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Kids At Risk Action (KARA) is a non-profit advocacy network focusing on issues related to neglected and abused children. Founded by Mike Tikkanen, a businessman turned socially-concerned citizen, KARA works to educate individuals and communities about the need to protect the rights of children. More on our About Us page.
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- A Very Critical Look At Foster Care (5)
- Stephanie Sellers: Dear Tiffany, In a perfect world there would be no need for fosters, welfare, a social system or orphanages. Even with good...
- Tiffany Saddler: first of all I have to say thank you to Teresa Kropp and her husband for not only being foster parents but for adopting them to. I...
- Teresa Kropp: My husband and I are currently foster/adopt parents to a 2 1/2 year old boy in Los Angeles(he’s from the LA County foster care...
- Mike Tikkanen: During the twelve years I spent in child protection as a guardian ad-Litem, I worked with many caring and capable foster parents....
- Stephanie Sellers: Drastic conditions require drastic measures. It is obvious that the charming idea of helping children acquire a normal family...
- No More Child Advocacy In Much of Illinois (4)
- John Hehl: Perhaps, people should think about the consequences of having a child BEFORE they do so. If they are not able to properly raise,...
- Carroll B. Merriman: I’ve been reading a few posts and really and enjoy your writing. I’m just starting up my own blog and only hope...
- Dean Connor: According to the American School Counselor Association: “Although ASCA recommends a 250 to 1 ratio of students to school...
- Dean Connor: From the national FY 2010 Budget: Among other things, the budget would: * “Eliminate the two major sources of discretionary...
- Kids At Risk Action’s YouTube Video Channel (1)
- Katrina Masterson: Well done Michael! Your video is so relevant; you are bold, yet respectful. And you gave tremendous hope by talking about the...
- Acting Like A Responsible Adult (3)
- Nelly Seglias-Werder: Thank you, Jonny Toastmaster, there is nothing more to be daid. That’s it¨!
- Johnny Toastmaster: “It’s all their fault!” You lead with the idea that senior citizens are to blame for the current woes in our nation by being...
- Johnny Plan: Yes- it seems many seniors are “take everything for me and damn the next generation.” Edcation budgets get voted down,...
- Setting the Wrong Kind of Record (2)
- Guera!: It’s been a while since you left this comment but I happen to stumble upon it and just had to respond. CASAs are NOT employees of the...
- phyllis vaughn: Guardian Ad Litems have let down children particularly in Lucas County, Ohio. GAL’s are employees of the court and will...
- Health & Human Services In Minnesota (Largest Share of Budget Cuts) (2)
- Mohamed: A responsible human being will not say this statement: Qoute”“Children that are victims of failed personal responsibility are not my...
- toughen up: The stats on child abuse are wildly exaggerated. One of the main reasons so many poor children are statistically at risk is because...
- A Modest Proposal, or If Children Could Riot (1)
- Patricia Ann Bryant, M.Ed.: I live in AZ and our legislators would have faired well with the politicians of Swift’s day. They firmly believe...
- Juvenile Injustice – Mental Health (5)
- toughen up: My point is that most children taken from their families are not abused or neglected but come from poor or low-income families who...
- Evelyn Laurenzi: Yes, it’s a sad truth that so many young people, who really need mental health care, end up being incarcerated. One of the...
- Dr. Joanny Liu: I’m not sure what the prior comment was about since there’s very little context to it. But I know how I feel about the...
- toughen up: “Children don’t become involved in child protection systems unless they have suffered extended exposure to violence and...
- Annika: You are absolutely right and as a social worker I can state that everything in this article is true. What is truly devestating is the...
- Blaming Social Workers When Children Die (3)
- Lexushoneybee: As a Licensed Clinical Social Worker in two states (California being one) with almost 30 years experience in child welfare in both...
- toughen up: You keep making excuses for child protective services. NO child should die in state custody EVER. The reason for taking them away from...
- Annika: I think there is a better way to present this argument, but it is not my blog. As for a child being murdered only one person is to blame...
- Aging Out of Foster Care (1)
- Pamela Couey: I too was a youth in foster care. Luckily my mom got me back (my being there was not because of abuse or neglet on her part). My...
- Keeping At-Risk Students In High School (1)
- Annika: I am all for a socialist goverment where children take tests to see if they go on to high school/college prep. If they don’t pass,...
- Review of Our Century College Forum (6)
- Fluedlini: I have been looking at this site and have found it to be really helpful. I would greatly appreciate any assistance.
