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Washington D.C.

We Are All People of the Harvest

7/31/2023

We Are All People of the Harvest

We're people who understand one of the Latinx community's essential values: growth, nurturance, and harvest, writes Lino Peña-Martinez.

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Washington, D.C., Pilot Gives $500 Per Month to Black Mothers with CPS Cases

7/27/2023

Washington, D.C., Pilot Gives $500 Per Month to Black Mothers with CPS Cases

A nonprofit in Washington, D.C., has launched a guaranteed income pilot program supporting Black mothers with current or recent child welfare involvement.

6/30/2023

California’s Once-Notorious Youth Prisons Shut Down Today, Accelerating a National Trend

California’s youth prisons have closed their steel doors for good, marking the end of what was once the nation’s largest youth prison system. 

2/17/2023

Biden Administration Proposes Easing Foster Care Licensing Barriers for Relatives

The government wants to give states the option to allow relatives caring for children to receive the same financial help as foster parents.

2/15/2023

Biden’s Top Child Welfare Official Discusses Her 2023 Priorities with The Imprint

January Contreras, assistant secretary of the Administration for Children and Families, says her goals include supporting, encouraging, and pushing states to prevent foster care.

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.

    2/5/2023

    After Decades in Prison, Should Adults Convicted as Teens Get a Second Chance? A Growing Number of State Laws Say Yes 

    Cordell Miller was 49 and had spent 30 years locked up. Now he had to prove to a judge that he was far from his 17-year-old self.

    1/30/2023

    A Lonely Child Finds His Way Out of Abuse and Homelessness, It Lands Him Behind Bars

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

    A Positive Experience in New York's Foster Care System

    1/5/2023

    A Positive Experience in DC’s Foster Care System

    Coming into foster care can change some children's lives in good and supportive ways, writes Ashanti Paylor.