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2/12/2024

Disproportionality in Child Welfare: Fruit of a Poisonous Tree 

Opinion

BJ Walker

There are few things more ominous than contact with the child welfare system, especially for Black parents struggling to stay on their feet.

California Governor to Decide on Family Reunification Bills, and More

9/7/2022

California Governor to Decide on Family Reunification Bills, and More

Jeremy Loudenback

Bills on California Gov. Gavin Newsom’s desk aim to prevent foster care removals due to poverty, better protect LGBTQ youth and reduce racial disparities.

Unleash the Brilliance, a Washington-based nonprofit that is a diversion program in King County.

9/1/2022

Youth Advocates Push “Diversion” to Reduce Racial Disparities in Juvenile Court

Michael Fitzgerald and Adilia Watson

A new study found that nationwide, there's an "unequal and limited use of diversion" efforts to keep kids out of the criminal justice system.

11/15/2021

Racial Justice Advocates Issue Plan to Reimagine LA County’s Child Welfare System

Jeremy Loudenback

Khari Jones and his daughter Fari Love Jones remain connected despite a terrifying entanglement with local authorities shortly after the baby’s birth in June. Photo courtesy of Khari Jones and Kayla Love
A coalition of Los Angeles County racial justice advocates, lawyers for parents in the child welfare system, reproductive rights groups and community-based organizations is calling on elected officials to implement wide-ranging reforms to the local foster care system. 

10/5/2021

Study Finds California’s Black Youth at Greater Risk of Injury in Police Encounters

The Imprint staff reports

Black youth in California are more likely to be injured during police interactions, according to a study that examined data from 2005 to 2017.

NAACP and Children’s Advocates Submit Federal Civil Rights Complaint Against Minnesota Child Welfare System

8/23/2021

Minnesota Legislature Again Fails to Pass Bill Defending Black Families

Sylvia A. Harvey

A bill defending Black families against racist practices in the child welfare system has failed to pass for a third time in the Minnesota Legislature.

Youth Services Insider

5/4/2021

Penn State Awards Equity-Minded Scholarships for Child Welfare Study

The Imprint staff reports

Penn State University junior Lani Rosenbaum and sophomore Janiyah Davis.
Two Penn State University students have been named as recipients of an inaugural scholarship intended to address ethnic and racial disparities within the foster care system.

    Color-blind Removal Approach Gains National Interest

    5/1/2021

    California Legislator Pauses Blind Removals Bill

    Jeremy Loudenback

    A bill aimed at addressing rampant racial disparities in California's child welfare system by removing information on the race of children when critical decisions about their lives are being decided will not advance in the state Legislature this year.

    8/27/2020

    California Judges Concerned About Quick Pace of Governor’s Plan to Close Youth Prisons

    Jeremy Loudenback

    Friday is the deadline for California Gov. Gavin Newsom and the state Legislature to reach a deal on how to close the state’s youth prison system. Photo courtesy of Calamari Productions
    As a Friday deadline looms to decide whether California should shut down its long-notorious youth prison system next year, some fear that without safeguards, hundreds of juvenile offenders will be sent to the adult criminal system, where they face longer sentences, more violence and poorer prospects.

    6/9/2020

    Publisher’s Note: Silence Can be Complicity in Violence Against Black Families

    Opinion

    Daniel Heimpel

    It didn’t take George Floyd’s killing at the hands of the police for me to recognize that I have been complicit in state-executed violence against black families. But it did take his murder and the protests that have roiled the nation since to compel me to articulate it, which is shameful.

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