- Grady Werline: Only want to say your article is stunning. The lucidity in your post is simply striking and i can assume you are an expert on this...
- JAKADVASHRARE: Will somebody tell me how tough to get a Pell Grant? Supposedly this apparently an easy scholarship. Anyone know anything about it...
- AgeffibUffege: Hi I just wanted to say hi. I’m new to this forum. Jill
- anizeguinkite: Hey, I just graduated from college and was able to find a number of different funding sources so that in the end I didn’t pay...
- California’s Child Protection Problems Grow (1)
- Bernadette Elwin: Thank you for the article. I have been aware of Los Angeles county’s child protection problems for some time now. It seems...
- Georgia Child Protection: Too Many Children Too Few Resources (1)
- Robin Scott: If you think the problems are limited to the foster care children, you are sadly mistaken! Children in the state of Georgia are...
- Cutting Early Childhood Programs Is Expensive and Ruins Lives (5)
- Cathy Puett Miller AKA The Literacy Ambassadro: Thank you for adding your voices to the important issue of early childhood programs. Part of the...
- Jeannine: Without even reading this article, I planned to come on here (Linkedin) and make similar comments. Which is more expensive – Prison or...
- Bernadete Elwin: I agree with you one hundred percent, however I think Head Start should be strenghtened. The educational curriculum should be...
- Sherri Goldsmith: I totally agree. Education is the best investment a nation can make to insure a bright future. As a former educator and...
- Bill Corbett: The most critical statement of this post is what you stated about the impact to not supporting children who cannot read or function...
- Invisible Children Around the World; Japan (2)
- Diaper Cake: Just want to say your article is striking. The clarity in your post is simply striking and i can take for granted you are an expert on...
- gloria whitney: Dear Machiko Ayukyo my granddaughter is being abused by her grandmother she is only eight years old. In my country the united...
- Texas & Alaska Politics Trash Children Openly (3)
- Peixe: There are a few factors which compromise the future of American kids, including the academic future: - Some conservative politicians,...
- David Strand: This column, “This half-truth trumps the biggest of lies”, was first published in December, 2008 shortly after Barack Obama was...
- Jennifer Christiano: Thank you for raising this issue. Yes, our public schools are in trouble. However, I respectfully and strongly disagree that a...
- Texas Blog Sequel (4)
- Lisa: Time to have a reality check. It’s not just Texas that has forgotten about its youngest American citizens, it is the US as a whole....
- Theresa: If putting this informaiton out there generates controversy, so be it. Hopefully is will generate action. Americans are very good about...
- Mike Tikkanen: If we agree that Texas needs to “pay more attention to the needs of poor children”, how is it we end up not agreeing...
- Dan Arnold: I agree that Texas needs to pay more attention to the needs of children, especially impoverished children. I feel that the attrition...
- Nevada Pays for Lost 2 Year Old Foster Child (3)
- Sara: I am a very close friend to the biological parents, and today is Everlyse’s 6th Birthday. Please, anyone, please please find this...
- cm: There is OBVIOUSLY far more to this than meets the eye. The foster parents SHOULD want to help in ANYWAY possible. I would suspect this poor...
- NEKE: CAN SOMEONE PLEASE CHECK OUT THE FOSTER PARENTS BIOLOGICAL SON…. I DO NOT KNOW WHY BUT I HAVE ALWAYS HAD A FEELING HE IS TIED INTO THIS...
- Addressing PTSD In At Risk Children (1)
- Fred Tortorella: I’ve personally dealt with anxiety attacks my whole life. It started when I was just a teenager and I’ve had to cope...
- America’s Science Phobia Ravages Children (3)
- Mike Tikkanen: I guess that it’s all about how one frames the issue. What some consider extreme others consider a basic civic function. How...
- David Strand: Thanks for Jack Marshall’s comment and for the opportunity to respond. His is a popular position which largely accounts for the lack...
- Jack Marshall: Fascinating and provocative discussion, but the emphasis on “science phobia” is misplaced, and perhaps intellectually...
- Tennessee’s High Infant Death Rate (2)
- Andree Westermann: Thanks for the post. Very educational. My family and I take a trip to Memphis every summer. We go to Graceland, Beale Street,...
- Dean Connor: If ever there was an example of the need for a health care reform bill that includes the public option; the infant mortality rate in...
- America’s Families (From Grief Speaks) (1)
- children statistics: I have have been looking for many sites to read on more information about children statistics and good thing that I came...
- A Normal Kid (2)
- dania: Wow this was probably one of the most effective posts I have come across on the topic so far. I don’t have any idea where you get all...
