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Two decades of reporting on children inside U.S. child welfare systems, 2005 to today. Every item carries its provenance inline: who wrote it, when, and what kind of evidence it is.
Articles are republished as written, with original news citations preserved. No images from the original corpus appear in any form. Where a piece names a specific child, the case is already part of the public record — see our editorial policy. To find a specific state, county, or case, the search is faster than paging; each state page carries its own archive alongside its numbers.
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- Advocating For Minnesota Children Right Now (thank you Safe Passage for Children)
KARA reportingMike TikkanenMay 16, 2017
- Tax Cuts To Children (thank you Safe Passage for Children of MN)
KARA reportingMike TikkanenMay 5, 2017
- Sad Stories April 2017 Part II
KARA reportingMike TikkanenMay 2, 2017
- Sad Stories April 2017 Part III
KARA reportingMike TikkanenMay 2, 2017
- Guardian ad Litem Volunteer Recognition Event - Could Not Have Been Better
KARA reportingMike TikkanenApril 25, 2017
- Call For Minnesota Children (pick up the phone - write something) PreK, school readiness, early learning, things kids need
KARA reportingMike TikkanenApril 20, 2017
- Sad Stories April 2017 Part I
KARA reportingMike TikkanenApril 20, 2017
- Florida Child Protection News for March 2017
KARA reportingMike TikkanenApril 19, 2017
- Safe Passage for Children of Minnesota (and how lawsuits help two year olds)
KARA reportingMike TikkanenApril 15, 2017
- Child Abuse - Numbers & Why They Matter (thank you Chris Serres & Star Tribune)
KARA reportingMike TikkanenApril 14, 2017
- International Child Protection News March 2017
KARA reportingMike TikkanenApril 10, 2017
- Invisible Children Around the World; United Kingdom
KARA reportingMike TikkanenApril 6, 2017
- Being A Mandated Reporter (and what it means)
KARA reportingMike TikkanenApril 3, 2017
- SAFE PASSAGE FOR CHILDREN MN (Federal audit of MN child welfare shows inadequate metrics, resources, quality assurance & training)
KARA reportingMike TikkanenApril 3, 2017
- Sad Stories March 2017 Part IV (child protection news from around the nation)
KARA reportingMike TikkanenApril 1, 2017
- Sad Stories March 2017 Part III
KARA reportingMike TikkanenApril 1, 2017
- Minnesota Child Protection News March 2017
KARA reportingMike TikkanenMarch 31, 2017
- Wanting To Know (caring enough to know)
KARA reportingMike TikkanenMarch 26, 2017
- Parental Leave In Canada & the Rest of the Industrialized World (be nice to your baby - 18 months)
KARA reportingMike TikkanenMarch 24, 2017
- Sad Stories March 2017 Part II
KARA reportingMike TikkanenMarch 18, 2017
- It Cant Happen Here
KARA reportingMike TikkanenMarch 17, 2017
- Friends of KARA - A Favor (watch this video)
KARA reportingMike TikkanenMarch 16, 2017
- March 2017 Sad Stories Part I
KARA reportingMike TikkanenMarch 12, 2017
- Florida Child Protection News February 2017
KARA reportingMike TikkanenMarch 10, 2017
- Child Death and County Transparency (not) From Safe Passage For Children MN
KARA reportingMike TikkanenMarch 10, 2017
- Recent KARA Media
KARA reportingMike TikkanenMarch 10, 2017
- Making America Safe & Happy Again (investing in people)
KARA reportingMike TikkanenMarch 7, 2017
- International At Risk Children's News February 2017
KARA reportingMike TikkanenMarch 6, 2017
- Minnesota Child Protection News January & February 2017
KARA reportingMike TikkanenMarch 5, 2017
- February 2017 Sad Stories Part IV
