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Can reductions in child poverty impact involvement with child protective services? Journal Article Summary
In 2019, the National Academy of Sciences (NAS) released A Roadmap to Reducing Child Poverty , which included four policy proposals to reduce the number of children living in poverty... (Read more)
Published Aug 28, 2023
Transition to Adulthood & Independent Living Outreach Toolkit
Youth in foster care face several challenges as they approach adulthood and prepare for self-sufficiency and independent living, and many struggle to achieve self-reliance. Youth in out-of-home care may face... (Read more)
Published Aug 28, 2023
Child Welfare Practice to Address Racial Disproportionality and Disparity
The child welfare field has moved from acknowledging the problem of systemic racial and ethnic disproportionality and disparity to formulating and implementing solutions. As jurisdictions and agencies evaluate their systems... (Read more)
Published Aug 28, 2023
Proud of ACF’s Actions for LGBTQI+ Families and Youth
Read the letter from former ACF Assistant Secretary January Contreras on the actions ACF has taken for LGBTQI+ Families and Youth here .(Read more)
Published Aug 28, 2023
CYFD working out new systems after deciding to allow foster children to keep benefits
The Children, Youth, and Families Department recently decided to allow children in state custody to keep federal benefits owed to them, instead of using those payments to support foster care... (Read more)
Published Aug 28, 2023
Credit union offers bank accounts for foster youth
In her work at a foster-care group home, Blaire Haggett noticed the young people faced a particularly intractable challenge. They would often earn money at jobs or receive money to... (Read more)
Published Aug 28, 2023
California Weighs More Robust Support for Aging-Out Foster Youth
Mindful of exorbitant housing costs and the ongoing struggles of former foster youth, California lawmakers hope to upgrade a decades-old program designed to prepare young people raised in government custody... (Read more)
Published Aug 28, 2023
New DCYF director says his priority is reducing number of children in residential treatment programs
MANCHESTER, N.H. — Child protection and youth reform are best and most effective when it happens close to home, according to the new director of the New Hampshire Division... (Read more)
Published Aug 28, 2023
Racism in Foster System
For no other reason than poverty, Black moms are at the whim of the social service system that keeps them in the spotlight of mandated reporters who are trained to... (Read more)
Published Aug 28, 2023
Kansas foster care providers and staff debate ways to reduce racism in system
“When you think about what systems are doing, are they cracking the egg from the outside, which ends life and ability and resources and opportunities for Black people, or are... (Read more)
Published Aug 28, 2023
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