Child Welfare Archives - The Imprint
WEBOct 2, 2024 · Child Welfare. A new report gives a rare firsthand look inside group homes and lockups for youth, highlighting violence, isolation and sub-par care. 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 ...
Fewer Foster Youth and Homes in 2023, Imprint Survey Finds
WEBDec 4, 2023 · It’s worth noting that the Biden administration has finalized a new federal rule to ease the process of licensing kin and supporting them with federally-backed foster care payments. A group of national advocates have already formed a model standard that they hope to use in working with states to increase the reliance on kin within formal foster care.
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 ...
California Approves Protections for Youth in Residential Programs
WEBParis Hilton speaking in support of Senate Bill 1043 in April. Photo by Kevin Ostajewski. With high-profile backing and little opposition, a bill to strengthen protections for youth in California’s residential treatment centers has passed the Legislature and now heads to the governor’s desk for final approval.. Senate Bill 1043 aims to increase oversight of staff at these facilities when ...
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
‘Intolerable’ and ‘Appalling’ — L.A. Juvenile Halls Face Scrutiny
WEBFor exclusive Youth Services Insider content. Your support allows The Imprint to provide independent, nonpartisan daily news covering the issues faced by vulnerable children and families. L.A. County leaders faced more scrutiny over failing conditions at its juvenile halls after a state oversight body discussed ongoing issues.
We Need a New System That Values Black Families - The Imprint
WEBMay 22, 2021 · It is a system that has devalued Black mothers and Black motherhood, sees Black mothers as unfit, deeming itself more capable of caring for Black children, including Black girls like Ma’Khia, who have long since been adultified, vilified, unprotected and forgotten by the system.We must begin to hold this system accountable for its history, and present-day inability and failure to protect all ...
New York Bill "Preserving Family Bonds" on Governor's Desk - The …
WEBA bill broadening biological parents’ ability to contact foster and adopted children has long been sought in New York, where advocacy to prevent family separation is widespread.. Three times, state lawmakers have passed legislation that would have allowed state residents whose parental rights have been terminated to reach out to their kids.And repeatedly, the proposed laws have been struck ...
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 · Story of My Life: Regina Louise’s Tale of Searching for Permanency is Ready for Primetime. By Kim Phagan-Hansel. Author Regina Louise’s story of her foster care journey is being made into a Lifetime movie premiering April 20 at 8 p.m. EST. Photo courtesy of Regina Louise. The new film “I Am Somebody’s Child: The …