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The Imprint is an online news publication dedicated to solution-based news coverage of child welfare and juvenile justice.
Youth Voices Rising Archives | The Imprint
Oct 9, 2024 · The Imprint highlighted each of the policy recommendations made this summer by the participants of the Foster Youth Internship Program, a group of seven young people that experienced foster care and have completed congressional internships.
Minnesotans Rally at State Supreme Court to Support ICWA | The …
As rally preparations were underway, early arrivals showed their support for ICWA with signs in hand. Photo by Alex Perez. Amid drums, smudging and chants to “bring our children home,” supporters of the Indian Child Welfare Act gathered early this morning outside the Minnesota Capitol building, as the state’s highest court considered the …
Our Staff - The Imprint
Karen de Sá has been executive editor of The Imprint since 2020. She has worked as an investigative reporter for the majority of her three-decade career in journalism, including 18 years at The San Jose Mercury News and three years at The San Francisco Chronicle. Her stories have revealed inhumane ...
Weekly Podcast - The Imprint
10/07/2024. Headlines and Kinship Licensing with Marina Nitze. On this week’s episode, we review some recent headlines in child welfare and youth justice, including some big picture takeaways from recent stories about spiraling juvenile facilities and universal drug screening for soon-to-be parents.
New York City Nonprofit Helps House Foster Youth| The Imprint
Advocates say these programs meet only a fraction of the need. Out of the roughly 1,000 young adults who age out of foster care at age 21 in New York City each year, city and national data have shown that more than 20% risk homelessness within six years.. The Harlem housing complex on W. 126th Street is the Foundling’s second similar development.
Spending on CASA for Foster Kids Surges; Evaluation Lags - The …
Nevertheless, some Texas CASA leaders publicly disputed the results from the study they had helped design. “Flawed Study Fails to Measure CASA’s Impact,” declared a November 2019 blog post by president and CEO of Dallas CASA Kathleen LaValle. “Flaws in the underlying study methodology and generalizations based on small data differences render Osborne’s findings unreliable and ...
Youth Share Firsthand Accounts of Life in Group Homes
Oct 4, 2024 · The new report expands on an earlier version released in 2018 that focused solely on juvenile justice facilities. The recent installment adds insight into facilities for foster youth and concerns about discrimination based on race, disability, sexual orientation and gender identity.. The Department of Human Services, which oversees the facilities highlighted in …
Illinois Could Require Bias Training for Mandated Reporters
The bill, originally sponsored by state Rep. Delia Ramirez (D), would require that teachers, doctors, law enforcement, social workers, health care workers, child care workers and other mandated reporters take an approved in-person or web-based class that includes a segment on implicit bias within three months of starting their job and again every three years.
End Aging Out of Foster Care - The Imprint
Oct 27, 2021 · In light of the COVID-19 pandemic, Congress provided a critical lifeline to youth in foster care, including a moratorium on aging out of care. These measures should be permanent, writes Alex Chivescu.