Research cited in this Child Welfare Monitor article indicates that most poor parents do not neglect their children. So when poor families are screened into child protection it raises the concern that this is happening because mandated reporters and child protection workers have trouble distinguishing poverty from neglect. What do the national and state statistics show? How is neglect defined? How can we better make these distinctions? Join Rich for a full discussion on this plus in-depth commentary and analysis in this week's podcast.
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Rich Gehrman is the founder and Executive Director of Minnesota nonprofit organization Safe Passage for Children of Minnesota. He is the 2021 winner of Court Appointed Special Advocates (CASA) Minnesota’s 2021 "Mark Proctor Hero for Children Award."
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