One central area of focus is the distinction between family poverty and child neglect.

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Nonprofit's Insurance Alliance recently announced it's refusing to offer foster family agencies liability insurance.

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Kinship care — when relatives raise children when their parents can’t — how does it work?

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It’s well past time to acknowledge that chronic absenteeism has become an educational emergency.

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The goal is to create a legacy of educational success, economic prosperity, and well-being.

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Homeschooled children lose the protection of mandatory reporters — teachers, counselors, coaches, nurses, bus drivers.

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Georgia has only applied for and received eight federal housing aid vouchers since 2019.

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The 35th edition of an annual, national report on child well-being is released.

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In many states, informal child care providers are eligible for funded support.

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Annually, hundreds of millions in child support payments is seized to "pay back" welfare.

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Parents pushed for funding child-care, establishing paid family leave, and expanding child tax credits.

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LGBTQ+ foster kid support vanished; silence blankets the agency tasked with raising LGBTQ+ children.

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A report analyzes what all 50 states are doing about foster youth federal benefits.

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Successful programs have shifted public opinion to be more favorable towards monthly guaranteed incomes.

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The legislation limits the use of reunification therapies and increases scrutiny of expert witnesses.

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They provides clothing, infant equipment, developmental toys and books to thousands of children.

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Oregon’s Indian Country offers equine therapy for children leaving foster care and justice systems.

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Inadequate housing cases took longer to resolve than cases involving physical or sexual abuse.

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Investor-backed chains manage an estimated one in 10 child care centers in the country.

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Families desperate for refuge from the winter cold remained unhoused through the winter.

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