National Coalition for Child Protection Reform
In the following viewpoint, the National Coalition for Child Protection Reform (NCCPR) maintains that despite claims to the contrary, poverty is the primary cause of child abuse and the reason many children are removed from their homes. According to the NCCPR, state laws define neglect in such a way that it is clear that neglect is caused by poverty. The NCCPR maintains, for example, that parents who must leave their children alone when they go to work because they cannot afford child care can lose their children for “lack of supervision,” but the underlying problem is obviously poverty. NCCPR is an organization that opposes foster care and is committed to reforming the child protective system to make it less disruptive to families.
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