Photo Credit: Office of Congressman Dave Reichert
Rep. Dave Reichert on Foster Care Finance Reform
There are no specifics yet, but over the past month, Rep. Dave Reichert (R-Wash.) has stepped up his emphasis on the need for reforming how foster care is financed. As the Chairman of the Human Resources...
Photo Credit: The Daily Beast
By Lauren Gonzalves Thousands of California foster youth are choosing to remain in the hands of the foster care system past their eighteenth birthdays. They are hoping to make use of the newly extended access to...
With Foster Care Entitlement, Swapping AFDC for TANF Might Not Have the Intended Impact
Last week, the Chronicle ran the first in a series of stories describing how the federal government pays for child welfare; and the movement afoot to reform foster care financing. Federal dollars only flow out...
Foster Youth Caucus goes to Seattle
By: Justin Pye Last month, the Congressional Caucus on Foster Youth held its fifth Listening Tour in Seattle, WA. The visit, including Caucus co-founders Reps. Karen Bass (D-Calif.) and Jim McDermott (D-Wash.) alongside Rep. Dave Reichert (R-Wash.),...
Book Release Gathers the Bay’s Child Welfare Advocates
By Noah Dzuba On June 12th, child welfare advocates from across the San...
Senate Education Bill Moves to Floor with Juvenile Justice, Child Welfare Provisions
An education bill that moved through the Senate Health, Education, Labor and...
Ways and Means Leader Urges Focus on Normalcy for Foster Youth
A group of Congressmen on the House Ways and Means Committee urged...
The Case for a Young Adult Criminal Justice System, by Tracy Velázquez
The traditional view in the United States – which is...
Majority of Calif. Foster Youth Opting for Extended Age Care
by Eric-Michael Wilson Eight out of ten California foster youths have...
Listenbee, Office of Juvenile Justice, Grounded by Sequestration
The leader of the federal juvenile justice agency has curbed...
Group Disputes Justice Dept. Numbers on Youths Victimized in Adult Lockup
A national group advocating for the removal of juveniles from...
With Foster Care Entitlement, Swapping AFDC for TANF Might Not Have the Intended Impact
By John Kelly, June 17, 2013
Last week, the Chronicle ran the first in a series of stories describing how the...
How One Bad Administrative Decision Can Derail a Child’s Life
Advertisement
Youths in TN juvenile correction sites at greater risk of sexual victimization
According to a recent report released by the U.S. Department of Justice, youth in the Tennessee juvenile correction centers are at greater risk of being subject to sexual violence than the national average. To learn more, click here....
Research & Resources Database
Search our database for guides, toolkits, reports – everything you need.
A nice overview here of research on long-term mental health and brain development impacts of childhood histories of abuse and neglect.
Robert Greene of the Los Angeles Times makes the case for an independent commission that can once and for all recommend the right balance and litmus tests for removal and family preservation in the troubled county.
The barriers for seniors to adopt children and older teens have fallen over the years, and more seniors are choosing to adopt, reports Phyllis Korkki of the New York Times.
The San Francisco Chronicle reports on an 11-year-old boy in foster care who was assaulted in a boys home by an older youth, and then attempted suicide.
