All posts tagged "Child Welfare and Foster Care"

• Harriet Boorhem: Youth Today’s Online Diarist

  Note: To provide some context for what follows: Ms. Boorhem is writing about her belief that the U.S. Department of Housing and...

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  Foster Children with Incarcerated Parents a Murky Subject for States, Report Finds

  States child welfare agencies are resistant to pursuing reunification with parents – 30,000 or more – who are incarcerated while their child...

• Funding: Archives 2014 & Earlier

  Foster Care Waiver Bill Passes House and Senate

  A bill that would permit states to spend federal child welfare funds to experiment with new strategies, passed the House earlier this...

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  Kondracke to Retire as Head of America’s Promise

  Marguerite Kondracke, president and CEO of America’s Promise Alliance, announced today that she plans to retire and the organization has begun a...

• Hospitalizations for Alcohol and Drug Overdoses in Young Adults Ages 18-24 in the United States

  The National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism The National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism, part of the National Institutes of...

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  Overview of Relevant Employment Laws and Cases of Sex Offenders at Child Care Facilities

  U.S. Government Accountability Office This U.S. Government Accountability Office study looked at state laws governing sex offenders’ employment in child-care facilities and...

• Funding: Archives 2014 & Earlier

  Senate Approps Approves Health, Labor and Education Spending Bill

  Note: This story was updated on Sept. 29 The Senate Appropriation Committee approved a spending bill for the Departments of Education, Labor,...

• Foster Care Until 21 Should Be the Rule, Not the Exception

  It has become the most poignant image of foster care in America: the plastic garbage bag. That’s the luggage that 18-year-olds often...

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  Abusive Head Trauma Cases Involving Young Children Increased During Recession

  Abusive Head Trauma During a Time of Increased Unemployment: A Multicenter Analysis Pediatrics The number of abusive head trauma injuries to children...

• Funding: Archives 2014 & Earlier

  Weekly Notes: Juvenile Justice Appropriations set up potential battle of youth advocates; North Carolina partners invest in juvenile drug treatment; and more

  ***As reported yesterday, the Senate Appropriations Committee approved a spending bill for the Department of Justice, which includes $251 million for the...

• School Bus Safety Is Stuck in Idle

  Children typically get an earful if they neglect to put on their seat belts. But many kids who ride a school bus...

• Funding: Archives 2014 & Earlier

  Senate Approps Cuts Federal Juvenile Programs Deeply, But Funds All of Them

  The Senate Appropriations Committee approved a spending bill this afternoon that would fund the Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention Programs...

• It’s not the recession, it’s the RESPONSE to the recession

  The long decline in the number of children in foster care slowed significantly in 2010 and the decline in entries into care...

• News Briefs: Archives 2011 & Earlier

  For Police, Demand and Supply of Training on Juveniles Going in Opposite Directions

  The need for training on juvenile justice issues is great at a time when funding for such training is declining in many...

• Harriet Boorhem: Youth Today’s Online Diarist

  It’s awesome and a bit scary to see your children speak out on issues about which they are passionate. I have two...

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  Newsmakers September 2011

  Nonprofits The Girl Scouts of the USA selected one of its own to succeed Kathy Cloninger as its chief executive officer. Anna...

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  Child Maltreatment: Strengthening National Data on Child Fatalities Could Aid in Prevention,

  Government Accountability Office Officially, the number of children who died of maltreatment in the United States in 2009 was 1,770. That’s the...

• Funding: Archives 2014 & Earlier

  Youth Today Breakdown of State Spending on Child Welfare, Juvenile Justice and Youth

  Last Updated: August 15 Since the U.S. economy went into a tailspin in 2008, states have faced tough choices on spending. Significant...

• Weekly Notes: Mari Kay Bickett on the future of the Judges’ Council; Justice nixes two juvenile grants; Beyond Scared Straight 2.0; and more

  ***Day 939 of the Obama administration and still no nominee to serve as administrator of the Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency...

• Judges’ Council Discusses Gay Youth, Checklists for Judges

  Former Florida juvenile and family court judge Irene Sullivan agreed to check out the National Council of Juvenile and Family Court Judges...