Youth Today
All posts tagged "Child Welfare and Foster Care"
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News Briefs: Archives 2011 & Earlier
CWLA Partners with Adoption Institute
Citing tough economic times, two major child welfare organizations have formed a “strategic partnership” to take advantage of each other’s strengths...
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Guest Opinion Essay
Minding Our Peas and Cukes
Several years ago, when foundations and policymakers discovered the obesity crisis in our country – seemingly overnight – I thought we...
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Archives: 2014 & Earlier
My daughter’s foster mothers helped us build a bond
Rise, New York During my first visit with my daughter, I felt like a father again. Her eyes lit up and I...
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Extending Foster Care to Age 21: Benefits, Costs and Opportunities for States
Chapin Hall and National Governors Association This Web conference examines the possible impact of the Fostering Connections to Success and Increasing...
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Trends in Child Health 1997-2006: Assessing Racial/Ethnic Disparities in Diagnoses of ADHD/ADD and of Learning Disability
Joint Center for Political and Economic Studies Although it makes no effort to establish possible causes, and some of its findings...
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Synthesis of 10 Case Studies: Exploring Medicaid and SCHIP Enrollment Trends and Their Links to Policy and Practice
Robert Wood Johnson Foundation (RWJF) Simplified or joint forms, the elimination of face-to-face interviews, a centralized system for eligibility processing and...
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Rite of Passage? Why Young Adults Become Uninsured and How New Policies Can HelpThe Commonwealth Fund
More than 13 million young people ages 19 to 29 lacked health insurance coverage in 2007 because of the structure of...
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School Meal Program Participation and Its Association with Dietary Patterns and Childhood Obesity
U.S. Department of Agriculture, Economic Research Service Eat a good breakfast. That’s the bottom line on this federal study of eating...
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Archives: 2014 & Earlier
Disability.gov
http://www.disability.gov/ Managed by the U.S. Department of Labor’s Office of Disability Employment Policy (ODEP), in partnership with 21 other federal agencies, the...
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Fathering with Multiple Partners Associated with Poor Outcomes in Early Childhood
Child Trends Children whose fathers have offspring with multiple partners experience increased behavioral problems and poorer physical health early in life,...
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Fathering with Multiple Partners Associated with Poor Outcomes in Early Childhood
Child Trends Children whose fathers have offspring with multiple partners experience increased behavioral problems and poorer physical health early in life,...
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News
The Lion’s Legacy
When it comes to legislating on behalf of Americans most in need of federal assistance, few congressmen have a legacy with the...
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How Florida Failed 7-year-old Suicide Victim
Doctors, caseworkers, judges and agency providers in Florida’s foster care system are often poorly-informed and need education and training when it...
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Funding: Archives 2014 & Earlier
Even the Hedge Fund Group Is Hurting
In this failing economy, it isn’t surprising that many children’s charities are suffering from lower income. But even a group that...
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Funding: Archives 2014 & Earlier
OBAMA JOB WATCH
Nobody in consideration wants to talk about it. Nobody who supports someone for one of the jobs wants to be quoted. Such...
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Funding: Archives 2014 & Earlier
Even the Hedge Fund Group Is Hurting
In this failing economy, it isn’t surprising that many children’s charities are suffering from lower income. But even a group that...
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News
Health Care Bill Could Require States to Keep Juvies on Medicaid
An amendment added to the enormous health care reform bill passed by the House Energy and Commerce Committee would require states to...
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Reducing Obesity: Policy Strategies from the Tobacco Wars
Urban Institute The first challenge for the 100-plus people who flowed into Urban Institute’s Washington offices last week to talk about...
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News Briefs: Archives 2011 & Earlier
New Tobacco Law Aims at Youth Smoking
By Megan A. Conlan The new federal law that will allow the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to regulate the tobacco industry also...
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News
Basic Training
More than a year after a spate of deaths among children known to Colorado’s child welfare system, the state is creating a...
