The New York Supreme Court Appellate Division’s courthouse in Brooklyn. Photo by Beyond My Ken, CC4.0. In a far-reaching decision, a state appellate court has ordered a stop to New York City’s child ...
The late Alice Green led a task force in Albany County working toward the goal of zero youth detention. Provided photo. In January 2019, Daniel McCoy, Albany County’s elected executive, made a bold ...
Black children made up about 14% of all children in the United States in 2021, but about 22% of the foster care population. For Latino youngsters, those same percentages were approximately 19 and 22, ...
Hoping to offer a rare in-depth look into how placing children for adoption impacts the lives of Indigenous birth mothers, a group of researchers is continuing efforts to document the experiences of ...
Texas state Rep. Lacey Hull has sponsored a bill requiring the state’s child welfare agency to undertake “active efforts” to keep all families intact before removing a child into foster care. Photo by ...
When New York City’s child welfare agency removed Sharwline Nicholson’s children in 1999, the decision was in line with its unofficial policy: “when in doubt, pull them out.” During the 1990s, the ...
ICE official Mellissa Harper has been tapped to lead the Office of Refugee Resettlement. Her hire has concerned experts and advocates that information about children and their families could be shared ...
Sarah Pauter was named executive director of John Burton Advocates for Youth today. The San Francisco-based John Burton Advocates for Youth named Sarah Pauter as its executive director today, marking ...
Like Dr. Martin Luther King Jr, I have a dream too: a dream of a child welfare system that stands on principles, a dream of a child welfare system that lives up to what it aspires to be — a better ...
A Texas facility linked to the death of an 11-year-old had a history of sexual misconduct and physical abuse, a federal report said Tuesday. The Imprint highlighted each of the policy recommendations ...
In Minnesota, youth advocates want to end the practice of child welfare agencies using foster youths' federal benefits to pay for their care. The Imprint highlighted each of the policy recommendations ...
In my dream, we would invest in prevention and family preservation as the first line of defense, writes Frankita Jenkins. The Imprint highlighted each of the policy recommendations made this summer by ...
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