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All posts tagged "Foster Care"
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The Foster Care Housing Crisis
The Chronicle of Social Change produced this first-of-its-kind report which details the growing problem of the national foster care housing crisis, in...
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3.0KNewsLos Angeles Board Of Supervisors Votes To Launch ‘Historic’ Juvenile Diversion Plan
The Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors voted unanimously Tuesday to adopt an ambitious plan to divert thousands of the county’s youth...
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4.3KGuest Opinion EssayMassachusetts Ruling Offers Rare Insight Into How Child Welfare Agency Really Works
In a previous column, I wrote about the federal law requiring states to make “reasonable efforts” to keep families together...
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1.7KGuest Opinion EssayShooting for the Moon, Taking My Place Among the Stars
Anyone who truly knows me knows I'm not a very emotional person. They'll know I don't like expressing how I feel or...
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3.5KFrom the BureausCalifornia Tries — With Difficulty — to Implement 2 Major New Laws to Help Sex-Trafficked Kids
California is attempting to switch to a victim-centered approach for its sexually trafficked youngsters. But...
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1.9KGuest Opinion EssayColumn Was Based on Incorrect Pennsylvania Statistics About Child Abuse Investigations
Recently Youth Today published a column (“Pennsylvania County Has Wildly High Rate of Needless Child Abuse Investigations”) by Richard Wexler...
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1.6KGuest Opinion EssayQueer Youth Must Get Sexual Health Care While Incarcerated
As “bathroom bills,” military transgender bans and elimination of protections for LGBTQ federal employees demonstrate, we are a long way from a...
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Pennsylvania County Has Wildly High Rate of Needless Child Abuse Investigations
It is child welfare’s equivalent of stop-and-frisk. It happens over and over again, it’s traumatic, it’s usually baseless...
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1.7KGuest Opinion EssayEx-foster Kids Must Stay Strong to Help Those Still in Care
Let me introduce myself, not as Dr. Dorsett, Ph.D., the researcher with professional wisdom to share, but as...
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4.3KNewsU.S. Child Maltreatment Statistics Show Slight Decline From Year to Year
Nearly 700,000 American kids were found to be victims of abuse or neglect in fiscal 2015, and the public ought to...
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1.8KGuest Opinion EssayYouth-Serving Leaders Really Need the Value Add of Good Coaching
In the early fall, I will complete my 11th year at Jobs for the Future and my 46th year working in the...
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Abuse in Foster Care: Research vs. the Child Welfare System’s Alternative Facts
Suppose, hypothetically, you could gather in one room 333 former foster children. Now, suppose you asked how many of them had been...
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Guest Opinion Essay
Bravehearts Demonstrates That Foster Kids Must Be Listened to
Since 1851, The Children’s Village has been serving and caring for children and families. We have always had the very best intentions,...
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7.5KNewsConcerns About Job Corps Safety Continue in Congress
Roughly two years after the homicides of two students prompted a congressional review of Job Corps, federal lawmakers continue to probe for...
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1.5KGuest Opinion EssayNavigating the Path to a Successful Career: New Opportunities for Youth With Disabilities
As any high schooler can tell you, finding paid work experience in today’s economy can be a real challenge. But youth...
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1.3KGuest Opinion EssayRole of Law Enforcement in Our Schools Can Be Supportive, Benign
As fall rolls around, parents and young people are preparing for a new school year. So too are teachers, school...
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2.5KGuest Opinion EssayFoster Youth Need Mentors and Real-world Experience
Many people don't like teenage fosters because by the time they are a certain age, they become "unruly" and "know it alls."...
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Navigating the Path to a Successful Career: The Vitality of Vital Records
In today’s world, having access to your vital records (birth certificate, Social Security card, state ID card) is, in fact, vital. The...
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5.2KGuest Opinion EssayWe Need to Work on Barriers to Educational Success for Youth Who Age Out of Foster Care
Foster care placement has been described as the most tragic experience faced by a child because it introduces instability...
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6.6KGuest Opinion EssayDomestic Violence Survivors Say Mandatory Reporting Laws Made Their Lives Worse
In a previous column about the harm done to battered women and their children by child protective services agencies, I told the...
