All posts tagged "Child Welfare and Foster Care"

As More Schools Aid Foster Students, Data on Results Needed, Researchers Say

Youth in foster care face a multitude of barriers when it comes to higher education. How will they pay for room, board,...

youth development: Woman speaks at lectern.

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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...

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Former Foster Youth Working at Louisiana Legislature Help Promote Extending Care

Move over oil and gas power brokers. Take a seat, criminal justice advocates. The most influential lobbyists in Louisiana’s statehouse may be...

Foster Students Struggle Financial Aid Young Latini and Black women at computers

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Foster Students Struggle to Get Financial Aid, Advice for College

“I view myself as a lone wolf. You can be around people but still feel very much alone,” said Gianni Cuevas, who...

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....

foster care: Teacher with male student working on computer in college library

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We Must Help College Youth in Foster Care By Unearthing the Hard-to-find Resources They Need

Why did no one tell me? I’ve heard this question countless times. The last time it came from one of our foster...

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...

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California Foster Students Get Patchwork of College Support

The shops are beginning to come alive on a Monday morning as Yamina Inzunza arrives at a coffee shop popular with college...

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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