Earlier this month, I wrote a story about how Los Angeles County was considering using ridesharing services like Uber to improve “family visitation.” The problem in L.A. and across the…
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Family First Act, Proposed Overhaul of IV-E, Dies as Senate Adjourns
The U.S. Senate adjourned this afternoon, and in doing so ended any chance for the Family First Prevention Services Act of 2016, a bill that would have dramatically altered the…
Adoption · Child Welfare · Finance Reform · Opinion
Adoption Advocates Urge Congress to “Put Families First”
Many of us have spent years aggressively advocating for families and for children and youth in foster care who cannot return home. This year, we have an opportunity on Capitol…
California Restricts Use of Solitary Confinement Practices at Juvenile Facilities
California Governor Jerry Brown signed legislation yesterday that will restrict the use of solitary confinement in juvenile facilities in the state, capping a lengthy legislative effort by advocates to curb…
Juvenile Justice · Subscriber Content · Youth Services Insider
Juvenile Transfers to Adult Court: A Lingering Outcome of the Super-Predator Craze
Twenty years ago, in a speech at Keene State College in New Hampshire, then-First Lady Hillary Clinton made a comment about juvenile crime that Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump called…
Child Welfare · Finance Reform · Opinion
Family First Needed to Stop Child Deaths
“1 month, 12 days died suddenly.” The obituary of Brayden Cummings provided a wake-up call about the most vulnerable and forgotten victims of the heroin and prescription opioid epidemic. Brayden…
Child Welfare · Featured · Finance Reform · Opinion
Family First in Historical Perspective
The Family First Prevention Services Act of 2016 has been a year in the making, a carefully negotiated piece of legislation that combines a bipartisan interest in expanding federal resources…
Children's Mental Health · Featured · News
Brown Signs Bill to Close Mental Health Gap for California’s “Out-of-County” Foster Youth
California Governor Jerry Brown signed legislation on Monday that aims to resolve issues preventing kids placed in out-of-county foster homes from getting needed mental health treatment. About one in five…
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