July 2019 | The Chronicle of Social Change

As New York Raises The Age, Youth Arrests Fall

July 31, 2019 Abe Kenmore Comments Off

Since the implementation of New York’s Raise the Age (RTA) law in October, not much has changed for upstate Jefferson County. While 16-year-olds who would have previously been charged in adult court are now being […]

Children’s Defense Fund Adds New Policy Staffer on Child Welfare, Mental Health

July 31, 2019 John Kelly, Editor in Chief, The Chronicle of Social Change Comments Off

The Children’s Defense Fund (CDF), which recently mourned the loss of its senior expert on child welfare policy, has brought in Steven Olender to serve as a policy staffer on the issue. Olender will join […]

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Marcia Lowry, With New Secret Funding Source, Resumes Lawsuit Against New York City Foster Care

July 31, 2019 Michael Fitzgerald, New York Editor, The Chronicle of Social Change Comments Off

A nonprofit law firm representing a group of New York City foster youth has resumed long-running litigation against the city’s Administration for Children’s Services (ACS) and the state agency that oversees it. A Better Childhood […]

Poetry Contest Honorable Mention: Menace to Society

July 30, 2019 M.T. Comments Off

This poem was a highly commended entry in the 2019 Words Unlocked poetry contest hosted by the Center for Educational Excellence in Alternative Settings. I am a 15-year-old Menace to society, Well, through the […]

Sharon Osborne on Three Decades of Nonprofit Leadership and System Dismantling

July 29, 2019 John Kelly, Editor in Chief, The Chronicle of Social Change Comments Off

In the 1980s, the Children’s Home Society of Washington (CHSW) brought Sharon Osborne in as a consultant to help them find some new executive management. She was a young social worker, who had helped set […]

Child Deaths Have Put L.A.’s Antelope Valley on the Map. But How Dangerous Is It for Children?

July 29, 2019 Jeremy Loudenback, Senior Editor, The Chronicle of Social Change Comments Off

Since the news of 4-year-old Noah Cuatro’s death broke earlier this month, Los Angeles County officials and local media have latched onto a similar theme: that the sparsely populated Antelope Valley region is particularly dangerous […]

Department Merger Aims for Juvenile Justice Reform in Washington

July 29, 2019 Mauricio Tellez-Sanchez Comments Off

Earlier this month, Washington state completed a year-long process of moving its juvenile justice and child care operations from its health department to its child welfare agency. State leaders have said the merger will help […]

Ben Carson Unveils Major Stable Housing Initiative for Former Foster Youth

July 26, 2019 John Kelly, Editor in Chief, The Chronicle of Social Change Comments Off

Housing and Urban Development (HUD) Secretary Ben Carson made official today an initiative that offers youth aging out of foster care a path to stable housing within the nation’s public housing network. Carson announced the […]

Failed L.A. County Leadership Results in the Death of a Child … Again

July 26, 2019 Darrell Park Comments Off

Another child under the care of Los Angeles County has been killed. An adorable 4-year-old child will not grow up healthy and happy and eventually raise a family of his own. Instead, a little corpse […]

Trump Administration Approves Vouchers for Housing After Foster Care

July 25, 2019 John Kelly, Editor in Chief, The Chronicle of Social Change Comments Off

Earlier this year, we reported on the case made by current and former foster youths to use existing authority at the Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) to connect youth aging out of care […]