Foster children are so handicapped by their experiences in the child welfare system that four out of five fail to thrive as...
Youth Today recently drew attention to an important issue: the debate about what type of emergency care – shelter or family foster...
When the federal government introduced a bold system five years ago to evaluate state child welfare systems, it drew cheers from case...
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This is an emergency! Call the ACLU. The First Amendment is under attack by Children’s Rights, Inc., the litigious group run by...
Child Welfare Substance Use and Need for Treatment among Youths Who Have Been in Foster Care U.S. Substance Abuse and Mental Health...
Everyone intuitively understands it – child welfare workers, their supervisors, the courts, even the kids. A revolving cast of caseworkers is not...
Los Angeles, Calif.(310) 423-3401www.teenlineonline.org Objective: To provide a teen-to-teen helpline with community outreach services. In a Nutshell: Teens are trained...
Child WelfareEstimating Financial Support for Kinship CaregiversThe Urban Institute This brief examines government payments to children in private kinship care (77 percent...
If you ask people what type of disease is most prevalent in children, few would say dental disease. But tooth decay is...
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Preventing Violence and Related Health-Risking Social Behaviors in Adolescents National Institutes of Health State-of-the-Science Conference Statement Available free at http://consensus.nih.gov/ta/023/023youthviolenceHTMLstatement.htm. “Scare tactics”...
It was a youth worker’s nightmare. As staff member Johnny Dove of the New Life Children’s Residential Treatment Center in Canyon Lake,...
Harris, N.Y.(845) 794-3300www.catskillregional.com Objective: To provide comprehensive health care services to HIV positive and HIV at-risk adolescents and young adults in...
Cheltenham, Md.—It’s a hot summer Friday afternoon at Maryland’s aging Cheltenham Youth Facility – one of an increasing number of juvenile corrections...
Marshfield, Wis.—Whether it’s tractors rolling over, high-powered machinery that ensnares clothing or poisonous chemicals that look like fruit juice, farms can be...
Whittier, Calif.(562) 789-8009www.bridgeoffaith.org Objective: Help young women aging out of foster care get the support they need to live independently. In...
Youth Suicides Often Exceed Murders In most states, youth are more likely to die from suicide than murder, according to a new...
Child Welfare Foster Home Scarcity Means Many Youths Languish for MonthsHartford Courant Because of a shortage of foster care homes in Connecticut,...
A compilation of the reports from this issue.