PFAN provides many categories of information. These include information on the Coronavirus crisis; possible solutions to how child protection systems can become more humane; key texts that give information about parent advocacy or the child protection system; and facts and figures that are important to understand how child protection works. You can browse all categories or select ones you are interested in below.
TPPF, Coalition Makes 9 Recommendations for Families During COVID-19 to Texas DFPS
A group of more than one dozen family rights activists submitted a letter to the commissioner of the Texas Department ... Read More
Birmingham 2020
Reforming the child protection system:
Parents and their Allies Together Hope Newton from Rise On 25 February 2020, an exciting event ... Read More
Parents and their Allies Together Hope Newton from Rise On 25 February 2020, an exciting event ... Read More
COVID-19 Creates Deep Uncertainty in NYC’s Child-Welfare System
New York has been hit hard by COVID-19 and parents involved in the child protection system are badly affected. Rachel ... Read More
Child removal as the gateway to further adversity
An important article by Karen Broadhurst and Claire Mason showing the impact on mothers of losing a child to care/adoption ... Read More
Social Development
In this video Andy Bilson talks about how social development offers a different paradigm for social work in child protection ... Read More
BBC: From Cradle to Care
Over the past decade, the number of newborns being taken into care has more than doubled. In some cases, this ... Read More
