3/14/2024

Washington Lawmakers Want Young Adults in Foster Care To Receive More Help with Fewer Strings Attached

Novel legislation passed by Washington lawmakers this month tosses many restrictions for youth entering extended foster care.

2/2/2024

California Governor’s Budget Breaks His Promise to Older Foster Youth 

Going back on the increase in support for older foster youth in California is a mistake, writes Carolyn Travis

1/24/2024

Bill Before Congress Would Provide Foster Youth With Guaranteed Income

Two members of Congress aim to combat homelessness and poverty among former foster youth through no-questions-asked cash payments.

A New Push to “Decriminalize” Young People Who Grew up in Foster Care

12/18/2023

A Push to ‘Decriminalize’ Young People Who Grew up in Foster Care

A youth-led advocacy group is calling on the child welfare system to decriminalize young people in foster care.

New York Governor Quietly Pitches Gun Violence Response That Includes Youth Justice Reform Rollbacks

12/11/2023

Governor Once Again Rejects Bill to Expand New York Parents’ Chances for Contact With Their Adopted Children 

The Preserving Family Bonds Act would have allowed a judge to determine whether biological parents could resume contact with adopted children, and the type of contact that would be permitted.

12/11/2023

The Number of Foster Youth, and Foster Homes, Is Dropping

On this week’s podcast, we break down the new data featured in The Imprint’s “Who Cares” project, which seeks to provide an up-to-date answer on two key questions in child welfare:  How many kids are in foster care today?

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    Sonoma County Superior Court - Multimillion-dollar Settlement to Siblings Abused in California Foster Home

    12/6/2023

    Multimillion-dollar Trial Award for Siblings Abused in California Foster Home

    Sonoma County Superior Court. Courtesy photo.
    A jury in Northern California has awarded nearly $25 million to three siblings who were sexually abused by a foster parent, compensation that attorneys for the children describe as some measure of accountability for the assaults they suffered. 

    12/5/2023

    Judge Considers Holding State in Contempt a Third Time over Foster Care Conditions

    U.S. District Judge Janis Jack could hold Texas in contempt for the third time in an ongoing 2011 lawsuit over foster care conditions.

    12/4/2023

    Making Holiday Traditions for Foster Youth

    On this week’s podcast, we discuss some headlines that seem to emanate in part from workforce woes, a lawsuit over anonymous reporting, one state’s effort to adjust child welfare policy after marijuana legalization, and missing school while locked up.

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