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All posts tagged "Child Welfare and Foster Care"
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1.7KNewsSocial workers’ field safety remains concern after killing
Illinois officials are seeking answers after the killing last week of a state child welfare worker during a home visit — the...
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2.9KNewsMonths after pandemic aid lapsed, former foster youth struggling
Not long after the federal government passed a pandemic relief package last December to help former foster youth struggling to make ends...
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2.4K► ReportsHidden pain: Children who lost a parent or caretaker to COVID-19 and what the nation can do to help them
COVID Collaborative and Social Policy Analytics releases a new report highlighting the number of children who have lost parents or caretakers in...
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1.9K► ReportsKids’ Share 2021: Report on federal expenditures on children through 2020 and future projections
The Urban Institute publishes the 15th edition of its annual analysis of federal spending on children and how it will change over...
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3.5KNewsPredictive analytics in child welfare raise concerns
A contentious debate on the value of using predictive analytics within the child welfare system is unfolding between proponents who say the...
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3.0K► ReportsSupportive housing for young people formerly in foster care
The Urban Institute takes a look at the current state of supportive housing for former foster youth across the nation; discussing the...
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1.3KNewsNew Mexico awards $157M in grants to child care providers
New Mexico's child care department is sending millions to child care centers in an effort to keep them in business, awarding grants...
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2.2KNewsGun violence claiming more lives of American teens, children
Gun violence is killing an increasing number of American children, from toddlers caught in crossfires to teenagers gunned down in turf wars,...
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1.2KNewsData on child abuse in New Mexico called into question
Data on child abuse in New Mexico has been called into question after lawmakers raised concerns that the former director of the...
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2.1K► ReportsState of childhood obesity: Reforming our nation’s policies to help all children grow up healthy
The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation releases the latest iteration of its annual report on childhood obesity in the United States, discussing the...
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2.6KNewsPandemic relief for foster youth expires, ending aid to thousands
A pandemic relief bill providing aid to transitional age foster youth will expire today unless Congress makes an 11th-hour decision to extend...
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1.7KNewsNew Mexico education policy director resigns over remarks
An education policy expert has resigned her post at the New Mexico Legislature following a long-simmering controversy over remarks she made about...
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1.6KNewsMigrant children spend weeks at US shelters as more arrive
Five months after the Biden administration declared an emergency and raced to set up shelters to house a record number of children...
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1.8KNewsRecord delta wave hits kids, raises fear as US schools open
With the highly contagious delta variant spreading across the U.S., children are filling hospital intensive care beds instead of classrooms in record...
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1.1KNewsNorth Carolina is child bride destination; bill could end it
North Carolina State lawmakers are nearing passage of a bill that could dampen the state's appeal as the go-to place to bring...
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5.7KNewsBlack children most likely to be investigated by CPS, study says
For a lot of children in the U.S, especially Black kids, a common part of childhood — alongside the typical birthday parties,...
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1.8KNewsNew Mexico to begin distributing $1.8 million in pandemic aid to former foster youth
A first round of pandemic aid payments to young adults transitioning out of foster care is expected to go out this month...
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4.4KNewsCalifornia approves 1st state-funded guaranteed income for former foster youth
California lawmakers on Thursday approved the first state-funded guaranteed income plan in the U.S., $35 million for monthly cash payments to qualifying...
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3.5KNewsChild tax credit payments poised to hit American family bank accounts
Millions of American families with children will start receiving monthly payments this week as a result of the temporary expanded child tax...
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3.1KNewsFired New Mexico child services employees file whistleblower lawsuit
Cliff and Debra Gilmore say they didn’t have any ties to New Mexico when the married couple uprooted from their lives in...
