Youth Today
All posts tagged "Child Welfare and Foster Care"
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1.2KNewsWhen families need housing, Georgia will pay for foster care rather than provide assistance
2018-2022: In over 700 cases, “inadequate housing” was the sole reason for removing children.
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960NewsNearly 10 million children won’t get summer food benefits as states opt out of new federal program
Only 35 states opted in to the 2024 Summer EBT program.
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1.2KNewsAtlanta homeless youth program helps students attend college
Jay Lee is an 23-year-old Atlanta native and college student. And Lee is homeless.
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747NewsUtah bills itself as “family-friendly” even as lawmakers have long neglected child care
Utah, with the nation’s highest percentage of children, faces a decades-long daycare crisis.
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691NewsNew York closed psych beds for youth in crisis. Now, foster care programs and host towns are being pushed to the limit.
Kids with acute mental health challenges are on campuses ill-equipped to handle them safely.
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2.1KNewsNearly 90% of public schools now offer afterschool programs
New National Center for Education Statistics data shows ESSER funds' impact on afterschool programs.
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1.9K► Podcasts‘Home was never a place’: One woman’s life in WA foster care
Janell Braxton, 30, continues to reckon with her time in the foster system.
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1.2KNewsPoor, rural kids earn more than urban, poor kids later in life. A higher incidence of two-parent households might be the reason
No other variable has as much power over mobility as the two-parent household effect.
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1.2KNewsDaycare owners and parents say they are at a breaking point as federal relief funds end
Losing federal funds could force more than 70,000 licensed childcare facilities to close.
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1.3KNewsMinnesota expands public funding for childcare
In Minnesota, parents paid childcare costs among the most expensive in the country.
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1.4K► ReportsKeeping children at home with supportive housing
A new study shows how supportive housing can help keep families intact.
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2.1KNewsKids face the greatest risk of eviction of any age group. The consequences can last a lifetime.
A recent study found 2.9 million children are impacted by eviction filings every year.
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2.1KNewsMississippi program shows how giving mothers guaranteed income helps children
Report reveals benefits as pilot programs spread across country.
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897News‘Broken system’: Call center backlogs impede Missouri families seeking food assistance
Unable to set interview appointments, SNAP applications/renewals are automatically denied after 30 days.
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1.6KNewsPost-COVID summer programs didn’t boost kids academically, but may have helped anyway
Many summer programs focused on social emotional learning.
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1.5K► PodcastsWashington’s new youth homelessness ‘Lifeline’ service lags
Washington’s new youth homelessness ‘Lifeline’ service lags.
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1.7KNewsNearly two-thirds of US schools now offer students and families help with hunger, housing and healthcare
Sixty percent of public schools reported using a community school or wraparound services model.
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3.2KNewsCalifornia’s Wiyot Tribe gets land back and builds foster youth housing
As homelessness rises, the Wiyot are ensuring youth have "a place to call home."
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3.1KNewsHome-based childcare is a dying business. Here’s why.
Nearly half of all licensed home childcares closed between 2005 and 2017.
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1.7KNewsChild poverty rate rebounds after pandemic-era child tax credit ends
American Rescue Plan Act programs expired and the child poverty rate increased to 10%.
