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All posts tagged "foster system"
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1.9KNewsHow a partisan budget battle worsened Illinois’ foster care crisis
Illinois foster kids are staying in social workers' offices, conference centers and jails.
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541GrantsTrauma-informed services for troubled foster youth grants
GRANT FOCUS: Foster Care/Youth, Trauma, Mental/Behavioral Health, System-involved Youth | Amount: $750,000 - $1,000,000 | Deadline: July 31, 2023
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954► ReportsFostering youth transitions 2023
A new report compiles and examines data on foster youth ages 14 to 21.
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1.6KNewsReport: 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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1.3KNewsQ&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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3.2K► 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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2.0KGuest Opinion Essay
Texas 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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1.9KNewsGeorgia aims to keep more kids out of foster care with new specialist teams
Georgia plans to launch a new program this summer intended to prevent children from entering the foster care system. The $1.5 million...
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3.6K► NewsmakersYouth Villages Names Jessica Foster Chief Strategy Officer
Youth Villages recently named Jessica Foster as its new chief strategy officer. The appointment is a promotion from within, as Foster has...
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6.2KFrom the BureausFor Youth In Foster Care in New York City, Anxieties Over College, Aging Out Remain
They had it all planned out. Christina Young and her roommate would share an Uber together and make sure they got to...
