Youth Today
All posts tagged "Child Welfare and Foster Care"
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Weekly Notes: ACF Funding; Michigan’s Plan for Reform; Florida’s Potential CW Drug Problem; and more
Those who have read our first subject-related blog, JJ Today, know our routine: We try to post original pieces throughout the week,...
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Welcome to CW Today!
This is the first of many updates on our new online feature, CW Today. Something between a blog and a newsletter, our...
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Funding: Archives 2014 & Earlier
From GrantsToday …
OJJDP announced a new funding opportunity for mentoring youth in foster care. Check it out, along with other grants available, at GrantsToday.
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► Reports
Supporting Youth in Transition to Adulthood
The report focuses particularly on “crossover youth,” who are known to the child welfare agency and have spent time in juvenile custody...
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Funding: Archives 2014 & Earlier
Help Decide Who Gets Stimulus Grants
Several federal agencies are looking for peer and grant reviewers to help with the increased volume of solicitations for the stimulus funds....
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News Briefs: Archives 2011 & Earlier
More Caseworkers, More Pay, More Turnover
While the most common prescriptions for fixing overburdened child welfare systems are to decrease staff caseloads and increase salaries, here’s a new...
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News Briefs: Archives 2011 & Earlier
Network Aims to Help Aging Out Youth
The National Governors Association’s Center for Best Practices last month named seven states to participate in a new Learning Network aimed at...
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News Briefs: Archives 2011 & Earlier
Court Finds Political Bias in FDA; Orders OTC Access and New Review of Plan B
Teenage girls 16 and younger could soon have unrestricted access to a controversial over-the-counter contraceptive known as Plan B. A federal judge...
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Archives: 2014 & Earlier
Dozens in CPS Have Criminal Records and CPS Standards for Hiring Can be Strict, or Minimal
THE SACRAMENTO BEE A special investigation by The Sacramento Bee, in which reporters cross-referenced the names of 969 employees of Sacramento...
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Archives: 2014 & Earlier
The Smokestack Effect: Toxic Air and America’s Schools
USA TODAY An eight-month investigation into air toxicity levels outside America’s schools revealed potentially severe health risks to children that have gone...
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Archives: 2014 & Earlier
Long Island Officials: Unlicensed Child Care a Growing Problem
Newsday The death of 2-year-old Olivia Raspanti at a day care center on Long Island has underlined what New York officials say...
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Archives: 2014 & Earlier
Robert Roberson
Robert Roberson Youth Adviser Violence-Free Zone Milwaukee, Wis. (414) 294-2490 www.cneonline.org Age: 30 Salary: Between $30,000 and $35,000. My Organization: The Violence-Free...
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Guest Opinion Essay
The Problem with Sebelius: Tolerating Dishonesty, for Starters
Perhaps it’s inevitable with two wars and an economic crisis going on, but it is still disappointing that child welfare is not...
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Guest Opinion Essay
Our Job: Dispel Myths about Homeless Youth
Every December, we hold a legislative open house in our drop-in center to which we invite Vermont legislators to come and learn...
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Archives: 2014 & Earlier
Street Child
Justin Reed EarlyAuthorHouse (self-published)289 pages. $19.99 ($15.99 paperback). Justin Early is a survivor. In his late 30s, an invitation to serve on...
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Archives: 2014 & Earlier
Help Starts Here
http://www.helpstartshere.org In a partnership with several schools of social work, this National Association of Social Workers site educates the public and connects...
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Archives: 2014 & Earlier
TeenHealthFX
www.teenhealthfx.com Funded by two hospitals and maintained with help from teens and community leaders, the site addresses such emotional health issues as...
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► Reports
Helping Former Foster Youth Graduate from College: Campus Support Programs in California and Washington State
Chapin Hall at the University of Chicago This report explores campus-based support programs that seek to remove barriers that former foster youths...
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Archives: 2014 & Earlier
Watch: Foster Care in America
Video About Foster Care in America
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► Reports
State Practices for Assessing Health Needs, Facilitating Service Delivery and Monitoring Children’s Care
The GAO found that every state mandates physical exams for children upon entering foster care, and most conduct screening for developmental and...