- Unmaking At Risk Children (2)
- Rev. Michael P. Garnes: I painstakingly agree with Michaels views here. I say painstaken because I worked for the Detroit Board of Education for 15...
- Rev. Michael P. Garnes: I painstakingly agree with Michaels views here. I say painstaken because I worked for the Detroit Board of Education for 15...
- Abandoned, Abandoned Again Then Tasered – What’s Next For At Risk Youth? (1)
- Pima County Public Records: I keep listening to the news speak about public records so I have been looking around to read up on the topic. Thank...
- Thank you! Damon’s Mom Donates Her Vehicle to KARA (1)
- Lynn A.Miller: This is not my web-site,but my blog www.healingmyfractured spirit.blogspot.com My hope is that by getting my book to kids at...
- Amy Sherman’s Blog for Florida’s At Risk Children (2)
- RV: Regarding Florida Foster Care children, 2009: Many of you may have been watching the Florida newspapers recently and seen the article that...
- Laurie Anspach for CCHR Florida: Regarding Florida Foster Care children, 2009: Many of you may have been watching the Florida newspapers recently...
- Epidemic (1)
- Dean Connor: Mike-It is because of your book, Invisible Children, and your guidance that I have an interview on Thursday to begin the process of...
- Another Concerned Grandmother (1)
- Casa Gal: To the grandmother who wrote in: do your children have a CASA or GAL assigned to them? If so, he or she may want to petition the court...
- PTSD study of abused children (1)
- bill krill: My new book: ‘Gentling: a Practical Guide to Treating PTSD in Abused Children’ will be released by Loving-Healing Press in...
- 6 Month Old Dies After a Dozen Calls To Child Abuse Hotline (1)
- Dean Connor: I have written an article on my blog site: http://dean-connorsblog.blogsp ot.com, that also tells the story of Dae’von Bailey....
- Call To Justice Forum June 28th (1)
- isolimorp: This look interesting,so far. If there’s anyone else here, let me know. Oh, and yes I’m a real person LOL. Peace,
- Fundraiser and Rummage Sale to benefit Kids at Risk Action (2)
- bkphenix: Sounds like a really great event to converse, shop some great items, and eat! Wish I could be there!
- carissa.pear: Thanks for the info on the rummage sale–looking forward to coming!
- Missouri Model (1)
- Karen: Thank you for a great article. I was sworn in earlier this month as a CASA volunteer (guardian ad litem) in Jackson County, OR. I also work...
- Another Sad Letter (1)
- Anonymous: Hello Mike. LOVE what you are doing, and have done. Love 2 speak 2 u or someone in your field. I was abandon at age 9 by father, along...
Blogroll
- Children’s Advocate’s Website
- Dreamcatchers
- Families & Allies of Virginia’s Youth Blog
- Family Law Professors Blog
- Grandparents Blog
- http://guardianadlitem.blogspot.com/
- http://www.connectforkids.org/
- International Family Law
- Juvenile Justice Reform YouTube Channel
- Kids Count Data Book
- laws
- Minnesota Adoptive Resource Network
- United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child:
- Youth Policy Action Center
Child Advocacy Links
- Advocacy 4 Kids E-Advocacy Network
- Best Interests
- Brookings Center on Children and Families
- CASA MN
- Center on Children and the Law
- Child Advocacy 360:
- Childabuse.com
- ChildHelp.org
- Children's Action Alliance
- Global Initiative to End all Corporal Punishment of Children
- Invisible Children
- National Association fo Counsel for Children
- National CASA
- National Child Abuse Hotline
- National Exchange Club:
- Stand For Children
Resources
- Academy On Violence and Abuse
- American Humane
- Bikers Against Child Abuse
- Center For Effective Parenting
- Child Welfare Information Gateway
- Child Welfare League of America
- Children's Law Center
- Children's Rights
- Children’s Defense Fund
- Children’s medical Archives
- Court Appointed Special Advocates (guardian ad-Litems)
- Every Child Matters
- freearts minnesota
- Friends of the Children
- Grief Speaks
- GW Medical Publishing
- Lutheran Social Service of MN
- MN Kinship Caregivers
- MN Literacy Council
- National Association to Prevent Sexual Abuse of Children
- National Center for Prosecution of Child Abuse
- National Child Abuse Hotline
- National Data Archive on Child Abuse
- National Traumatic Stress Network
- PREVENT CHILD ABUSE MN
- Promising Practices Network
- The Future of Children
- Unto The Third Generation
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