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10/19/2023
Susanti Sarkar and Adilia Watson
Dozens of youth and advocates gathered in the Bronx to voice support for two pivotal youth justice bills headed to the state Legislature.
10/10/2023
Jeanne Kuang, CalMatters
Gov. Gavin Newsom vetoed a bill preventing counties from taking benefits from orphaned or disabled children to pay for their foster care.
9/12/2023
Mark Kreidler
A proposal that would have increased the number of young Californians receiving mental health care died quietly in the Legislature.
8/23/2023
Sara Tiano
A new bill would provide seed money to develop community collaborations to address the unique needs of babies and toddlers.
8/22/2023
Jeremy Loudenback
State lawmakers hope to upgrade a decades-old program designed to prepare young people raised in government custody for independence.
7/27/2023
California has outlawed the use of unlicensed adoption brokers who match prospective parents with pregnant mothers.
7/19/2023
Farrah Mina
Minnesotans who've had parental rights terminated can petition to restore them. But most are denied, data from the Judicial Branch shows.
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7/6/2023
Madison Hunt and Adilia Watson
The law allows some parents who've lost parental rights to contact their children, even those who have been adopted into other families.
6/28/2023
Adilia Watson
New York's Clean Slate Act is on its way to the governor's desk, but a slew of juvenile justice reform bills failed to pass the Legislature.
6/26/2023
Thousands of children find themselves cut off from siblings when they enter foster care. Some states are working to change that.
