Archive
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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- The Multiple Meanings of Child Neglect in Law (& what it means to families)
KARA reportingMike TikkanenJanuary 16, 2026
- Deregulation & the Child Abuse Abolition Movement
KARA reportingMike TikkanenJanuary 15, 2026
- Holding the Line For Children In Need of Protection
KARA reportingMike TikkanenJanuary 14, 2026
- Deep Dive Into "Child Neglect" & CPS Deregulation
KARA reportingMike TikkanenJanuary 13, 2026
- Dissecting President Trump's Child Protection Executive Order (share this widely)
KARA reportingMike TikkanenJanuary 11, 2026
- Children & War Winter 2026
KARA reportingMike TikkanenJanuary 10, 2026
- Child Neglect & Substance Abuse Study
KARA reportingMike TikkanenJanuary 9, 2026
- Child Well-Being in the U.S. vs Other Rich Countries: Poverty, Mortality, and Violence
KARA reportingMike TikkanenJanuary 6, 2026
- Every State Has Child Death by Abuse/Neglect, Only a Few Make the News
KARA reportingMike TikkanenJanuary 4, 2026
- Balancing IP Rights and Children's Right to Health
KARA reportingMike TikkanenJanuary 3, 2026
- Happy New Year - 2026 Projections & Plans + Meet KARA People (short videos)
KARA reportingMike TikkanenJanuary 1, 2026
- MN Children, Institutions, and Politics
KARA reportingMike TikkanenDecember 26, 2025
- Millions of Abused Children, 2 Powerful Programs, 1000's of Volunteers—and Little Public Awareness”
KARA reportingMike TikkanenDecember 22, 2025
- WHY DO YOU GIVE?
KARA reportingMike TikkanenDecember 18, 2025
- When Family Preservation and Deregulation Kill Children: Safe Passage Fatality Data
KARA reportingMike TikkanenDecember 18, 2025
- What Happens if "Child Neglect" In Child Protective Services Is Removed or Diminished
KARA reportingMike TikkanenDecember 16, 2025
- Weaponizing of Trump's Presidential Order
KARA reportingMike TikkanenDecember 14, 2025
- Responding to Richard Wexler's Child Neglect Imprint News Article
KARA reportingMike TikkanenDecember 11, 2025
- Christmas Wish From a Child Protection Worker
KARA reportingMike TikkanenDecember 8, 2025
- Mental Health Video & Podcast Resources for Abused & Neglected Children & Trauma Survivors
KARA reportingMike TikkanenDecember 7, 2025
- Free & Near Free Mental Health Resources For Abused Children & Trauma Survivors
KARA reportingMike TikkanenDecember 6, 2025
- Enhancing Child Protection Awareness on Wikipedia: Cavendish University Uganda
KARA reportingMike TikkanenDecember 5, 2025
- Free and Discounted Resources for Youth (+ Holiday Gifting)
KARA reportingMike TikkanenDecember 5, 2025
- In Texas 2024, only 10 Children Died of Abuse (248 died of neglect)
KARA reportingMike TikkanenDecember 4, 2025
- Child Protection Podcast Series (part 2)
KARA reportingMike TikkanenDecember 4, 2025
- What Child Neglect Does (and how long it lasts)
KARA reportingMike TikkanenDecember 1, 2025
- Why the CASA (Court Appointed Special Advocate) Organization Is So Successful (calling all volunteers)
KARA reportingMike TikkanenNovember 29, 2025
- Trump's Child Protection Order & "NEGLECT"
KARA reportingMike TikkanenNovember 25, 2025
- Labor Laws (Netherlands) & Civil Rights For Children
KARA reportingMike TikkanenNovember 25, 2025
- KARA's Resource Page & Future Collaborations
KARA reportingMike TikkanenNovember 25, 2025
- International Child Abuse Reporting
KARA reportingMike TikkanenNovember 24, 2025
- Supporting Local Nonprofits (how should you?) part 2
KARA reportingMike TikkanenNovember 24, 2025
- Supporting Local Charities (why would you?)
