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LAPD Child Abuse Investigations Audit Raises New Questions

January 22, 2020 Daniel Heimpel, Publisher, The Chronicle of Social Change Comments Off

This week, the Los Angeles Police Department (LAPD) released a much-anticipated report focused on its response to the nearly 4,000 allegations of serious child abuse it had marked “no investigation” from January 2018 through June […]

When Entitlements Collide: Title IV-E and Medicaid in a Family First World

August 16, 2019 John Kelly, Editor in Chief, The Chronicle of Social Change Comments Off

There are now less than two months until the major reforms of the Family First Prevention Services Act take effect. The central objectives are to realign the Title IV-E child welfare entitlement to include federal […]

L.A. Supervisor Kathryn Barger Vows to Hold a Bureaucracy That’s ‘Killing Kids’ Accountable

July 24, 2019 Daniel Heimpel, Publisher, The Chronicle of Social Change Comments Off

On Tuesday, the Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors unanimously approved a motion introduced by Sup. Kathryn Barger aimed at recruiting and retaining child welfare workers in the Antelope Valley and its high desert communities […]

Hearings: Stories from Inside America’s Child Welfare Courts

March 11, 2019 Daniel Heimpel, Publisher, The Chronicle of Social Change Comments Off

On Wednesday, The Chronicle of Social Change will publish its first installment of “Hearings,” a series of stories from a corner of the law that is not reported on enough – America’s child welfare courts. Across […]

The NoVo Foundation Launches Major Grant Program Aimed at Stopping Sexual Exploitation

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

The NoVo Foundation is taking a simple approach to tackling the extremely complicated issue of sexual exploitation: decrease entrance ramps, and increase exit ramps, to “the life.” The New York-based grant maker has committed $10 million over […]

Foster Youth Writing Contest Offers Cash Prizes and Publication — Deadline Extended to March 1

February 18, 2019 Sara Tiano, Staff Writer, The Chronicle of Social Change Comments Off

Fostering Media Connections (FMC) is running its 2nd Annual Youth Voice Writing Contest, which offers prizes of up to $500 and the chance to be published in The Chronicle of Social Change and our bi-monthly […]

Short-Changed Relative Caregivers Find Champion in Georgia Lawmaker

January 26, 2019 Daniel Heimpel, Publisher, The Chronicle of Social Change Comments Off

Georgia State Rep. Mary Margaret Oliver (D) plans to push for increased payments to relatives who care for foster children during a budget hearing Monday. Oliver will ask her colleagues on the House appropriations subcommittee […]

Will Shutdown-Ending Legislation Include Rubio, Feinstein Bill to Extend Foster Care Waivers?

January 16, 2019 Daniel Heimpel, Publisher, The Chronicle of Social Change Comments Off

Last week, Sens. Dianne Feinstein (D-Calif.) and Marco Rubio (R-Fla.) introduced legislation that would allow scores of state and county child welfare agencies to delay implementing a new federal law that promises to reshape foster […]

Holiday Lessons from a Former Foster Youth: Families Don’t Have to Be Bound by Blood

December 27, 2018 Deitrick Foley Comments Off

Everyone always asks me what the holidays mean to me. To some people the holidays are all about gifts and food. To some people the holidays are about giving and receiving. For me the holidays […]

Ohio Child Welfare Leaders Support Federal Legislation to Extend the Title IV-E Waiver

December 22, 2018 Angela Sausser and Mark Mecum Comments Off

Imagine being a child protection agency director 20 years ago and making a bold decision to use the flexibility that comes with capped federal dollars to keep kids from entering foster care – instead of […]