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3/24/2023

Top New York City Law Firm’s New Head Vows to Fight for Families

Tehra Coles always knew she would be an attorney. But after interning with the NY State Defenders Association, there was no turning back.

Child Welfare

3/22/2023

Northern California Tribe Alleges California Unfairly Denied Extended Foster Care Benefits to its Youth

A new lawsuit accuses a Northern California county of unfairly denying Native American youth access to extended foster care benefits.

Court

Los Angeles County Avoids Juvenile Hall Closures, but New Problems Surface

3/21/2023

Numerous Reforms, Little Time for Los Angeles County to Improve its Juvenile Detention Facilities

Los Angeles County’s Barry J. Nidorf Juvenile Hall. Photo by Dominque Ross.

When Los Angeles County Supervisor Lindsey Horvath visited the Barry J. Nidorf Juvenile Hall last month, she witnessed up close the decrepit conditions and disorganization that has tied up state inspectors and outraged justice advocates.

Juvenile Justice

3/19/2023

A Growing Number of States Vow to Stop Seizing Benefits Owed to Foster Youth

Child welfare agencies often intercept Social Security and other benefits owed to foster youth. In some states, that's starting to change.

Foster Care

Imprint Highlights

2/13/2023

A Second Look

Justice

10/20/2022

How a Chippewa Grandmother’s Adoption Fight Ended Up in the U.S. Supreme Court

ICWA

2/20/2023

Hurdles Keep Texas Youth Out of Extended Foster Care Designed to Help Them

Foster Care

Youth Services Insider

3/23/2023

Report IDs Progress, Problems with Changes to Congregate Care in Family First Act

3/22/2023

Senators Push for More Housing for Youth Aging Out of Foster Care

3/9/2023

Leonard Burton Named Next President of the Center for the Study of Social Policy

3/6/2023

Ujima Black Family Program gets $500K Grant from Walmart

3/1/2023

ICWA Author Sen. James Abourezk Dies at 92

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Opinion

3/23/2023

Upstream City: Towards a Pro-Community Process for Government Funding

Nora McCarthy

3/21/2023

A Village Should Not Be a Privilege

Victor Sims

3/12/2023

Finding the Strengths in Partnerships

Paul S. DiLorenzo

News Briefs

3/22/2023

Idaho Moves Toward Making Gender-Affirming Care for Youth a Felony

3/8/2023

Calling for ‘Love’ not ‘Hate,’ Minnesota Governor Declares His State a Refuge for Trans Youth

3/6/2023

Florida Child Welfare Wants to Retake Control of Abuse and Neglect Investigations from Law Enforcement

3/3/2023

Temporary Pandemic Relief Programs Slashed Child Poverty in NYC, Report Finds

2/22/2023

Arizona Bill Would Strengthen Kinship Care and Bolster Youth Rights

2/10/2023

California County to Repay Families for Illegal Juvenile Justice Fees

2/7/2023

Utah ICWA Bill Held in Committee, But Could be Revisited Later in Session

Special Series

A Second Look

Cordell Miller was sentenced to 97 years for a crime he committed at age 17 following an adolescence marked by abuse and homelessness.

In Prayer and Protest, People of Indian Country Gather Outside the Supreme Court to Defend the Indian Child Welfare Act

Brackeen v. Haaland

A collection of The Imprint’s coverage of Brackeen v. Haaland, a case that could decide the future of the Indian Child Welfare Act

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March 30 @ 10:00 am

Social Worker 411

Hear from social workers across the country about their experiences working with children and families. This is your opportunity to ask the questions you’ve been wanting to ask of social workers and learn what their workday looks like.

April 20 @ 10:00 am

Foster Care to Prison Pipeline

Join Youth Voices Rising as we discuss the many systems foster youth are often pipelined through. Panelists will speak of experiences that led them from foster care to juvenile incarceration and discuss the connection between the foster care and juvenile justice systems.

Child Welfare

3/20/2023

The Future of Professional Friends

On this week’s podcast we discuss trends in the use of the Family First Act, the pursuit of more federal child welfare data, and a state seeks to lower the age of juvenile justice.

Podcast

3/13/2023

We Were Once a Family, with Author Roxanna Asgarian

On this week’s podcast we discuss some updates on the Indian Child Welfare Act front, Minnesota becomes a trans youth refuge, and the blind spot in America’s knowledge of youth justice.

Podcast

Juvenile Justice

2/28/2023

Northern California Probation Officer Sexually Abused Children, Lawsuit Alleges

A probation officer sexually abused children for years, according to 11 lawsuits filed against the California county where he once worked.

2/13/2023

After Decades Locked up, a Former DC Resident Adjusts to Freedom

Third in a three-part series on a teenager with a tumultuous childhood who was sent to die in prison and where his life would lead.

Youth Voice

3/22/2023

CPS Enforces Surveillance Rather Than Well-Being

Getting separated from families and dealing with CPS’s requirements isn't in the best interest of the families, writes Joel Swazo.

3/20/2023

Children Need Community Centers, not Detention Centers

Instead of prisons, I propose programs that won’t focus on punishment, but rather divert children onto the right path, writes Thalia Bernal.