KARA reportingMike TikkanenNovember 23, 2025
- KARA Concerns About Trump’s Child Protection Order (short version)
KARA reportingMike TikkanenNovember 19, 2025
- KARA Concerns About Trump's Child Protection Order (deep dive)
KARA reportingMike TikkanenNovember 19, 2025
- Child Protection That Works Better
KARA reportingMike TikkanenNovember 16, 2025
- Short, Powerful Social Worker Interview (Podcast)
KARA reportingMike TikkanenNovember 12, 2025
- Why We Are Failing To Save At Risk Children
KARA reportingMike TikkanenNovember 12, 2025
- What You Can Do Series - Foster Parents
KARA reportingMike TikkanenNovember 10, 2025
- Why Saving CASA Matters: The Revival of Child Advocacy in Minnesota's Courts
KARA reportingMike TikkanenNovember 9, 2025
- Minnesota Foster Resources
KARA reportingMike TikkanenNovember 5, 2025
- The Netherlands Child Labour Due Diligence Act
KARA reportingMike TikkanenNovember 5, 2025
- Fixing CPS - A Meaningful Conversation (35 Minute Podcast)
KARA reportingMike TikkanenNovember 4, 2025
- Personal & National Level Child Advocacy (guest post)
KARA reportingMike TikkanenNovember 3, 2025
- School Counselors & Why We Need Them
KARA reportingMike TikkanenNovember 3, 2025
- Making Life More Miserable For the Most Vulnerable Children In America
KARA reportingMike TikkanenOctober 29, 2025
- When Is Child Abuse a Crime ?
KARA reportingMike TikkanenOctober 29, 2025
- Generous Entrepreneurs
KARA reportingMike TikkanenOctober 24, 2025
- Foster Informed Resources (from Foster Advocates)
KARA reportingMike TikkanenOctober 24, 2025
- Manner of Child Death Unknown (State by State)
KARA reportingMike TikkanenOctober 23, 2025
- The Importance of Foster Youth Rights (find your State here)
KARA reportingMike TikkanenOctober 22, 2025
- What Happened To Portia?
KARA reportingMike TikkanenOctober 22, 2025
- Sad Stories About Child Abuse in America Today
KARA reportingMike TikkanenOctober 21, 2025
- Egregious Child Death in America Today
KARA reportingMike TikkanenOctober 19, 2025
- Top Child Abuse - Child Protection Podcast Series For Fall
KARA reportingMike TikkanenOctober 16, 2025
- Ethan's Story
KARA reportingMike TikkanenOctober 14, 2025
- Fixing a Public Health Emergency
KARA reportingMike TikkanenOctober 12, 2025
- Child Abuse Sad Stories (4 days in October)
KARA reportingMike TikkanenOctober 9, 2025
- Resilience in Black and White
KARA reportingMike TikkanenOctober 9, 2025
- Isabella's Story
KARA reportingMike TikkanenOctober 4, 2025
- CASA Volunteers Save Money (Multiple State Investigation Results)
KARA reportingMike TikkanenOctober 2, 2025
- International Visitor Leadership Program & Guardian ad Litems (Leadership Series Part 4)
KARA reportingMike TikkanenOctober 2, 2025
- No More Punishment Please
KARA reportingMike TikkanenSeptember 28, 2025
- The Value of Shared Information (share this with your State Representative)
KARA reportingMike TikkanenSeptember 25, 2025
- Child Endangerment (Star Tribune "IN HARM'S WAY")
KARA reportingMike TikkanenSeptember 22, 2025
- Child Friendly Models That Work Series (part 3)
KARA reportingMike TikkanenSeptember 21, 2025
- Domestic Violence to a Five Year Old (living in a house of terror)
KARA reportingMike TikkanenSeptember 18, 2025
