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2/19/2024
Eli Hager, ProPublica
In many states, adoption lawyers are pushing a new legal strategy that forces biological parents to compete for custody of their children.
10/27/2022
Opinion
Darcy Olsen
Pregnant women struggling with drug addiction need early and effective paths to sobriety, writes Darcy Olsen.
9/27/2022
Paul S. DiLorenzo
The next iteration of child welfare work should take a page from the recovery community, writes Paul DiLorenzo.
6/15/2022
Allegra Abramo
In Washington, the nonprofit FIRST Clinic provides legal and other types of support to sustain bonds between addicted moms and newborns.
9/22/2021
Elizabeth Amon
The yoga teachers with Reno nonprofit Urban Lotus guide youth toward healing through trauma-informed movement classes.
4/9/2021
Sabrina Alvarez
Sabrina Alvarez shares her challenges overcoming her early childhood. I’m not going to start my story with “I have always felt like I never fit in” or “I have overcome all my struggles” because that wouldn’t be true.
5/18/2020
John Kelly
A popular model that supports child welfare-involved parents through addiction treatment is among 12 new candidates under review for new federal funding. Sobriety Treatment And Recovery Teams, known as START, is a model started in Kentucky that hinges on a specially trained caseworker and rapid access to substance abuse services.
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1/10/2020
K.G.
Written by K.G., an anonymous 17-year-old from New York City. Names have been changed. I met Ms. Taylor, from New York City’s Administration for Children’s Services (ACS), in the hospital where my mom was detoxing.
11/15/2019
Judith Grisel and Paul DiLorenzo
A recent report by the Pew Charitable Trusts indicates that around 50 percent of the population does not believe that addictions are diseases. The respondents emphasized free choice over factors like poverty, racism, hopelessness or biology.
12/17/2018
Deena McMahon
Living in fear. Terrified no one will come, yet terrified someone will. No relief, just fear and dread. No sense of control and a profound sense of isolation. This can be the experience of a person with a traumatic story.