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3/23/2020
Megan Conn and Michael Fitzgerald
A young person tested positive for the fast-spreading coronavirus at a New York runaway and homeless youth shelter today, the same day program directors implored city leaders to pay attention to the dire situation for youth living on the streets.
3/4/2017
John Kelly
Yesterday, Reuters reporter Julia Edwards Ainsley broke the news that the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) is considering a drastic shift in the handling of family units (mother and child) at the border.
6/15/2016
Elizabeth Green
Three months after Los Angeles County shifted many hard-to-place children in foster care from two emergency shelters to four private contractors, the issue of children staying too long before finding a home persists.
2/26/2016
Youth Services Insider took in the Senate Judiciary Committee’s hearing this week on the Unaccompanied Alien Children (UAC) program, under which custody of kids at the border is transferred from Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) to the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS).
2/22/2016
Richard Wexler
When writing about child welfare I often cite an old Peanuts cartoon in which the characters are gathered around Snoopy’s dog house trying to figure out how to keep him warm when he sleeps on the roof on cold winter nights.
7/1/2015
Bryan Samuels, the commissioner of the Administration on Children, Youth and Famlies (ACYF) during Obama’s first term, left the administration in August of 2013 and joined research and advocacy outfit Chapin Hall in Chicago.
6/8/2015
Opinion
Shannon Fisher
Upon hearing the term “human trafficking,” most Americans envision foreign nationals who have been smuggled into the United States to engage in sex work within our borders. While this situation is common and grave, it is important for Americans to know that the trafficking of American citizens is on the rise right here at home.
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9/18/2014
The Senate Judiciary Committee approved legislation on homeless youth, offender reentry and prisoner safety today, setting both bills up for consideration on the floor when Congress returns from recess after the November elections.
7/22/2014
President Barack Obama has requested $3.7 billion in emergency funds to handle unaccompanied minors, who continue to arrive at the Southern border in record numbers from Central American countries torn apart by violence.
6/3/2013
Waln Brown, Ph.D.
In my first two posts, we looked at the problem of older adolescent homelessness and a project that is addressing it right here in Oakland. Now let’s take a look at what we’re learning about these youth.