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Youth Services Insider
New Bill Would Help Foster Youth in Washington, D.C., Keep Federal Benefits

3/11/2024

Bill Tracker: Protecting Benefits for Foster Youth

A regularly updated tracker of state legislative and policy efforts to protect federal benefits for youth in foster care

Youth Services Insider

3/7/2024

New York Gets New Acting Commissioner of State Child Welfare Agency

Gov. Kathy Hochul appointed DaMia Harris-Madden as acting head of the State Office of Children and Family Services, slated to start April 8.

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.

Jessica Pryce

3/4/2024

Time to End the CPS Power Trip

Jessica Pryce on the need to train the next child welfare workers on a shared power dynamic when it comes to engaging families

2/23/2024

Seneca Nation Elder Reflects on a 51-year Child Welfare Career 

The Imprint interviews Terry Cross, 71, founding executive director of the National Indian Child Welfare Association.

    2/22/2024

    Child Welfare Officials Move To Reduce Texas Judge’s Oversight of Embattled Foster Care System

    The request to remove several court orders marks the first major attempt to get out from under an injunction issued in the 13-year-old case.

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    2/20/2024

    How Good Leaders Keep a Committed Workforce

    Most social workers who are thriving will point to their agency leaders as a source of inspiration and motivation.

    New York Appeals Court Case Focuses on Non-abusive Parent Being Subjected to Home Supervisions

    2/19/2024

    As Survivors Seek Justice, New York Child Welfare Agencies Face the Costs of Decades-Old Sexual Abuse Lawsuits

    Following passage of the Child Victims Act, NY nonprofit agencies are defendants in more than 800 lawsuits alleging childhood sexual abuse.