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opioid

12/21/2018

Top Stories of 2018: Terminating the Rights of Parents

We’re counting down 10 of the biggest stories The Imprint covered in 2018. Each day, we’ll connect readers with a few links to our coverage on a big story from 2018.

12/13/2018

Courtney Allen Broke the Cycle of Addiction for Her Boys. Now She’s Helping Other Parents Do the Same.

Today we conclude a four-part series on Maine’s struggles with maternal substance abuse, which has placed a heavy stress on the state’s hospitals and child welfare system. This series, written by Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Barbara Walsh, is republished here with the permission of Pine Tree Watch.

12/11/2018

Maine’s Hospitals, and Foster Care, Beleaguered by Drug-Exposed Infants

Today we continue with a four-part series on Maine’s struggles with maternal substance abuse, which has placed a heavy stress on the state’s hospitals and child welfare system. This series, written by Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Barbara Walsh, is republished here with the permission of Pine Tree Watch.

12/10/2018

With Her Daughter’s Help, a Chance to Parent Again

Today we begin a four-part series on Maine’s struggles with maternal substance abuse, which has placed a heavy stress on the state’s hospitals and child welfare system. This series, written by Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Barbara Walsh, is republished here with the permission of Pine Tree Watch.

11/1/2018

The Foster Care Surge Has Leveled Off. Has the Opioid Epidemic?

For five consecutive years, from 2012 to 2016, federal reports have shown a steady increase in the number of youth living in foster care. Sources within the federal agency tracking this number say that these increases will continue in the soon-to-come 2017 count.

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6/26/2018

A Cheaper Preservation Approach to Keep Babies Exposed to Opioids with Mom

In hospitals across the country, the standard procedure for babies exposed to opioids can best be described as “wait and see.” Newborns are often kept in a neonatal intensive care unit (NICU), to see if they experience the extremely painful withdrawal symptoms related to Neonatal Abstinence Syndrome (NAS).

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    6/18/2018

    Kentucky Child Welfare Director Resigns as Foster Care Total Climbs

    Kentucky Gov. Matt Bevin (R) is making a change at the top of his Department for Community Based Services, a division of the Cabinet for Health and Family Services (CHFS) that presides over family and child welfare services for a state with rising foster care removals.

    4/24/2018

    On Child Welfare, an Insufficient Federal Response to the Opioid Epidemic

    In 2012, following more than a decade of significant decline, the number of American children in foster care began rising. Between 2012 and 2016, the number of children in foster care nationally has increased by more than 10 percent.

    4/6/2018

    Two States Near Plans to Terminate Parental Rights at Birth in Some Drug Cases

    Two states are moving closer to legislation that would allow child welfare officials to immediately move newborns exposed to opioids toward adoption, an effort meant to address the growing number of children entering foster care due to neglect or abuse related to drug use.