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Grassley, Hassan Propose Improvements To Foster Family Recruitment Efforts To Help Foster Youth
Today, Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) and Maggie Hassan (D-N.H.) introduced bipartisan legislation that seeks to improve recruitment,...
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Aug 2, 20223 min read
House Bill Would Establish Protections for Disabled Parents
A bipartisan bill has been introduced in the House of Representatives that seeks to ensure federal protections for disabled parents...
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Aug 1, 20222 min read
What 'Back to School' Means for Foster Youth
Back to school is an exciting time for most kids. But for children in foster care, returning to school comes with its own set of...
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Jul 29, 20224 min read
5 Tips to Prepare Foster Youth for Back to School
The times of sleeping late on weekdays, summer camp and family trips to amusement and water parks are over for your child in care – at...
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Jul 29, 20223 min read
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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Jul 14, 20222 min read
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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Jul 6, 20222 min read
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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Jul 2, 20225 min read
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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Jun 28, 20225 min read
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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Jun 25, 20224 min read
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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May 25, 20224 min read
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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May 3, 202210 min read
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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May 2, 20222 min read
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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Apr 29, 20224 min read
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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Apr 23, 20221 min read
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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Apr 22, 20222 min read
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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Apr 9, 20222 min read
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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Apr 2, 20225 min read
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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Mar 31, 20225 min read
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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Mar 29, 20223 min read
$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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Mar 2, 20222 min read
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