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All posts tagged "Child Welfare and Foster Care"
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202► ReportsThe role of state policy in supporting students experiencing homelessness and former foster youth in higher education
By offering tuition exemptions and services, states can remove barriers for homeless/foster youth.
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400News‘Kept in limbo:’ As uncertainty over Trump plans looms, migrant children struggle to find legal aid
Children migrating alone rarely have access to help for navigating the immigration system.
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362NewsIntergenerational care benefits children and seniors. Why is it still so rare?
Intergenerational care has cognitive and physical health benefits for both children and seniors.
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589NewsParents on the hunt for child care say it feels like ‘The Hunger Games’
Yearslong wait lists, anxiety, and lack of choice: 4 parents' quest for quality care.
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447NewsLGBTQ+ parents are rushing to adopt their children before Trump is sworn in
Being on a child's birth certificate does not guarantee parental rights. Adoption's a guarantee.
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661NewsThe dark future of American child care
Nationwide, child care deaths are rare but they do happen. Will loosening regulations help?
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491NewsCandidates promised a bigger child tax credit. Will that actually happen?
A Republican-controlled Congress will decide its fate, but those pledges may be empty.
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521NewsLawmakers provide grim look at WV foster care system, say mandated improvements, funding needed
The state leads the nation in the rate of children coming into foster care.
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656NewsKansas foster care compliance report raises concern with ‘sleep-only’ placement of children
Why is holding foster children in offices, motels and other unsuitable locations still happening?
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514News‘Numerous’ complaints of Kentucky foster youth sleeping in office buildings
Staff are still trying to confirm how many office buildings are involved.
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402NewsHow child-focused ballot measures fared this election
Voters across the states largely approved funding for children, though some holdouts remain.
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586News2 out of 5 child care teachers make so little they need public assistance to support their families
Child care teachers nationally earn a median wage of $13.07 per hour.
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669Guest Opinion EssayAmerica doesn’t know how to talk about child care
America lacks any agreed-upon framework for talking about child care.
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719NewsLow-income families are struggling to get child care aid in many states. Here’s why.
Some experts say the federal government -- not the states -- must do the heavy lifting.
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765► ReportsKinship policy improvements in federal and state child welfare systems
Kinship Policy Improvements Toward Child Welfare System Transformations, the final brief in the Family Ties series from Annie E. Casey Foundation, summarizes...
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1.1K► ReportsExpanding education and employment pathways for systems-involved young people
Tackling the root causes of disconnection from education and careers with systems-involved youth.
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2.3KNewsWhite House unveils new policies to transform child welfare
One central area of focus is the distinction between family poverty and child neglect.
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2.4KNews8,000 foster youth in California may have nowhere to go as early as September 30
Nonprofit's Insurance Alliance recently announced it's refusing to offer foster family agencies liability insurance.
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1.0K► ReportsSurvey of kinship care policies shows the need for better data collection by states
Kinship care — when relatives raise children when their parents can’t — how does it work?
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1.8KGuest Opinion EssayFrom success mentors to washing machines, ways to help kids stay in school
It’s well past time to acknowledge that chronic absenteeism has become an educational emergency.
