All posts tagged "Child Welfare and Foster Care"

Foundations Call for Overhaul of Federal Child Welfare Financing

WASHINGTON – Federal funding for child welfare should be overhauled to enable more children to live with families while reducing the amount...

Top Headlines 10/25

Juvenile Justice Sexual assaults on detainees in IL youth detention due to understaffing and failure to heed warning signs. Wyandotte Detention Center...

A New Majority: Low Income Students in the South and Nation

Top Headlines 10/24

Juvenile Justice Northeast FL leads state in girls’ detentions. Revealing the corruption and abuse in FL youth prisons for profit. Editorial: Some...

Missouri Child Protection Undergoes Fresh Scrutiny

From the St. Louis Post-Dispatch (MCT) The emergency room diagnosis of the toddler’s fracture fell into that unsettling gray area where nobody was able...

Number of Homeless U.S. Schoolchildren Hits Record High

  WASHINGTON – The number of homeless children enrolled in U.S. public schools rose 10 percent in the 2011-12 school year to...

Top Headlines 10/23

Juvenile Justice D.C. defunds lauded Youth Court. Despite abuses private prisons continue to house children. Education MI Groups call for transparency in...

In ‘Vernon’s World,’ a Young Photographer Documents the Life of a Homeless Teenager

Vernon Foster walks down 9th Street to visit a friend in a park. He roams shirtless whenever it’s warm enough to allow...

Top Headlines 10/22

Juvenile Justice OK commitment rates dropping says study. JDAI to expand throughout SD following 100,000 dollar grant. OK teen court sees success....

Top Headlines 10/21

Juvenile Justice JDAI trims number of kids in SD detention. GA teen ring breaks into over 100 cars. OH leads “smart reforms”...

Improving the Health, Safety, and Well-Being of Young Adults

Local Programs Supplement the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program

    Megan Owens and friends. Photo by Ashley Lauer. It’s unclear how many families are living with their children in the extended-stay...

To Segregate or Not to Segregate…

To segregate or not to segregate, that is the question.  When it comes to best meeting the needs of LGBTQ youth, answering...

In New Book, Former Foster Parent Investigates the American Foster Care System

    NEW YORK — Demetrius Johnson was placed into foster care when he was only a few months old. Over the...

Changing the Course for Infants and Toddlers

LGBT Communities and the Affordable Care Act

Top Headlines 10/10

Juvenile Justice Changes in Utah’s policies lead to unintended hardships and extra costs. FL DJJ proposes overhaul and major shift in mission....

Transteens

Transgender teens come from all over New York to find refuge on Christopher Street but soon discover they are underserved by social-services...

Trans Freedom Fighters Help Today’s Trans Teens

Photo by Robert Stolarick In the late 1990s when Carl Siciliano worked at Safe Space, an organization that helped homeless teens, he...