KARA reportingMike TikkanenMarch 4, 2017
- February 2017 Sad Stories (part III)
KARA reportingMike TikkanenMarch 4, 2017
- Social Work (from the smartest person in the room - Dee Wilson from the Casey Foundation)
KARA reportingMike TikkanenMarch 2, 2017
- Child Protection & PizzaGate KARA Interview (troubled children in a troubled society)
KARA reportingMike TikkanenFebruary 23, 2017
- Protecting Children From Bad Politics (a note from the Child Welfare League of America)
KARA reportingMike TikkanenFebruary 22, 2017
- What's Wrong With School Choice? (from GADFLYONTHEWALLBLOG)
KARA reportingMike TikkanenFebruary 19, 2017
- February Sad Stories Part II
KARA reportingMike TikkanenFebruary 19, 2017
- February Sad Stories 2017 Part I
KARA reportingMike TikkanenFebruary 19, 2017
- Black Children Matter (and child protection systems)
KARA reportingMike TikkanenFebruary 17, 2017
- Punishing Traumatized Children (the beatings will continue until the morale improves)
KARA reportingMike TikkanenFebruary 9, 2017
- International Child Protection News January 2017
KARA reportingMike TikkanenFebruary 6, 2017
- Serving Children (“What we do to our children, they will do to society”) Pliny 2400 years ago
KARA reportingMike TikkanenFebruary 6, 2017
- CASA Guardian ad-Litem News Around the Nation December 2016 -January 2017
KARA reportingMike TikkanenFebruary 4, 2017
- CASA Guardian ad-Litem News Around the Nation October/November 2016
KARA reportingMike TikkanenFebruary 2, 2017
- Support KARA Pages & Projects
KARA reportingMike TikkanenFebruary 2, 2017
- January 2017 Sad Stories Part II
KARA reportingMike TikkanenFebruary 2, 2017
- Donate Books For African Children (no better way to part with old friends)
KARA reportingMike TikkanenJanuary 31, 2017
- Florida Child Protection News for January 2017
KARA reportingMike TikkanenJanuary 30, 2017
- Compelling KARA Videos (3 & 4 Minutes each)
KARA reportingMike TikkanenJanuary 19, 2017
- Teaching In a Strange Land (mental health workers without training)
KARA reportingMike TikkanenJanuary 17, 2017
- January Sad Stories Part I (thru 1.13.17)
KARA reportingMike TikkanenJanuary 14, 2017
- Better Futures for Minnesota Children (from Safe Passage For Children MN)
KARA reportingMike TikkanenJanuary 13, 2017
- Dear Elementary School Teacher (I'm sorry for being such a problem)
KARA reportingMike TikkanenJanuary 10, 2017
- Body Memories - Why Child Sex Abuse Never Ends (letters from survivors and non survivors)
KARA reportingMike TikkanenJanuary 5, 2017
- Pennsylvania Child Protection News December 2016
KARA reportingMike TikkanenJanuary 5, 2017
- Minnesota 7 Year Old Dies as a Martyr to a Parents Religion
KARA reportingMike TikkanenJanuary 4, 2017
- December Sad Stories Part II
KARA reportingMike TikkanenDecember 31, 2016
- Minnesota At Risk Children's News December 2016
KARA reportingMike TikkanenDecember 31, 2016
- International Child Protection News December 2016
KARA reportingMike TikkanenDecember 31, 2016
- Dear At Risk Kids Army (part of the plan for 2017)
KARA reportingMike TikkanenDecember 17, 2016
- Transforming the System: A Call For Action
KARA reportingMike TikkanenDecember 17, 2016
- Minnesota's Mental Health Problem (probably your state's mental health problem too)
KARA reportingMike TikkanenDecember 15, 2016
- KARA Is Unable To Provide Services
KARA reportingMike TikkanenDecember 15, 2016
- December 2016 Sad Stories Part 1
KARA reportingMike TikkanenDecember 14, 2016
- Pennsylvania Child Protection News Sept - November 2016
KARA reportingMike TikkanenDecember 6, 2016
