All posts tagged "Child Welfare and Foster Care"

Leaving No One Behind: All Children Immunized and Healthy

UNICEF recently released this report highlighting the tremendous progress of worldwide vaccination coverage efforts over the past three decades. However, now this...

sustainability of supportive housing for families in child welfare system report; mother and child hugging in park

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Sustainability of Supportive Housing for Families in the Child Welfare System

The Urban Institute evaluates the effectiveness and sustainability of providing housing and services to high-need families in the child welfare system. The...

2019 KIDS COUNT Data Book cover; happy ethnic mother and daughter hugging

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2019 KIDS COUNT Data Book

The Annie E. Casey Foundation releases the 30th edition of its annual KIDS COUNT Data Book, giving a comprehensive overview of child...

Young girl covering her face with her hands, sitting in a doorway, wearing jeans and a jean jacket and sneakers.

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From the Bureaus

The Bully in the Bunk Bed, When Aggression Goes Beyond Sibling Rivalry

All cars used to come equipped with cigarette lighters. Those lighters got really hot. Jon found that out the hard way when...

toxic stress and children's outcomes report; troubled african american girl sad on couch

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Toxic Stress and Children’s Outcomes

The Economic Policy Institute shows how toxic stress in a child's life, which is disproportionately experienced by African American children, can disrupt...

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John Etchemendy Named Family Violence & Domestic Relations Program Dir. at NCJFCJ

John D. Etchemendy is the new director of the family violence and domestic relations program at the National Council of Juvenile and...

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Behind the Asterisk*: Perspectives on Young Adult Mental Health from “Small and Hard-to-Reach” Communities

CLASP publishes findings on young adults' mental health from focus groups in "small and hard-to-reach" white rural; Asian American, Native Hawaiian, and...

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Stefaan Poortman Appointed World of Children Executive Director

World of Children has appointed Stefaan Poortman as its next executive director following a lengthy nationwide search. Poortman comes to World of...

youth development: Woman speaks at lectern.

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News

Aspen Report Marks Pivotal Moment For Child Welfare: Youth Development Leader

Karen Pittman is the co-founder, president and CEO of the Forum for Youth Investment, a nonprofit whose goal is to change the...

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Robert G. Riney Elected Board Chair of Nemours Children’s Health System

The Nemours Children's Health System Board of Directors recently announced the election of Robert G. Riney as its chair. He succeeds 13-year...

From a Nation at risk to a nation at hope report; youth playing with ball in school

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From A Nation at Risk To A Nation At Hope

The Aspen Institute published this report outlining an evidence-based, all-encompassing approach to improving the social, emotional and academic well-being of children across...

Dr. William Bell Newsmaker; Bell giving talk in suit on stage

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Dr. William Bell Elected Board Chair for the National CASA Association

The National Court Appointed Special Advocate Association recently announced the election of William C. Bell, Ph.D. as chair of its board of trustees. Dr....

Tender portrait of native american woman with her little son

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Indian Child Welfare Act Needs to Be Supported to Help Foster Kids, Tribes

The 5th Circuit Court of Appeals put on hold on Dec. 5 a ruling that would declare the Indian Child Welfare Act...

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New York City Leader Wins National Child Welfare Award

The commissioner of New York City’s Administration for Children’s Services (ACS) has won the 2019 Excellence for Children Leadership Award by Casey...

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We Can Close Poor Students’ Gap With Better Trauma-informed Education

The New York Foundling has been protecting children and strengthening families for nearly 150 years and is now one of oldest and...

Alt text: racism: An older black woman mournfully looks out her window

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Decades After Media, Child Welfare Got ‘Crack Babies’ Wrong, Damage to Women of Color Lives On

Editorial writers rarely do their own reporting. Most of the time they comment on what reporters for their publications have found or...

serious little boy with dirt on left side of face

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Trump Endangers Immigrant Children, Against Every Child Welfare Principle

President Donald Trump’s immigration policies have squarely targeted the most vulnerable: children. Like most people, I was outraged last summer when I...

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