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Analysis · Featured · Finance Reform
Trump’s Top Child Welfare Official: Family First a Good First Step, but True Prevention is Key
Last week, Congress passed and the President signed into law the Family First Prevention Services Act. It is an encompassing and complex piece of legislation that will take some time…
Featured · Los Angeles · News
Sheila Kuehl Charts Path for Nation’s Largest Child Welfare System
As the current chair of Los Angeles County’s Board of Supervisors, Sheila Kuehl is in a prominent position to shape child welfare policy that will not only have an impact…
The Case of ‘V. Doe’ Could Have Major Implications for the Education of Foster Youth Nationwide
Her mother deported, her father incarcerated, 6-year-old V. Doe entered Rhode Island’s foster care system in 2005. By 2017, the girl-turned-teenager had changed residences no less than a dozen times…
Analysis · Education · Featured
Analysis: 11 States Struggle to Meet Federal Education Requirements for Foster Youth
A little more than a year after federal law mandated school districts across the country ensure foster youth are transported to school, at least 11 states are outright failing –…
Featured · Juvenile Justice · Subscriber Content · Youth Services Insider
Sessions Rescinds Two Juvenile Justice Guidances, “Retires” OJJDP’s Online College
Heading into the holiday weekend, the Justice Department announced late this week that it would wipe out a year-old guidance on fees and fines for juvenile offenders and their families, and…
Subscriber Content · Youth Services Insider
Beyond Last Week’s News About Increasing Foster Care Rates: More Adoption, Indiana in Crisis, Long Term Foster Care and More
Last Thursday, The Chronicle of Social Change reported on the topline of the recently released Adoption and Foster Care Analysis and Reporting System (AFCARS) report, the annual report produced by the…
Child Welfare · Featured · Research News
National Foster Care Numbers Continue To Rise; Up 10 Percent Since 2012
The number of youth living in foster care has increased for a fourth straight year, rising to 437,465 in 2016, according to data released today by the Administration for Children…
