US: Tracking Efforts to Pass State-Level ICWA Laws Imprint - July 10, 2023 The Indian Child Welfare Act (ICWA) was passed in 1978 as an effort to curtail the disproportionate numbers of Native children being removed from their parents and placed with white adoptive families or sent to boarding … [Read more...]

US: Kids Awaiting Foster Care Placement Are Being "Housed" in Jails and Offices Truthout - July 12, 2023 By age 17, more than half of youth who are removed from their homes will have an encounter with the legal system through arrest, conviction or detention. Critics describe this process as the … [Read more...]

US: The Need to Prioritize Relational Health (Opinion) Imprint - July 11, 2023 Child welfare in the United States is both a symptom and a cause of relational poverty. As a symptom, it reflects what can happen when families are socially isolated and without the necessary social capital or resources … [Read more...]

US: Foster Youth Are Sleeping in Jails, Offices, and Hotels Thanks to Flawed Federal Reforms (Opinion) (May require subscription) (Includes audio) (Includes video) Newsweek - July 14, 2023 The highest-needs children in America's foster care system will go to bed tonight in jail despite not facing … [Read more...]

NY: NY Law Would Allow Parents to Stay in Touch with Kids After Losing Legal Rights Imprint - July 06, 2023 Legislation again passed by New York lawmakers would allow some people who have lost parental rights to contact their children in the future - even when kids have been adopted into other … [Read more...]

NY: 'It takes a village': Foster families needed in N.Y. (Includes video) (May require subscription) Spectrum News 1 - July 07, 2023 Offering a child a loving home, whether for a few hours or for years to come - that's the goal of foster parents across the country. With more than 391,000 kids in … [Read more...]

US: From Hope to Home the Transformative Power of Adoption (Opinion) Medium - July 07, 2023 Have you ever felt the stirring in your heart, the undeniable call to make a difference in a child's life? Have you considered stepping onto the extraordinary path of adoption, where the ordinary becomes … [Read more...]

US: From Failed Adoption to Homelessness and Incarceration (Commentary) Imprint - June 28, 2023 It all started with my failed adoption. I was 8 years old when I was first placed in the foster care system. I was placed in multiple foster homes and attended many adoption fairs, where adults … [Read more...]

NY: Invest in foster care kids' future: The College Choice program from ACS pays great dividends (Opinion) (Includes audio) (May require subscription) New York Daily News - July 05, 2023 Despite some of the challenges I've faced in my lifetime, including as a young person in foster care, I am … [Read more...]

US: A Look into Generational Pipelines of Foster Care and Homelessness (Commentary) Imprint - June 21, 2023 Growing up, my family's nomadic lifestyle was a defining characteristic of my childhood. Unbeknownst to me at the time, our constant movement from place to place was far from the norm. The … [Read more...]