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Youth Transitioning from Foster Care: Background, Federal Programs and Issues for Congress

Open Congressional Research Service Eight pending bills propose changes to the Chafee Foster Care Independence Program, which allocates funds to states annually...

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Parenting a Child Who Has Been Sexually Abused: A Guide for Foster and Adoptive Parents

The guide provides information for the foster and adoptive parents of children who have been sexually abused, and lists potential signs of...

Status Offenders Detained: By the Numbers

The JJPDA Reauthorization bill that just made it through the Senate Judiciary Committee originally clamped down hard on the use of the...

News Briefs: Archives 2011 & Earlier

Scam Targets Child Support Money

The FBI is warning parents who use EPPICards to receive child support payments to guard against giving their personal information to scammers...

News Briefs: Archives 2011 & Earlier

Elian Gonzalez Moves On

Elian Gonzalez, the boy who became the center of an international political battle when he was forcibly taken from relatives in Florida...

Archives: 2014 & Earlier

As Teenagers Leave Group Homes, a Challenge Placing Those Who Remain

New York Times Eight months into New York City’s initiative to move hundreds of troubled youth from group homes into foster care,...

Archives: 2014 & Earlier

School Buses with Old, Worn Tires Transporting Children

ABC-15 KNXV-TV Phoenix Tires are the only thing connecting vehicles to the road, and when they get old, they can be a...

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Youth Risk Behavior Surveillance – United States, 2007

U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) Today’s high school students are significantly less likely to engage in various risky health...

Archives: 2014 & Earlier

The National Center for Adoption Law and Policy

http://www.law.capital.edu/adoption The center seeks to improve child protection and adoption policies through education, advocacy and research. It offers a weekly roundup of...

Archives: 2014 & Earlier

TeenGrowth

http://www.teengrowth.com This site offers youth a secure environment in which to search for, request and receive health care information on alcohol, drugs,...

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Bill Would Ban Detention for Status Offenders

A ban on detaining juvenile status offenders and money for mental health services were added to the Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention...

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Gerald Named CFSA Interim Director Despite Prior Sexual Incident

Roque R. Gerald, who this week was named interim head of the District of Columbia’s Child and Family Services Agency (CFSA), admitted...

Archives: 2014 & Earlier

Hispanic vs. Black Adoptions

In many states, Hispanic youth account for a growing slice of adoptions, while black youth account for less. Why? Since 1998, the...

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D.C. Child Welfare Head Resigns After Second Death in a Month

Sharlynn E. Bobo, the embattled director of the D.C. Child and Family Services Agency (CFSA), resigned late Wednesday night (July 17), a...

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Michigan Settles Foster Care Lawsuit

The state of Michigan has agreed to implement major reforms in its foster care system under a settlement reached in a class...

Funding: Archives 2014 & Earlier

Medicaid Rule Changes Delayed

Medicaid rules that would slash funds spent on youth in the child welfare and juvenile justice systems have been delayed because of...

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House Passes Bill to Monitor Residential Facilities

By Grace Lavigne A congressional bill that began as an attempt to regulate privately run residential programs for troubled adolescents has expanded...

News Briefs: Archives 2011 & Earlier

Alabama Breaks Free

Alabama’s child welfare system is finally free from oversight after a lawsuit that began 20 years ago. But James Tucker is still...

News Briefs: Archives 2011 & Earlier

Advocates Angry Over Policy to Take Newborns

Some child welfare watchdogs are aghast over a new policy that says New York City should remove newborns from parents if those...

Employment: Archives 2014 & Earlier

Bill Would Boost Staff Training

The often-beleaguered child welfare work force would get a boost under legislation introduced in late April by Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton (D-N.Y.)....