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All posts tagged "Child Welfare and Foster Care"
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1.8KFrom the BureausQ&A: Exalt’s Gisele Castro on the importance of New York’s “raise the age” law
Exalt is a nonprofit in New York City. Giselle Castro talks about Exalt's work and their "raise the age" efforts. They work...
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1.9KNewsNew Mexico to create new legal aid office for child welfare cases
Child welfare professionals in New Mexico are applauding passage of a bill they say will improve legal representation for youth and families...
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2.1KNewsNative activists hail passage of New Mexico Indian Family Protection Act
New Mexico lawmakers have passed a bill that strengthens protections for Native American children in state care. Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham is...
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1.2KNewsNew Mexico lawmakers, citing political frustrations, pull juvenile justice reform bill
Proposed reforms to New Mexico’s juvenile sentencing rules failed to become law for a second year in a row after the bill’s...
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5.1KNewsLawmakers, federal investigators target teen facilities billed as therapeutic but accused of abuse
Separate investigations by the federal Government Accountability Office and Department of Health and Human Services' inspector general that were launched in 2021,...
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1.4K► ReportsProspects for children in 2022: A global outlook
UNICEF takes a look at the year ahead and the key trends impacting children as the world attempts to recover from the...
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4.9KNewsQ&A: UPenn Prof. Dorothy Roberts makes the case for abolishing the child welfare system
For Dorothy Roberts, a scholar of race and gender at the University of Pennsylvania law school, there is nothing well-meaning or compassionate...
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3.1KFrom the BureausDisabilities sometimes go undiagnosed in homeless students targeted by new federal education funds, experts say
The $800 million that the American Rescue Plan earmarked for homeless students is the largest such federal expenditure in a decade, with...
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1.6KFrom the BureausUpcoming study aims to gauge prevalence and impact of traumatic brain injury on juveniles in detention
Traumatic brain injury among juvenile offenders will be assessed as part of a three-year research project that’s slated to enroll the first...
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1.5KNewsSocial workers’ field safety remains concern after killing
Illinois officials are seeking answers after the killing last week of a state child welfare worker during a home visit — the...
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2.8KNewsMonths after pandemic aid lapsed, former foster youth struggling
Not long after the federal government passed a pandemic relief package last December to help former foster youth struggling to make ends...
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2.3K► ReportsHidden pain: Children who lost a parent or caretaker to COVID-19 and what the nation can do to help them
COVID Collaborative and Social Policy Analytics releases a new report highlighting the number of children who have lost parents or caretakers in...
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1.8K► ReportsKids’ Share 2021: Report on federal expenditures on children through 2020 and future projections
The Urban Institute publishes the 15th edition of its annual analysis of federal spending on children and how it will change over...
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3.3KNewsPredictive analytics in child welfare raise concerns
A contentious debate on the value of using predictive analytics within the child welfare system is unfolding between proponents who say the...
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2.9K► ReportsSupportive housing for young people formerly in foster care
The Urban Institute takes a look at the current state of supportive housing for former foster youth across the nation; discussing the...
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1.3KNewsNew Mexico awards $157M in grants to child care providers
New Mexico's child care department is sending millions to child care centers in an effort to keep them in business, awarding grants...
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2.0KNewsGun violence claiming more lives of American teens, children
Gun violence is killing an increasing number of American children, from toddlers caught in crossfires to teenagers gunned down in turf wars,...
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1.1KNewsData on child abuse in New Mexico called into question
Data on child abuse in New Mexico has been called into question after lawmakers raised concerns that the former director of the...
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2.0K► ReportsState of childhood obesity: Reforming our nation’s policies to help all children grow up healthy
The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation releases the latest iteration of its annual report on childhood obesity in the United States, discussing the...
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2.5KNewsPandemic relief for foster youth expires, ending aid to thousands
A pandemic relief bill providing aid to transitional age foster youth will expire today unless Congress makes an 11th-hour decision to extend...
