Now Is the Time for Abolition of Child Welfare As We Know It
WEBNow Is the Time for Abolition. The child welfare system causes harm to Black children and we have known this for decades. By Alan Dettlaff and Kristen Weber. is dean of the University of Houston Graduate College of Social Work. is director of equity, inclusion, and justice for the Center for the Study of Social Policy.
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WEBMinnesota’s Highest Court Sets Out to Better Protect Children. Born of History: A Tulalip Youth’s Journey to Indigenize Child Welfare. This three-part Imprint series explores a young person’s journey through a tribal foster care system and into a life of advocacy — as well as the challenges a family and the Tulalip Tribes confronted.
Weekly Podcast - The Imprint
WEB09/26/2022. Episode 100! Biden’s Juvenile Justice Agenda with Liz Ryan. On our 100th episode of The Imprint Weekly Podcast, we discuss a raft of new youth-related legislation introduced by Congress, moving teens to one of America’s largest adult prisons, and a new investment in adoption training. Listen.
A Complete Guide to The Family First Act - The Imprint
WEBThe Family First Act is aimed at amending the IV-E entitlement to provide more federal resources to help families in crisis stay together, and limit federal funds for putting foster youth into congregate care placements, including group homes. The law includes several other child welfare-related updates to federal policy. So what is actually in ...
Family Archives - The Imprint
WEBJul 22, 2024 · This three-part Imprint series explores a young person’s journey through a tribal foster care system and into a life of advocacy — as well as the challenges a family and the Tulalip Tribes confronted. The Imprint highlighted each of the policy recommendations made this summer by the participants of the …
Bill Tracker: Protecting Benefits for Foster Youth - The Imprint
WEBIllustration by Christine Ongjoco. The Imprint has reported quite a bit in the past few years on the use of federal benefits for foster youth to help state and local governments pay for foster care costs, a practice exposed by our colleagues at The Marshall Project and NPR in 2021. About 5% of all foster youth qualify for Supplemental Security Income benefits due to their own disability, or ...
In Surprise, Newsom Calls for an End to California's Youth Prison …
WEBWith coronavirus pummeling Californians’ health and economy like a modern day plague, few expected a line item buried in an otherwise deficit-driven budget that Gov. Gavin Newsom (D) announced Thursday: After decades of the state running what was once the country’s most vast and notorious youth prison system, the end could be near for the Division of Juvenile Justice.
Regina Louise's Tale of Searching for Permanency is Ready for …
WEBApr 12, 2019 · It has taken Regina Louise a lifetime to get here.. When Louise released her first book, “Somebody’s Someone,” in 2003, she was on a mission to tell the story of a poor, abused and neglected African-American girl whose only …
WEBWHO CARES: A NATIONAL COUNT OF FOSTER HOMES & FAMILIES FOSTERCARECAPACITY.ORG 6 THE ROLE OF RELATIVES CONTINUES TO GROW We were able to collect the number of relative caregivers with an active, ongoing placement in their home as
Inside Game: The Key Players Who Changed Foster Care Forever
WEBMar 7, 2018 · Sen. Ron Wyden (D-Ore.) was furious and heartbroken. Nearly three years into an effort to fundamentally overhaul the nation’s foster care system, the bill Wyden had crafted alongside Senate Finance Chairman Orrin Hatch (R-Utah) was dying.