All posts tagged "Child Welfare and Foster Care"

Top Headlines 9/6

Education Education chief pushes for later start to school day. California drops some standardized tests. Child Welfare Kansas City Dioceses Ombudsman sees...

Top Headlines 9/4

Education Delaware governor lends support to Common Core. Is technology really the answer to school performance problems? Obama’s changes to NCLB. Kindergarten...

California Survey Shows Troubling Portrait of Children’s Lives

San Jose Mercury News / (MCT) PALO ALTO — More than 4 percent of seventh-graders have brought a gun to school, more...

Sesame Street Workshop Helps Kids with Incarcerated Parents

Kharon Benson reads letters from his imprisoned father. At age 10, Benson found out that his father was not in the military...

State to Boost Care for Medicaid Youths

Via The Seattle Times / (MCT):  In what all sides hailed as a landmark agreement, the state of Washington has agreed to fundamentally change the...

Top Headlines 8/27

Juvenile Justice Protect kids from the dangers of false confessions. States seek answers to juvenile life without parole ruling. Illinois youth prison...

Top Headlines 8/22

Juvenile Justice MacArthur Foundation commits 15 million dollars to establish centers for juvenile justice reform. Education Majority of Americans oppose free education...

Top Headlines 8/21

Juvenile Justice State officials visiting site of Florida riot. 911 tapes of riot released. Education DOE grants Pennsylvania’s request to ignore No...

ABA Urges US to Promote Housing as a Human Right

Governments should promote the “human right to housing,” according to a resolution passed by the American Bar Association (ABA). “The American Bar...

Agencies Share Lessons in Quest to Build Better Programs

Partnerships. Data-sharing. Professional development. These are among the top priorities for program providers within the evolving field of expanded learning. Implementing a...

What All Youth Sports Program Managers Should Know

The Ebinport youth football team runs onto the field at Bank of America Stadium in Charlotte, N.C., prior to the preseason game...

Sports Safety: A Second Opinion

Dr. Steve Rowson, of Virginia Tech’s Center for Injury Biomechanics, recently released a report evaluating injuries in youth football. “There are more...

Top Headlines 8/20

Juvenile Justice CT senator calls for national reform of juvenile justice. Education NY schools policy calls for mediation and counseling in response...

Detector Protector: High School Athlete Dedicates Off-Field Time to Concussion Sensor Device Development

Braeden Benedict poses for a portrait at Palos Verdes Peninsula High School in Rolling Hills Estates, Calif., on Feb. 28, 2012. Benedict...

Top Headlines 8/16

Child Welfare Number of Oklahoma kids in custody rising. Examining the links between child welfare services and sex trafficking. Experts urge patience...

Where Teens Seek Online Privacy Advice

Childhood Economic Strains in Predicting Substance Use in Emerging Adulthood

Child Abuse: Mandatory Reporting and Best Practices

Two brothers enrolled in an after-school program participate irregularly – daily one week and then not at all the next. The program...

Child Abuse Reporting Process: Q&A

Note: this information is not meant to provide legal advice. Because laws and procedures vary by state, anyone working with young people...

Best Practices

Best Practices Child abuse and neglect is a thorny problem, but there are programs that have been proven successful in reducing abuse...