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WEBA New Court Ruling Strengthens Their Hand. Born of History: A Tulalip Youth’s Journey to Indigenize Child Welfare. This three-part Imprint series explores a young person’s journey through a tribal foster care system and into a life of advocacy — as well as the challenges a family and the Tulalip Tribes confronted.
Founder of the Family Finding Movement Interview: Part I
WEBMar 31, 2014 · Georgette Todd. Georgette Todd is the author of “Foster Girl, A Memoir,” which includes court documents and chronicles her childhood abuse and teenage years in California's foster care system. Her latest book, “Life after Foster Care, 100 Things to Know,” will be available on Amazon beginning March 15, 2017. If you'd like to have her ...
APPLA: The Foster Care Exception That Ate the Rule
WEBAug 15, 2013 · Earlier this week, Youth Services Insider shared a few of the ideas contained in “Our Voice, Their Future,” a set of recommendations for child welfare reform authored by adoptees and former foster youths. One of those recommendations, from Chris Hehn, was to eliminate “Another Planned Permanent Living Arrangement,” a plan for youths in care that, on paper, is allowable only in the rare ...
Longtime County Official Tapped to Lead L.A. Child Welfare Agency
WEBThe county Board of Supervisors appointed Nichols on Tuesday following a six-month, nationwide search to replace former director Bobby Cagle, who stepped down in December.. The child welfare agency has been one of three safety net departments in L.A. with vacant leaders, along with the Department of Mental Health and the county’s homeless services authority.
The Nation’s First Family Separation Policy - The Imprint
WEBOct 9, 2018 · In the late 1960s, while employed by the Association on American Indian Affairs (AAIA), a New York-based attorney named Bertram Hirsch was sent to North Dakota to assist with a kinship dispute case on behalf of the Spirit Lake Tribe. Child welfare workers were forcibly removing children from family members and placing them in white homes, sometimes out of state.
A Complete Guide to The Family First Act - The Imprint
WEBThe Family First Act is aimed at amending the IV-E entitlement to provide more federal resources to help families in crisis stay together, and limit federal funds for putting foster youth into congregate care placements, including group homes. The law includes several other child welfare-related updates to federal policy. So what is actually in ...
California Governor Proposes Robust Safety Net Investments - The …
WEBCalifornia Gov. Gavin Newsom (D) today released his proposal for the 2022-23 state budget. Photo via Newsom’s Twitter account. California Gov. Gavin Newsom today announced a budget flush with billions of dollars for health care amid the Omicron-fueled pandemic, spending that would include dozens of new safety-net investments, a tax break for young adults, educational support for foster youth ...
Regina Louise's Tale of Searching for Permanency is Ready for …
WEBApr 12, 2019 · Story of My Life: Regina Louise’s Tale of Searching for Permanency is Ready for Primetime. By Kim Phagan-Hansel. Author Regina Louise’s story of her foster care journey is being made into a Lifetime movie premiering April 20 at 8 p.m. EST. Photo courtesy of Regina Louise. The new film “I Am Somebody’s Child: The …
New York City’s Sheltering Arms Will Shut Down This Month
WEBMar 9, 2023 · One of New York City’s Oldest Nonprofits Serving Children and Families to Shut its Doors. Bill Weisberg, executive director of the social service organization Forestdale. Provided photo. This field is for validation purposes and should be left unchanged. UPDATE 3/10/23: After the publication of this article, a Sheltering Arms spokesperson ...
In Surprise, Newsom Calls for an End to California's Youth Prison …
WEBWith coronavirus pummeling Californians’ health and economy like a modern day plague, few expected a line item buried in an otherwise deficit-driven budget that Gov. Gavin Newsom (D) announced Thursday: After decades of the state running what was once the country’s most vast and notorious youth prison system, the end could be near for the Division of Juvenile Justice.