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All posts tagged "Foster Care"
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2.1KNewsAs fentanyl use rises among teens, Arizona requires naloxone in foster homes
In 2021, 44 Arizona children died from fentanyl overdoses.
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2.2KNewsReport: Fewer teens in foster care, but less than half find permanent homes
By 2021, neglect was the leading cause the system removed teens from their families.
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1.3KNewsHere’s how an AI tool may flag parents with disabilities
The tool's widely-used algorithm may discriminate against people with disabilities or other protected groups.
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2.9KNewsAn accidental experiment during COVID suggests too many children are removed to foster care
Experts warned child abuse would rise during COVID. These researchers found otherwise.
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4.4KGuest Opinion EssayNew York’s mandatory reporter training wants to have it both ways. That’s an improvement.
New York’s new online mandated reporter training course is less awful than its predecessors.
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2.3KGuest Opinion EssayA state is being sued for warehousing children with disabilities in foster care
The lawsuit alleges that North Carolina children are isolated in restrictive, clinically inappropriate placements.
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4.0KNewsFor foster youth, new restrictions make abortion access even more difficult
And less than a third of teens in foster care receive birth control information.
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1.6KNewsQ&A: Reporter Roxanna Asgarian’s upcoming book dives deep into the murder-suicide that killed six adopted Black children
There's a larger story behind the Hart murder-suicide, Asgarian says.
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3.7KGuest Opinion EssayYou don’t need a task force to tell you why institutionalized children run
Children run away from out-of-home placements because they are in out-of-home placements. Institutionalization is inherently harmful, inherently traumatic and almost never necessary....
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2.0KFrom the Bureaus‘You’re not alone’: How a California school district created a community for children in foster care
“The program is looking to close the achievement gaps for kids in foster care,” said Jenna Mendez, Corona-Norco Unified School District's foster...
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4.5K► ReportsNumber of children separated from their families due to parental substance use has more than doubled
The number of children separated from their families due to parental substance use has more than doubled in the past two decades...
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793GrantsLong-term foster care for unaccompanied migrant children program grants
GRANT FOCUS: Immigrant Children/Youth, Unaccompanied Children, Foster Care, Child/Youth Welfare | Amount: $500,000 - $12,000,000 | Deadline: Nov. 29, 2022
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1.9KNewsQ&A: Beth Tyson on helping kinship families rebuild trust, fight stigma
Psychotherapist Beth Tyson specializes in helping children who are living with relatives who are not their parents, most often grandparents. Often, this...
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1.3KNewsThese foster kids need mental health care. New Mexico is putting them in homeless shelters.
This story was originally published by ProPublica. Hours after Jaidryon Platero attempted suicide, an employee of New Mexico’s child welfare agency visited...
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1.2KNewsSocial Security boost will help millions of kids, too
Social Security's cost of living adjustment, otherwise known as the COLA, for 2023 is expected to be around 9% or even higher,...
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2.1KGuest Opinion EssayTexas caseworkers give us a lesson in whose lives matter
Sixteen current and former employees of the Texas Department of Family and Protective Services (DFPS) have filed an amicus brief as part...
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3.5KNewsQ&A: Sixto Cancel on prioritizing kinship care for foster youth
Sixto Cancel has truly beat the odds. His innovative approach to leveraging a technology platform geared toward capturing the lived experience of...
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2.8K► PodcastsYouth leaving foster care, juvenile and other systems are aim of Washington housing effort
Implemented in June, HB 1905 establishes a five-year budget of over $5 million to reduce homelessness among those aforementioned groups. Washington’s Office of...
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3.2KNewsDo online adoption “heart galleries” do more harm than good?
Two decades ago, it was common practice for the Dave Thomas Foundation for Adoption to advertise the faces of foster youth seeking...
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851GrantsAt-risk and foster youth transitional living support program grants
GRANT FOCUS: Foster Youth, At-risk Youth, Transitional Living, Youth Services, Youth Welfare, System-involved Youth | Amount: Up to $825,000 | Deadline: Aug. 15,...
