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Funding: Archives 2014 & Earlier

TANF Should Not Be a Child Welfare Slush Fund

Had Madonna decided to adopt her children from, say, Michigan instead of Malawi, she would have saved herself a lot of grief,...

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Suicide Forces Attention on Plight of Older Foster Youth

The suicide of a teenager shortly after aging out of foster care has ignited a public debate in Hawaii about the struggles...

Archives: 2014 & Earlier

Mad Men and My Own Tobacco Pledge

I love Mad Men. I don’t know if it’s because I grew up in the time period it takes place, the early...

Top Headlines: Archives 2014 & Earlier

Top Headlines 11/3

Child Welfare Susan Hamilton, the head of Connecticut’s child welfare agency, has told staff that she will resign Jan. 4, when Gov....

Funding: Archives 2014 & Earlier

Study Says Nurse Visitation Helps Rural Teens

As the federal government pours more money into nurse home visitation programs for new mothers, a study released this week indicates two...

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Variations in Pregnancy Outcomes Following a Statewide Implementation of a Prenatal Home Visitation Program

As the federal government pours more money into nurse home visitation programs for new mothers, a study released this week indicates two...

News Briefs: Archives 2011 & Earlier

California Extends Foster Care to 21

The state with the nation’s most foster youths will no longer just cut them loose when they turn 18. California Gov. Arnold...

News Briefs: Archives 2011 & Earlier

Pew Center Supports Research On Home Visitation Programs

The Pew Center has established 12 new home-visiting research projects to provide policymakers with greater information about how to improve state-based visitation...

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Uninsured Children: Who Are They and Where Do They Live?

Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Though the number of uninsured children has been declining since the late 1990s, as many as 9.3 million...

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Privatizing Child Welfare Gets Painful

The move to privatize child welfare services, which some states have pursued as a cornerstone of reform, has become painful for just...

Gay Youth Rock, Despite Hardships

LGBTQ [lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and queer] youth have been a rising topic in the media as of late and the circumstances...

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Nearly Half of Energy Consumed by Kids are “Empty” calories

Where Kids Get Their Empty Calories America’s children are in large part ignoring the layout of the food pyramid, according to a...

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Education Department to Schools: Protect Against Bullying or Risk Federal Funding

The Department of Education (DOE) notified schools and colleges today that it intends to penalize systems that refuse to address pervasive problems...

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CWLA to Obama: Where’s the Youth Conference?

The Child Welfare League of America (CWLA) felt a bit put out by the Community College Summit held at the White House...

Schools Feed Dinner to Low-Income Youths

While schools have long provided free and reduced-priced breakfast and lunch to low-income youths, public schools in Washington, D.C., have gone much...

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Florida Will Not Appeal Ruling on Adoptions by Gays

The fight over gay adoptions in Florida is officially over. The state’s Department of Children and Families (DCF) announced Tuesday that –...

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Supreme Court to Decide if Warrants Needed for Some Abuse Cases

The U.S. Supreme Court agreed on Tuesday to hear two Oregon cases on whether a warrant is needed for a social workers...

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Study: CPS Investigations Didn’t Improve Risks for Children

Investigations by Child Protective Services in cases of suspected maltreatment did not result in any improvement in the at-risk factors for the...

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Children of Immigrants: 2008 State Trends Update

The number of children, ages 0 to 17, in the United States with immigrant parents increased to 16.5 million in 2008 from...

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An Update to ‘Simulating the Effect of the ‘Great Recession’ on Poverty’

Brookings Institution Center on Children & Families A new study suggests that the economic recession will continue to affect national poverty levels...