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CAPTA In The Child Welfare System

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CAPTA was originally established to improve the lives of children in the child welfare system. While it has taken strides to assist children who have been abused, neglected, and put through the foster care system, it still has its flaws. More specifically, due to some of the laws created by CAPTA it has shown negative effects among a couple of different populations.
One of the initiated laws made by CAPTA was establishing mandated reporters among professionals who work with children. Mandated reporters can be defined as, “persons who are required to report suspected child maltreatment to an appropriate agency, such as child protective services, a law enforcement agency, or a State’s toll-free child abuse reporting hotline” (Child Welfare Information

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