Youth Today
All posts tagged "Child Welfare and Foster Care"
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2.0KGuest Opinion EssayCollective Decision-making Can Neutralize Politics of Fear
Judge Teske first used collective decision-making beginning in 2003 to reform his local juvenile justice system, which has netted an 80% decline...
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6.5KGuest Opinion EssayFoster Youth Need More Than Their Basic Needs Met — Especially During a Crisis
Youth in foster care experience significant barriers as it relates to their physical, mental and emotional well-being. The impact of these barriers...
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3.5KGuest Opinion EssayAmerica’s Biases Marginalize Youth, Drive Them to Homelessness
Social psychology has found that someone may decide someone else's behavior has one of two causes: dispositional or situational. Dispositional attribution assigns...
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2.2KGuest Opinion EssayHow Do We Make Youth Homelessness Effort Bipartisan?
4.2 million. That’s the number of homeless youths in America every year. This opinion piece is about the 4.2 million, how and why...
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1.5K► ReportsGlobal Status Report on Preventing Violence Against Children 2020
The World Health Organization and UNICEF analyze the actions and policies of governments around the world implemented to prevent violence against children...
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2.4KNewsGallup Schools Hope For CARES Funding for Tech Purchases
The perfect storm analogy might be apropos when assessing the dire situation of Gallup-McKinley County Schools (GMCS) as it attempts to slog...
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1.1KNewsMesilla Valley CASA Helping Youth Past CYFD Age Cutoff
In April, as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic, the state Children, Youth and Families Department (CYFD) extended its foster care services...
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1.9KNewsState Outreach Helping Aged-out Foster Youth Amid Anxiety About Lost Oil Field Jobs
Jade Collins really needs her driver’s license to get to her doctor’s appointments. She was 29 weeks pregnant in late May and...
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3.0KNewsPandemic Accelerated Rollout of Extended Foster Care ‘in Really Good Way’
Before the COVID-19 pandemic, the New Mexico Children, Youth and Families Department (CYFD) had been working for over a year toward launching...
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1.7KNewsNM Schools Providing Academic Coaches, School Packets, Food to Struggling Students
The COVID-19 pandemic and the shift to online learning have exposed a number of unexpected and difficult educational achievement gaps for New...
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1.5K► Reports2020 KIDS COUNT Data Book
The Annie E. Casey Foundation releases the 31st edition of its KIDS COUNT Data Book, describing how children across the United States were...
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1.8KGuest Opinion EssaySystem Change Means More Than Defunding Police
Calls for racial justice have reached a critical level in the U.S. and the world. This moment, which to many people seemed...
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1.8K► ReportsFostering Inequity: How COVID-19 Amplifies Dangers For LGBTQ+ Youth in Care
This new report from Children's Rights details how the COVID-19 pandemic is exacerbating already difficult situations for LGBTQ+ youth in care facilities...
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3.3KGuest Opinion EssayWe Have Chance to Build Better Child, Family Well-Being System
The current global pandemic and associated economic crisis is shining a spotlight on the stresses and resiliency of families and some of...
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3.2KGuest Opinion EssayHow to Recruit and Retain High-quality Foster Caregivers in South, Southwest
There is a growing need for individuals who can commit to serve as foster caregivers to children and adolescents in the United...
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2.4K► ReportsAdvancing Teen Flourishing: Moving Policy Upstream
Well Being Trust discusses how supporting the mental and physiological health of teens through well-funded programs and comprehensive policies benefits society as...
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3.0KGuest Opinion EssayFamilies, Communities, Systems Need to Collaborate to Really Help Whole Child
An ancient parable describes a group of people who come across something unknown to them — an elephant. Fascinated, each person begins...
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1.8K► ReportsThe Land of Inopportunity: Closing the Childhood Equity Gap for America’s Kids
Save the Children releases the first-ever comprehensive child welfare and development rankings of all U.S. counties.
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2.2KGuest Opinion EssayNew Types of Therapy Hold Promise at One Treatment Foster Care Program
Vast, beautiful land coupled with a rich history and cultural allure solidify the reality of New Mexico as the “Land of Enchantment.”...
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1.9KGuest Opinion EssayNew Mexico, and U.S., Needs Help With Both Immediate Needs, Ultimate Causes
A few years ago I attended a workshop on Theatre of the Oppressed, an approach to community education based on the use...
