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Southern and Western States Log Highest Rates of Intimate Partner Homicide

CDC announces results of analysis of FBI data on intimate partner homocide; calculates national intimate partner homicide rates for all four racial groups, including for the first time, Asians and American Indian/Alaska Native.... [more]

Statute-at-a-Glance: Decision-Making for the Permanent Placement of Children

Making permanency planning decisions for foster children based on the Adoption and Safe Families Act.... [more]

Bryant to Stand Trial

Information about the pending sexual assault trial of professional basketball's Kobe Bryant.... [more]

Statute-at-a-Glance: Reasonable Efforts to Reunify Families

Discussion of "reasonable efforts" to prewerve and reunify children in foster care with their families.... [more]

Bush Gets High Marks For Rhetoric, Low Grades For Reality

Feminist organizations suggest the Bush Administration needs to work harder to promote women's rights in Afghanistan and Iraq.... [more]

Survey Shows Need for Stronger Child Support Enforcement

Census Bureau reports only half of non-custodial parents make any payments at all for their children's support, and only about a quarter pay the full awarded amount; shows need for better support payment enforcement.... [more]