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All posts tagged "Child Welfare and Foster Care"
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4.5K► ReportsNumber of children separated from their families due to parental substance use has more than doubled
The number of children separated from their families due to parental substance use has more than doubled in the past two decades...
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3.4KNews‘Every day was a bad day’: Children working in agriculture aren’t protected equally
Children as young as 12 can be hired on large farms for jobs like picking tobacco, with no limits on the hours...
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1.6K► Reports2021 national school climate survey: The experiences of LGBTQ+ youth in our nation’s schools
GLSEN releases the latest edition of its biennial flagship report, taking a comprehensive look at the experiences of LGBTQ+ youth in schools...
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2.4KNewsPolice need warrants to search homes. Child welfare agents almost never get one.
By law, ACS caseworkers are not allowed to enter and search a home without either permission to enter or an entry order,...
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1.9KNewsMandatory reporting was supposed to stop severe child abuse. It punishes poor families instead.
“Today, Pennsylvania says ‘No more’ to child abuse,” then-Gov. Tom Corbett declared as he signed the legislation into law in 2014. A...
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1.9KNewsQ&A: Beth Tyson on helping kinship families rebuild trust, fight stigma
Psychotherapist Beth Tyson specializes in helping children who are living with relatives who are not their parents, most often grandparents. Often, this...
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2.0KNewsGirl Scouts Beyond Bars maintains connections between incarcerated mothers and their children
Organizers say the aim of Girl Scouts Beyond Bars is to build relationships between incarcerated mothers and their children. In doing so,...
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3.5KNewsQ&A: Sixto Cancel on prioritizing kinship care for foster youth
Sixto Cancel has truly beat the odds. His innovative approach to leveraging a technology platform geared toward capturing the lived experience of...
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2.8K► PodcastsYouth leaving foster care, juvenile and other systems are aim of Washington housing effort
Implemented in June, HB 1905 establishes a five-year budget of over $5 million to reduce homelessness among those aforementioned groups. Washington’s Office of...
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1.7KNewsYouth mental health is in crisis. Are schools doing enough?
Student mental health reached crisis levels last year, and the pressure on schools to figure out solutions has never been greater. Districts...
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1.6K► Reports2022 KIDS COUNT data book: State trends in child well-being
The Annie E. Casey Foundation releases its 33rd annual report on child well-being across the nation.
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3.5KNews‘Hiding in Plain Sight’: Film probes youth mental illness
Several youth and young adults discuss mental health in this clip from the PBS documentary, “Hiding In Plain Sight: Youth Mental Illness.”...
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2.6KNewsCourt watchers urge change in Florida, which is No. 1 in prosecuting youth as adults
Since 2007, 18 states have raised to 18 the age at which a person can be criminally charged as an adult, according...
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3.7KMagazinesNew Mexico Child Welfare special edition magazine
Take a peek below at our New Mexico Child Welfare magazine cover. One click takes you to our Special Edition: Summer 2022...
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1.5KNewsSome schools hit hard by virus make few changes for new year
As a new school year approaches, COVID-19 infections are again on the rise, fueled by highly transmissible variants, filling families with dread....
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3.2KNewsDo online adoption “heart galleries” do more harm than good?
Two decades ago, it was common practice for the Dave Thomas Foundation for Adoption to advertise the faces of foster youth seeking...
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1.1KAdvertisingRead in-depth coverage of challenges facing youth in New Mexico
Youth Today’s New Mexico Child Welfare: Special Edition Summer 2022 examines the problems facing New Mexico's youth — from foster care to...
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2.0K► NewsmakersJooYeun Chang to be director of child well-being at Doris Duke Charitable Foundation
JooYeun Chang arrives after serving as acting assistant secretary and principal deputy assistant secretary for the Administration for Children and Families for...
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4.6KNewsAfghan teen leads family into new life in America
During a recent visit to a large urban park a few miles from his home in Tulsa, 17-year-old Shahrukh Khalilbeak pushed his...
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1.4KNewsNew Mexico child welfare agency gets funding boost
New Mexico’s child protective services department is set to receive a funding boost officials say will be used to improve services for...
