Youth Today
All posts tagged "Child Welfare and Foster Care"
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3.2KNewsHome-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%.
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3.8KNewsUtah “troubled teen” treatment facility shuttered in the wake of death
The state-mandated closure is the first on record for Utah’s “troubled teen industry”
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2.3KNewsCan affordable housing make the “low-pay, low-opportunity” afterschool field fairer for workers?
“Workers in these spaces are undervalued,” said University of Minnesota professor Dale Blyth.
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2.1KNewsCalifornia Office of Youth and Community Restoration Director Katherine Lucero: There’s ‘room for improvement’
"Our office has no actual authority over the facilities."
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1.7KNewsWashington homelessness group exposed sensitive data on kids, young adults
Health and safety information on hundreds of young clients was made public.
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2.5KNewsHow a partisan budget battle worsened Illinois’ foster care crisis
Illinois foster kids are staying in social workers' offices, conference centers and jails.
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1.1KNewsFamilies worry over the future of Medicaid caregiver payments that were expanded during the pandemic
Some states have already stopped payments while others have yet to make them permanent.
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3.3KNewsProposed reforms of ‘troubled teen industry’ fall short of promises
A promised "youth bill of rights" is absent from federal legislation introduced this spring.
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1.1KNewsWhere to find free summer meals for kids
Free meals are available for children this summer in over 30 states.
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1.7K► Reports2023 KIDS COUNT data book: State trends in child well-being
The 34th edition of an annual, national report on child well-being is released.
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1.1KNewsSharing the sentence: Separation takes toll on incarcerated moms and their kids
Prisoners — and research — say visitations with incarcerated parents are a crucial lifeline for families.
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919NewsKids could fill labor shortages, even in bars, if these lawmakers succeed
Child welfare advocates worry the measures could scale back hard-won protections for minors.
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1.3K► ReportsFostering youth transitions 2023
A new report compiles and examines data on foster youth ages 14 to 21.
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2.0KNewsFive years in with millions unclaimed, is Family First helping kids and families yet?
The Family First Prevention Services Act aims to keep families together, whenever possible.
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2.1KNewsAs fentanyl use rises among teens, Arizona requires naloxone in foster homes
In 2021, 44 Arizona children died from fentanyl overdoses.
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2.2KNewsReport: Fewer teens in foster care, but less than half find permanent homes
By 2021, neglect was the leading cause the system removed teens from their families.
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1.4KNewsBiden signs executive order to improve access to child care
It aims to increase child care access and improve the work life of caregivers.
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1.4KNewsHomeless shelters aren’t equipped to deal with New Mexico’s most troubled foster kids. Police see it for themselves.
"What we’re doing here?” a sheriff’s deputy asked his supervisor after a shelter call.
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1.4KNews‘Everybody’s tired of talking about COVID’: Millions of COVID orphans overlooked in pandemic responses
Approximately 245,000 children across the U.S. have lost one or both parents to COVID.
