Federal food assistance program may help prevent child abuse: Study
The federal government’s Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) not only allows more than 39 million Americans to avoid food...
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Louisiana CASA
- Jul 6, 2022
- 2 min
NCSL Welcomes 2022 Early Childhood, Child Welfare and Youth Homelessness Fellows
For the first time, NCSL’s Early Childhood Fellows, Child Welfare Fellows and Youth Homelessness Fellows will meet together. 70...
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Louisiana CASA
- Jul 2, 2022
- 5 min
US child welfare system is falling short because of persistent child poverty
Although government spending on the child welfare system totaled US$33 billion in 2018, the most recent year for which an estimate is...
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Louisiana CASA
- Jun 28, 2022
- 5 min
Progressive Prosecutors Look to Germany for Juvenile Justice Reform
In a policy brief released today, progressive prosecutors make the case for the German approach to youth justice, calling it a...
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Louisiana CASA
- Jun 25, 2022
- 4 min
Academic Success for Foster Care Youth Begins with Partnerships Between Child Welfare and Education
The 2021-2022 school year has come to a close. As students begin their summer break, the U.S. Departments of Education (ED) and Health...
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Louisiana CASA
- May 25, 2022
- 4 min
Major decline in adoptions accompanies COVID-19 pandemic
A substantial drop in the number of adoptions in the United States coincided with the first year of the COVID-19 pandemic, according to a...
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Louisiana CASA
- May 3, 2022
- 10 min
Supreme Court has voted to overturn abortion rights, draft opinion shows
“We hold that Roe and Casey must be overruled,” Justice Alito writes in an initial majority draft circulated inside the court. Written by...
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Louisiana CASA
- May 2, 2022
- 2 min
US pediatricians’ group moves to abandon race-based guidance
For years, pediatricians have followed flawed guidelines linking race to risks for urinary infections and newborn jaundice. In a new...
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Louisiana CASA
- Apr 29, 2022
- 4 min
An algorithm that screens for child neglect raises concerns
For family law attorney Robin Frank, defending parents at one of their lowest points — when they risk losing their children — has never...
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Louisiana CASA
- Apr 23, 2022
- 1 min
Background Checks for Prospective Foster, Adoptive, and Kinship Caregivers
The factsheet below discusses the requirements set by States for conducting background checks of prospective foster and adoptive parents...
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Louisiana CASA
- Apr 22, 2022
- 2 min
Swearing-In of January Contreras as Assistant Secretary at Administration for Children and Families
Thursday, April 21, 2022, following bipartisan confirmation by the U.S. Senate, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS)...
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Louisiana CASA
- Apr 9, 2022
- 2 min
Louisiana Department of Education distributes $17 million to child care providers
The Louisiana Department of Education funded two rounds of the Teacher Support Grant in 2021-2022 for open Child Care Assistance Program...
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Louisiana CASA
- Apr 2, 2022
- 5 min
Louisiana lawmaker pushes for change to child abuse registry
When the Louisiana Department of Child and Family Services finds accusations of child abuse “valid,” the accused person may get notified...
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Louisiana CASA
- Mar 31, 2022
- 5 min
Anti-Transgender Bills: What They Would Ban and Where They're Being Considered
Sports bans, prohibitions on transition-related care and more have been proposed in at least 32 states. Kentucky Gov. Andy Beshear vetoed...
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Louisiana CASA
- Mar 29, 2022
- 3 min
Louisiana's child welfare agency struggles under 'crippling' caseloads, turnovers: 'We're drowning'
When an 11-year-old child was found sleeping outside a New Orleans playground last year, law enforcement officials contacted Louisiana’s...
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Louisiana CASA
- Mar 2, 2022
- 2 min
$1.2B needed over next decade to improve child care in Louisiana, state panel says
Will Sentel, The Advocate In a draft report Thursday, a state panel created by the Legislature asked state lawmakers to spend $115...
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Louisiana CASA
- Feb 27, 2022
- 2 min
Texas governor order treats gender-confirming care as abuse
AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — Republican Texas Gov. Greg Abbott has ordered the state’s child welfare agency to investigate reports of...
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Louisiana CASA
- Feb 26, 2022
- 3 min
Supreme Court to review Indian Child Welfare Act, which prioritizes adoptions by Native Americans
The Supreme Court will consider the constitutionality of a federal law intended to rectify past abuses of Native American children being...
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Louisiana CASA
- Feb 22, 2022
- 4 min
Basic income: Wales pilot offers £1,600 ($2,117) a month to young adults aging out of foster care
Every 18-year-old leaving foster care will be offered £1,600 ($2,117) a month for two years under a Welsh government basic income pilot....
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Louisiana CASA
- Feb 17, 2022
- 3 min
Bipartisan senators introduce Kids Online Safety bill
A new proposal backed by bipartisan senators would require social media platforms to take additional measures to keep children under 16...
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