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Governor Gretchen Whitmer announced the new state budget will help the Michigan Department of Health and Human Services (MDHHS) improve and increase support for foster parents. “The bipartisan budget I... (Read more)

The Department of Human Services (DHS) released their annual Child Protective Services report on Monday. The 173-page report highlights the data on the efforts put forward by the state to... (Read more)

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)

Read the letter from former ACF Assistant Secretary January Contreras on the actions ACF has taken for LGBTQI+ Families and Youth here .(Read more)

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)

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)

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)

“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)

The Playbook is intended to serve as a tool for states to further impactful policy solutions that strengthen youth mental health. Nationally, the current state of youth mental health is... (Read more)

As part of Generations United’s diverse intergenerational programs initiative, we commissioned this report to highlight the intentional and creative ways that organizations are combatting systemic racism by prioritizing the voices... (Read more)