NCCPR in @NewslineCO Good news Colorado: Contrary to the fearmongering from the #residentialtreatment industry, demon homicidal 6-year-olds are *not* rampaging through your state: https://coloradonewsline.com/2023/07/27/no-colorado-you-dont-need-to-institutionalize-6-year-olds/ #childwelfare #fostercare #childabuse #COpol #COleg #Cogov

by Christine Herman in The #CenterForPublicIntegrity:

"In the U.S., children’s mental health services have long remained out of reach for many of the nation’s most vulnerable kids. About 7.4 million U.S. children — roughly 1 in 10 — have a serious mental disorder that impacts their ability to function, but most receive no treatment."

https://publicintegrity.org/health/health-parity/families-help-children-mental-health-crises/

#MentalHealth #children #families #anxiety #depression #PTSD #suicide #ResidentialTreatment #BehavioralHealthServices

ICYMI:

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NCCPR in @YouthToday@twitter.com CO “task force” on #residentialtreatment includes, as voting member, head of trade assn. for RTCs! That’s like putting Donald Trump’s campaign manager on the Jan. 6 committee: https://youthtoday.org/2022/12/you-dont-need-a-task-force-to-tell-you-why-institutionalized-children-run/ #fostercare #chidabuse #childwelfare #COpol #COgov #COleg

🐦🔗: https://twitter.com/NCCPR/status/1598799670314246158

ICYMI:

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Colorado is going to spend nearly $100,000 and two years on a task force to figure out why kids run from #residentialtreatment. In @YouthToday@twitter.com I save them a little money and a lot of time: https://youthtoday.org/2022/12/you-dont-need-a-task-force-to-tell-you-why-institutionalized-children-run/ #fostercare #chidabuse #childwelfare #COpol #COgov #COleg

🐦🔗: https://twitter.com/NCCPR/status/1598709073565913091

And there's more about Colorado in our latest column for @YouthToday@twitter.com https://youthtoday.org/2022/12/you-dont-need-a-task-force-to-tell-you-why-institutionalized-children-run/

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[1/2]CO: 12-year-old dies after running from #residentialtreatment
CT: 11-year-old sexually assaulted in residential treatment
KY: 9-year-old dies after running from residential treatment
KY (again): 7 year old killed in residential treatment.
So isn’t it finally time to ask…

🐦🔗: https://twitter.com/NCCPR/status/1597682426415050752

NCCPR in @YouthToday@twitter.com CO “task force” on #residentialtreatment includes, as voting member, head of trade assn. for RTCs! That’s like putting Donald Trump’s campaign manager on the Jan. 6 committee: https://youthtoday.org/2022/12/you-dont-need-a-task-force-to-tell-you-why-institutionalized-children-run/ #fostercare #chidabuse #childwelfare #COpol #COgov #COleg

Typically, when industries want $ from gov’t, they cite success. It takes a special chutzpah to make the case for more taxpayer $ based on your own failure. But that’s what #residentialtreatment industry is doing in CO: https://youthtoday.org/2022/12/you-dont-need-a-task-force-to-tell-you-why-institutionalized-children-run/ #fostercare #COleg #childwelfare

Colorado is going to spend nearly $100,000 and two years on a task force to figure out why kids run from #residentialtreatment. In @YouthToday@twitter.com I save them a little money and a lot of time: https://youthtoday.org/2022/12/you-dont-need-a-task-force-to-tell-you-why-institutionalized-children-run/ #fostercare #chidabuse #childwelfare #COpol #COgov #COleg

[2/2] Why in God’s name do we still allow #childwelfare agencies to institutionalize young children??? NCCPR in @CTMirror@twitter.com https://ctmirror.org/2022/11/29/ct-children-residential-treatment-sexual-assault/ #childabuse #fostercare #residentialtreatment

[1/2]CO: 12-year-old dies after running from #residentialtreatment
CT: 11-year-old sexually assaulted in residential treatment
KY: 9-year-old dies after running from residential treatment
KY (again): 7 year old killed in residential treatment.
So isn’t it finally time to ask…

An 11-year-old is sexually assaulted in a CT #residentialtreatment center. The center blames the child! What child could ever feel safe in a place like that? And why do we keep institutionalizing young children in the first place? https://ctmirror.org/2022/11/29/ct-children-residential-treatment-sexual-assault/ #fostercare #childabuse

CO: 12-year-old dies after running from #residentialtreatment
CT: 11-year-old sexually assaulted in residential treatment. (RTC blames the child!)
KY: 9-year-old dies after running from residential treatment
KY (again): 7 year old killed in residential treatment.
So isn’t it finally time to ask: Why in God’s name do we still allow #childwelfare agencies to institutionalize young children??? NCCPR in @CTMirror: https://ctmirror.org/2022/11/29/ct-children-residential-treatment-sexual-assault/ #childabuse #fostercare #residentialtreatment

Just when you think the #residentialtreatment industry can't sink any lower, let this sink in: A residential treatment center in Connecticut is blaming an 11-year-old girl for being sexually assaulted by a teenage resident. From Ginny Monk story in the CT Mirror: https://ctmirror.org/2022/11/16/ct-village-families-children-dcf-lawsuit/ #childwelfare #childabuse #FosterCare

NCCPR in Bridge Michigan: In Michigan #childwelfare, the judges who are complaining about the placement crisis are *causing* the placement crisis: https://www.bridgemi.com/guest-commentary/opinion-judges-can-and-must-solve-michigans-child-placement-crisis #fostercare #familypreservation #childabuse #residentialtreatment #MIpol #MIleg #Migov