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3/14/2024

Washington Lawmakers Want Young Adults in Foster Care To Receive More Help with Fewer Strings Attached

Novel legislation passed by Washington lawmakers this month tosses many restrictions for youth entering extended foster care.

3/13/2024

NY Law Would Scale Back Practice of Billing Parents for Foster Care

A New York bill would limit the state’s practice of charging parents child support for children in foster care.

3/12/2024

No Parole for Youth With Life Sentences, California Supreme Court Rules

The California Supreme Court last week upheld limits on when young people convicted of serious crimes are eligible for parole hearings.

3/7/2024

How An Indigenous Attorney In Minnesota Keeps Trying to Overturn the Indian Child Welfare Act 

Mark Fiddler has focused much of the past decade on attempts to dismantle the law that aims to preserve Indigenous families and tribes.

3/6/2024

New York Child Protection Hotline Accepts Maltreatment Allegations at Far Higher Rates than Other States, New Study Shows

Hotline calls in New York — even if unfounded — result in a surprise knock on a family’s door far more often than in other states, data shows.

ICWA Faces Another Constitutional Challenge in Minnesota

3/6/2024

Indian Child Welfare Act Faces Another Constitutional Challenge in Minnesota

A case before the Minnesota Court of Appeals revives a challenge to the Indian Child Welfare Act, as well as a local version of the law. 

    NAACP and Children’s Advocates Submit Federal Civil Rights Complaint Against Minnesota Child Welfare System

    3/4/2024

    NAACP and Children’s Advocates Request Federal Civil Rights Investigation of Minnesota’s Child Welfare System

    Two civil rights groups are calling on the federal government to investigate "egregious and shocking" discrimination against Black families in Minnesota.

    2/29/2024

    California Voters Begin Mailing in Ballots from Libraries, Senior Centers, and, Increasingly, from Juvenile Halls

    Voting drives are visible across California, but less seen are the state's ramped-up efforts to reach eligible voters in juvenile halls.

    2/28/2024

    A Minneapolis Coffee Shop Combats Youth Homelessness — One Employee at a Time

    In Minneapolis, Wildflyer Coffee's four-month work training program offers employment and services to youth experience homelessness.