on Children and the Law The ABA Center on Children and the Law, a program of the Young Lawyers Division, aims to improve children’s lives through advances in law, justice, knowledge, practice and public policy. Our areas of expertise include child abuse and neglect, child welfar 0
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Child Justice We provide pro bono legal services to protect children “lost in the system” after exposure to family violence, physical/sexual abuse, substance addictions or neglect. Legal services are provided directly by Child Justice attorneys and from the generosity 0
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Global Initiative to End all Corporal Punishment of Children forms alliances of human rights agencies, key individuals and non-governmental organizations against corporal punishmen 0
Invisible Children is a documentary film about the effects of war on the children of Uganda. 0
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My Advocate Center Actionable insight to improve the child-custody process to serve the best interest of the child 0
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National CASA Last year, more than 68,000 CASA volunteers served more than 240,000 abused and neglected children through 1,018 program offices. CASA volunteers have helped more than two million abused children since the first program was established in 1977. 0
National Exchange Club: a national organization working to make America a better place to live through the prevention of child abuse and other community service projects. 0
Not On Our Watch Ending Child Sexual Abuse 0
Stand For Children Advocate for improvements to and funding for programs that give every child a fair chance in life. 0
Stop Abuse Campaign Working Together, We Can Stop Abuse 0
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Youth Law Center The Youth Law Center advocates to transform foster care and juvenile justice systems across the nation so every child and youth can thrive. 0

A Home Within A Home Within seeks to heal the chronic loss experienced by foster children by providing lasting and caring relationships to current and former foster youth. 0
Academy On Violence and Abuse ADVANCING HEALTH EDUCATION AND RESEARCH 0
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Aging Out Institute Resources for foster youth aging out of foster care 0
AIKYA Promoting Collaboration Among Schools, Professionals, & Families To Improve The Lives Of Mentally Challenged Children 0
All About Family (parental alienation) Building communities and helping families do things together 0
American Humane Devoted to preventing cruelty, abuse, neglect, and exploitation of children and animals. 0
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California Youth Connection Powerful Youth Organization With Big Ideas for child welfare 0
Camellia Network a national network that connects every youth aging out of foster care to the critical resources, opportunities, and support they need to thrive in adulthood. 0
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Center For Judicial Excellence The Center for Judicial Excellence was established to improve the judiciary’s public accountability and strengthen and maintain the integrity of the courts. 0
Cerebral Palsy Group Free educational information and support to those who have been affected by cerebral palsy and other developmental disabilities 0
Child Help CALL 1-800-4-A-CHILD (1-800-422-4453) then push 1 to talk to a hotline counselor. The Childhelp National Child Abuse Hotline is open 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. The hotline counselors work with translators who speak 140 languages to help people who cal 0
Child Justice We provide pro bono legal services to protect children “lost in the system” after exposure to family violence, physical/sexual abuse, substance addictions or neglect. Legal services are provided directly by Child Justice attorneys and from the generosity 0
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Children's Law Center Mission The Children’s Law Center (CLC) envisions a future for the District of Columbia in which every child has a safe home, a meaningful education and a healthy mind and body. We work toward this vision by providing legal services to at-risk children 0
Children's Rights CHILDREN’S RIGHTS is a national advocacy group working to reform America’s failing child welfare systems on behalf of the abused & neglected children who depend on them for protection. 0
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