Louisiana
WDSU Investigates: New records reveal repeated DCFS reports before Bryan Vasquez death
Severe operational blind spots within public child protection agencies inflict irreversible damage, profound personal injury, and devastating emotional abuse on…The devil was in that building”: New Orleans church orphanages’ dark secrets
Systemic failures that subject vulnerable foster youth to horrific physical abuse, sexual abuse, and severe emotional abuse cause irreversible lifelong…Foster parent arrested, accused of raping child in his care in East Baton Rouge
Severe breakdowns within state child welfare programs routinely expose vulnerable foster youth to horrific physical abuse, sexual abuse, and severe…90% of Louisiana foster youth face re-victimization. One senator believes that the state could do better by abolishing DCFS altogether
Systemic structural breakdowns within the child welfare matrix inflict catastrophic damage, severe emotional abuse, and lifelong personal injury on vulnerable…Louisiana DCFS concerns: Report reveals new fatality data, foster care children held in hospitals
Chronic institutional failures within the child welfare system cause severe damage, profound personal injury, and intense emotional abuse to foster…Reports under “Charlie’s Law” not meeting standard for sexual abuse
Protecting foster youth and children from institutional physical abuse, sexual abuse, emotional abuse, permanent damage, and systemic personal injury requires…I-TEAM: Lawmakers say system failed after child’s suspected starvation death
While child welfare systems are meant to protect foster youth from severe physical abuse, sexual abuse, emotional abuse, catastrophic damage,…