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Government and communities both have a role to play in America’s approach to child welfare, and we need to be clear about what each entails, writes Tiffany Perrin. imprintnews.org/opinion/moving…
President Trump’s tax-and-spending cuts package introduced work requirements to maintain eligibility for SNAP. Despite efforts to exempt them, these new rules apply to former foster youth. Read Tori Hope Petersen's op-ed on empowering these youth below. imprintnews.org/opinion/empowe…
Sometimes you only have 10 seconds to connect with a youth on the street, says Barissa Ford of Youth In Need. Click the link to listen to more from this episode: imprintnews.org/podcast/trump-…
On the latest podcast episode, Darla Bardine of the National Network for Youth speaks on the importance of federal funds for runaway and homeless youth. Click the link below to listen to the full episode now. imprintnews.org/podcast/trump-…
Dan Losen, a researcher who has tracked California school discipline data, explains how schools might adjust to the new executive order. imprintnews.org/top-stories/we…
Alex Adams parried attacks on his deregulatory agenda and made clear where he’d put his focus: the foster care system. imprintnews.org/top-stories/se…
Imprint Investigation: CA has spent millions sending adoptees to out-of-state residential care, even after prohibiting such placements for foster youth. After The Imprint asked the state about this, it abruptly banned the practice. imprintnews.org/top-stories/st…
Despite broad support, child welfare commissioner expresses concerns about bill to end anonymous reporting, saying it could deter legitimate reports of child abuse. imprintnews.org/top-stories/to…
A class-action lawsuit has been filed against the Trump administration for abruptly ending a policy protecting immigrant children and youth who fled their home countries due to parental neglect, abuse and other maltreatment. imprintnews.org/child-welfare-…
Eviction bans during the pandemic didn’t just keep families in their homes. They may have kept children safer, too, according to a new study. imprintnews.org/top-stories/ha…
On this week’s Headlines edition of the Imprint Weekly Podcast, we start by summing up the most relevant details from the massive budget bill recently passed by Congress and signed by President Trump. imprintnews.org/podcast/trump-…
After local police cuffed an 11-year-old girl, The Imprint spoke with Lauryn Gouldin, a professor at the Syracuse University College of Law. imprintnews.org/top-stories/po…
Youth Services Insider: Dozens of child welfare and youth justice grant opportunities are still stuck a the starting line with few days left in the fiscal year. imprintnews.org/youth-services…
Congressmembers are demanding that the Justice Department restore the “Not Invisible Act” Commission's final report — the government’s prior commitment to finding missing and murdered Indigenous people — which vanished from its website in February. imprintnews.org/top-stories/me…
Michigan jurists call on lawmakers to protect parents from neglect accusations when they're unable to manage teens’ mental health crises. imprintnews.org/top-stories/mi…
A 'crisis' of youth landing in emergency rooms or juvenile detention is exacerbated by treatment facility closures. imprintnews.org/child-welfare-…
President Donald Trump held a ceremonial bill signing July 4 for his legislative package cutting taxes, and health care and nutrition benefits. imprintnews.org/top-stories/tr…
The Administration for Children and Families temporarily halted a pilot project to test new approaches to measure the effectiveness of the federal welfare program, Temporary Assistance for Needy Families, or TANF. Now the administration is restarting it. imprintnews.org/youth-services…
Decades ago, Helga Onley was confined to the Hudson Training School for Girls in upstate New York. Now she's seeking justice under NY's Child Victims Act. imprintnews.org/top-stories/hi…
With cuts to some child welfare programs, California's new budget provided an emergency bailout to private foster family agencies. imprintnews.org/top-stories/ca…
