Delaware Co News Archives - Delaware County CASA

Ensuring Better Educational Outcomes for Foster Youth

February 8, 2018

Why Education Matters to Children in Foster Care In general, children in foster care have more physical, academic, and behavioral problems than their peers. Before children are removed from their…

Child Sex Trafficking in Indiana

January 14, 2017

A common misunderstanding is that child sex trafficking happens in foreign countries and only in the largest of urban environments. The truth is child sex trafficking is a growing problem…

Child Neglect and Abuse Cases are Increase Statewide

January 12, 2017

Psychological Abuse of Children

January 9, 2017

According to the American Psychological Association, children who are emotionally abused and neglected face similar and sometimes worse mental health problems as children who are physically or sexually abused, yet…

Foster Children Prescribed Drugs at Significantly Higher Rates

December 16, 2016

Foster children can act out, develop physiological conditions or retreat from the world and those trying to love them. No child in foster care deals with his or her situation in…

Report Available on the Health of Children in Foster Care

December 16, 2016

The Task Force on the Health of Children in Foster Care was authorized by the Delaware General Assembly in June 2014. Children in foster care represent some of the most…

Health Protocol for Children Entering Foster Care

December 16, 2016

The Children’s Hospital in Wisconsin has partnered with a social service agency that supplies case workers and classes for families to meet the needs of children entering foster care. All…

Rising Number of Abused and Neglected Children in Indiana

November 30, 2016

In 2015, 17,491 CHINS (Children in Need of Services) cases were filed in Indiana courts of record, up from 14,227 in 2014, a 22.9 percent increase, according to the 2015…