- Part 2 CPS Models That Work & Models That Don’t
KARA reportingMike TikkanenSeptember 17, 2025
- KARA's Plea For Children (a call to action)
KARA reportingMike TikkanenSeptember 15, 2025
- Part 1 CPS Models That Work & Models That Don’t
KARA reportingMike TikkanenSeptember 14, 2025
- High Cost of Ignoring Childhood Trauma (Podcast)
KARA reportingMike TikkanenSeptember 13, 2025
- What's It Like Being A Foster Child In Child Protection? (podcast/video)
KARA reportingMike TikkanenSeptember 11, 2025
- What Makes a Good Guardian ad Litem Program Leader (part 3)
KARA reportingMike TikkanenSeptember 7, 2025
- America's Childhood Trauma and ACEs Impact (podcast)
KARA reportingMike TikkanenSeptember 6, 2025
- Recent Compelling Child Welfare League News
KARA reportingMike TikkanenSeptember 1, 2025
- What Makes a Good Guardian ad Litem Program Leader? (part 2)
KARA reportingMike TikkanenAugust 31, 2025
- All About ACEs (Podcast)
KARA reportingMike TikkanenAugust 30, 2025
- What Makes a Good Guardian ad Litem Program Leader? (part 1)
KARA reportingMike TikkanenAugust 27, 2025
- Child Suicide Reporting July & August 2025
KARA reportingMike TikkanenAugust 26, 2025
- Join KARA's Child Advocacy Team (& make your community's children safe)
KARA reportingMike TikkanenAugust 25, 2025
- KARA is Unable to Directly Respond to Requests For Help.
KARA reportingMike TikkanenAugust 21, 2025
- KARA UPDATES
KARA reportingMike TikkanenAugust 16, 2025
- Podcast - What Happened to You? Understanding ACEs & Childhood Trauma
KARA reportingMike TikkanenAugust 16, 2025
- All Adults Are the Protectors of All Children (Don Shelby)
KARA reportingMike TikkanenAugust 14, 2025
- Terminating the CASA Volunteer GAL Program Will Cost Children's Lives and Taxpayers Money
KARA reportingMike TikkanenAugust 14, 2025
- ACES Economic Burden on Healthcare (PODCAST)
KARA reportingMike TikkanenAugust 9, 2025
- All Talk and No Action (podcast #2 in KARA's Child Welfare Series
KARA reportingMike TikkanenAugust 2, 2025
- Things I Know at 77
KARA reportingMike TikkanenJuly 30, 2025
- A Closer Look At Child Fatality and Egregious Incident Reporting
KARA reportingMike TikkanenJuly 29, 2025
- Free and Discounted Resources for Foster Youth
KARA reportingMike TikkanenJuly 28, 2025
- How Media Shapes Child Welfare Perception (#1 in KARA's Child Welfare Series)
KARA reportingMike TikkanenJuly 26, 2025
- Struggles for Foster Care Children in Education (podcast #4 in Foster Series)
KARA reportingMike TikkanenJuly 19, 2025
- KARA Nonprofit Fully Funded Programs
KARA reportingMike TikkanenJuly 17, 2025
- The Assault on Child Protection Part 4 (Racial Disparity)
KARA reportingMike TikkanenJuly 17, 2025
- The Assault on Child Protection PART 3 (what this will cost)
KARA reportingMike TikkanenJuly 16, 2025
- The Assault on Child Protection - Part 2
KARA reportingMike TikkanenJuly 14, 2025
- The Assault on Child Protection PART 1
KARA reportingMike TikkanenJuly 13, 2025
- LGBTQ Foster Care, Suicide, & Ground Truths (podcast #3 in KARA's foster care series)
KARA reportingMike TikkanenJuly 12, 2025
- Worker Bees Speaking Out
KARA reportingMike TikkanenJuly 11, 2025
- Part 1: The Unmatched ROI of Early Childhood Programs
KARA reportingMike TikkanenJune 30, 2025