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More Than 12,000 California Youth are Homeless. What’s Being Done to Change That?

February 11, 2019 Sara Tiano, Staff Writer, The Chronicle of Social Change Comments Off

On any given night in 2018, 159,911 youth younger than 25 across the country were homeless — 36,361 of them on their own. One-third of them were in California. As the homeless youth population declines […]

Report: Majority of LGBTQ Youth Report Being Bullied or Harassed

June 22, 2018 Christie Renick, Southwest Editor, The Chronicle of Social Change Comments Off

Youth who identify as LGBTQ are very likely to be bullied, teased or rejected because of their status, according to a recent report by the Human Rights Campaign (HRC). HRC and the University of Connecticut […]

Report: Trump’s Immigration Policies are Keeping Kids from Accessing Healthcare and Going to School

March 5, 2018 Sara Tiano, Staff Writer, The Chronicle of Social Change Comments Off

The Trump Administration’s “anti-immigrant sentiment” is engendering heightened levels of stress and anxiety among children of immigrant families and is keeping kids from accessing healthcare and attending school, according to a new report from the […]

Report: Increased Deportations Could Put More Kids in Foster Care

February 21, 2018 Sara Tiano, Staff Writer, The Chronicle of Social Change Comments Off

The immigration policy changes made thus far by the Trump Administration may, in some states, fuel a surge in the number of children who enter foster care, according to a new report from the Immigrant Legal […]

Report: RAND Predicts Greater Investment in Prevention and Kinship Care Would Make Child Welfare Better — and Save Money

January 12, 2018 Sara Tiano, Staff Writer, The Chronicle of Social Change Comments Off

Policymakers could improve outcomes for children and youth in foster care and save money at the same time by both increasing and improving child maltreatment prevention programs and kinship care, according to a new report […]

Report: Anti-LGBTQ Laws Across the U.S. Hamper a Huge, Untapped Pool of Prospective Adoptive and Foster Parents

January 8, 2018 Sara Tiano, Staff Writer, The Chronicle of Social Change Comments Off

Since the U.S. legalized same-sex marriage in 2015, several states have passed laws allowing publicly funded child welfare organizations to exclude millions of LGBTQ adults as potential foster parents. This, combined with a Trump administration […]

Report: High Stress and Low Pay Are Biggest Concerns for California’s Child Welfare Workforce

December 29, 2017 Sara Tiano, Staff Writer, The Chronicle of Social Change 1

SOURCE: California Child Welfare Co-Investment Partnership SUBJECT: Child Welfare Workforce TYPE: Child Welfare YEAR PRODUCED: 2017 A new report takes a closer look at California’s struggle to recruit and maintain an adequate and diverse child […]

Report Finds Youth Homelessness on the Rise, Asks Congress for Help

December 13, 2017 Sunshine Decosta Comments Off

A national study conducted by researchers at Chapin Hall at the University of Chicago found that one in 10 young adults between the ages of 18 and 25 experienced some kind of homelessness over the […]

Report Offers Closer Look at Girls in Gangs

August 16, 2017 Marisol Zarate Comments Off

A new report from the National Council on Crime and Delinquency (NCCD) titled Girls and Gangs: Improving Our Understanding and Ability to Respond looks at the experiences of girls involved in gang activity and provides […]

Report Finds Quality of Juvenile Representation in Delaware Troubling

July 24, 2017 Marisol Zarate Comments Off

A recent report released by the National Juvenile Defender Center (NJDC) outlines areas of concern for the legal representation provided to youth in Delaware. Released last week, An Assessment of Access to Counsel and Quality […]