- Minnesota At Risk Children's News November 2016
KARA reportingMike TikkanenDecember 4, 2016
- International Child Protection News November 2016
KARA reportingMike TikkanenDecember 2, 2016
- November 2016 Sad Stories Part II
KARA reportingMike TikkanenDecember 2, 2016
- The Election & Children (from Safe Passages For Children of Minnesota)
KARA reportingMike TikkanenNovember 29, 2016
- Minnesota At Risk Children's News October 2016
KARA reportingMike TikkanenNovember 24, 2016
- Celebrating KARA’s New Website (check it out)
KARA reportingMike TikkanenNovember 23, 2016
- November 2016 Sad Stories Part I
KARA reportingMike TikkanenNovember 19, 2016
- 200,000 Youth Tried As Adults Each Year; Temple University
KARA reportingMike TikkanenNovember 16, 2016
- Children’s Mental Health, Prozac and You (suicide & other self-harming behaviors)
KARA reportingMike TikkanenNovember 14, 2016
- International Child Protection News October 2016
KARA reportingMike TikkanenNovember 6, 2016
- Raise Your Voice For At Risk Children (Give to the Max Day November 17th)
KARA reportingMike TikkanenNovember 2, 2016
- October Sad Stories Part II
KARA reportingMike TikkanenNovember 1, 2016
- October Sad Stories Part I
KARA reportingMike TikkanenNovember 1, 2016
- Go To Jail Go Directly To Jail (and be branded for life)
KARA reportingMike TikkanenOctober 27, 2016
- Minnesota Child Protection Stories September 2016
KARA reportingMike TikkanenOctober 24, 2016
- Unintended Consequences (KARA & abused children thank you Brandon Stahl & Star Tribune)
KARA reportingMike TikkanenOctober 20, 2016
- CASA guardian ad-Litem News Around the Nation for September 2016
KARA reportingMike TikkanenOctober 8, 2016
- International Child Protection News September 2016
KARA reportingMike TikkanenOctober 8, 2016
- Child Abuse A National Overview (Sarah Westall Radio Show - Share This Widely)
KARA reportingMike TikkanenOctober 8, 2016
- Speak For a Child October 26th at Hamline (Great People, Great Cause and Great FUN!)
KARA reportingMike TikkanenOctober 5, 2016
- Child vs Family 2 (thank you safe passage for children of MN)
KARA reportingadminOctober 3, 2016
- September Sad Stories (part 1 through September 15)
KARA reportingMike TikkanenSeptember 21, 2016
- August 2016 Sad Stories (Part 3 through August 31)
KARA reportingMike TikkanenSeptember 21, 2016
- September Sad Stories Part II (through September 30)
KARA reportingadminSeptember 21, 2016
- CASA guardian ad Litem News & Stories for August 2016
KARA reportingMike TikkanenSeptember 17, 2016
- Best ACEs Articles for August 2016
KARA reportingMike TikkanenSeptember 14, 2016
- Remembering Mark Proctor
KARA reportingMike TikkanenSeptember 13, 2016
- Minnesota Child Protection News August 2016
KARA reportingMike TikkanenSeptember 10, 2016
- Child Death & the Definition of Child Abuse (thank you Safe Passage for Children and DR Mark Hudson)
KARA reportingMike TikkanenSeptember 9, 2016
- Deliberate Burns Make Up 10 % of All Childhood Burn Cases
KARA reportingMike TikkanenSeptember 6, 2016
- Pennsylvania Child Protection News July & August 2016
KARA reportingMike TikkanenSeptember 5, 2016
- International Child Protection News August 2016
KARA reportingMike TikkanenSeptember 5, 2016
- Using Bibles In Defense of Child Abuse (not the Jesus I knew)
KARA reportingMike TikkanenSeptember 2, 2016
- Children Feeling Betrayed (thank you Safe Passage for Children & PBS)
KARA reportingMike TikkanenSeptember 2, 2016
- Children Locked Up in America (Radio Interview)
KARA reportingMike TikkanenAugust 30, 2016
- Drugging Our Kids
KARA reportingMike TikkanenAugust 22, 2016