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Child Death and Near Death Reporting: What a Year Looks Like, State by State Part II

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William Evans was seven years old. He had a developmental disability. He was found dead at a duplex in Cincinnati. When Hamilton County officials were asked how a thing like that happens, one of them gave an answer that should stop you cold. Families who abuse children move often. They move to avoid relationships. They move to avoid connections. And a child nobody knows is a child nobody reports.
That is the whole failure in one sentence.

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Minnesota’s Child Protection Crisis: Children Need Safety, Transparency, and Accountability

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Minnesota’s child protection system must be judged by whether children are safe not by paperwork, promises, or closed cases. Learn about the need for transparency, data, accountability, and public action.

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In Texas 2024, only 10 Children Died of Abuse (248 died of neglect)

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Texas child neglect fatalities 2024: The Most Common Cause of Child Death in Texas Isn’t defined as Abuse. The Center for disease control defines child abuse with clarity as any act of physical, sexual, or emotional harm including neglect, done towards a minor under the age of 18 by an adult that holds a custodial or parental role (About Child Abuse and Neglect | Child Abuse and Neglect Prevention, 2024).