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All posts tagged "Foster Care"
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4.8KOpinionProposed Family First Regulations May Harm Kinship Care of Youth in Foster System
The Family First Act, that vastly overhyped law that, according to those doing the hyping, is supposed to revolutionize child welfare finance...
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3.9KOpinionHigher Education for Youth in Care Must Be A Higher Priority for Child Welfare
In an op-ed of mine Youth Today published in March, I challenged the child welfare community to think more expansively about our...
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11.3KNewsWhat’s Hindering Most Youth in Foster Care From Studying After High School?
Early on, many youth in foster care develop a certain resourcefulness that allows them to navigate thorny situations and push through layers...
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4.1KOpinionHousing Help Can Be a Child Welfare Intervention
Imagine being a parent who, despite your best efforts, cannot afford safe and adequate housing. Imagine that because of low earning power,...
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1.7KGrantsOklahoma Foster Care Family Transportation Improvement Program Grant
Subject: Foster Care, Child/Youth Welfare, Safety, Family Support | Deadline: Dec. 1, 2018 | Amount: Up to $1,000,000
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22.1KOpinionCAPTA Law Codifies Everything Wrong With How We ‘Fight’ Child Abuse
Elizabeth Eden chose the wrong morning to eat a poppy seed bagel for breakfast. Then she chose the wrong hospital to give...
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3.3K► NewsmakersSandra Gasca-Gonzalez is New VP of the Center for Systems Innovation at the Annie E. Casey Foundation
Sandra Gasca-Gonzalez has been appointed vice president of the Annie E. Casey Foundation’s (AECF) Center for Systems Innovation.
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4.4KOpinionNetwork Model of Emotional Peer Support Groups Eases Stress for Foster Parents, Staff
Here at Graham Windham, a youth development and family organization located in New York City, we rely heavily on data and ways...
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55.5KOpinionWhy It’s So Easy to Troll Someone With Anonymous Child Abuse Report
When she first learned that journalist and Black Lives Matter activist Shaun King and his family were being harassed by a troll...
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5.0KOpinionParents Need to Go Into Foster Care, Not the Children
It’s no secret the foster care system is completely broken. Yet, there is a way to fix it.
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8.9KOpinionTampa Child Welfare Puts Too Many Kids in Foster Care Due to Media Fear, State Report Says
Responding to revelations by Tampa, Florida television station WFLA-TV, revelations that included foster children forced to spend their days, and sometimes nights,...
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4.1KOpinionLos Angeles Meeting Foster Care Challenges With Simulation Labs, More Social Workers, Mentoring
I know from experience the precarious start so many of the children in the foster care system face. I myself was living...
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4.2KOpinionFoster Kids Need Consistent, Caring Adult — a Full-time Mentor
Imagine if we could give every child in foster care a consistent, caring adult who walked alongside them for 12½ years, no...
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6.6KOpinionChild Welfare Policy Around Opioids Driven By Ignorance and Arrogance
At first glance, a “research brief” issued in March by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services concerning opioids and child...
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7.1KNewsEvery State’s Extended Foster Care Policies Now Available in New Database
The Juvenile Law Center released a new tool today that could help policymakers and advocates better understand and serve older youth —...
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5.5KFrom the BureausLA Foster Families Suffer As Stipends Are Delayed By Bottleneck in Foster Reform
Destiny Adams was driving on Balboa Boulevard, on the way to visit her two younger sisters, when she got the call.
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2.2KOpinionBig Picture Learning Could Help Disrupt the Foster-care-to-prison Pipeline
Humans of Restorative Justice (HORJ) stories highlight the incredible individuals working to build and restore strong relationships in their communities. They are...
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1.6KGrantsChild Welfare System Improvement Grants
Subject: Child/Youth Welfare, Adoption, Foster Care | Deadline: July 18, 2018 | Amount: $1,000,000 - $1,610,000
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3.2KOpinionMentoring Programs Need to Experiment With What Works Best for Foster Youth
If you work with youth in foster care, you know that every child is unique with specific needs, strengths and opportunities. It...
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Children/Youth with Special Healthcare Needs Family and Professional Support Program Grants
Subject: Child/Youth Welfare, Health, Family Support, Healthcare | Deadline: June 18, 2018 | Amount: Up to $96,750
