PA: Disrupting the Pipeline That Channels Youth in Foster Care to Homelessness Next City - July 26, 2021 The foster care system's role as a primary driver in youth homelessness is well understood. Valley Youth House found in a 2020 survey of its clients that 36% of them had been in foster care. … [Read more...]

US: The power of wishful thinking: the case of "race-blind removals" in child welfare (Opinion) Child Welfare Monitor - July 27, 2021 When wishful thinking is used to distort available data to support a given theory or policy, it becomes a problem. Such is the case with "race-blind" removals. The … [Read more...]

US: Troubling Treatment: Efforts are underway to reform teen behavioral programs American Bar Association Journal - July 27, 2021 The "troubled teen" industry, as the network of therapeutic boarding schools, residential treatment centers, religious academies, wilderness programs and drug … [Read more...]

US: Biden Picks Florida Lawyer to Lead Youth Workforce and Employment Development Imprint - July 26, 2021 President Joe Biden has chosen a former harsh critic of Florida's unemployment system to oversee the national programs that states use to fight joblessness, including those that focus … [Read more...]

US: In Quest to Meet Needs of Foster Youth, More States Create Independent Ombuds Offices Imprint - July 26, 2021 To get their basic needs met, foster youth and their advocates across the country are pushing for the creation of offices with the sole purpose of listening to and addressing their … [Read more...]

US: New Vaccine Mandates Are Coming For Government Employees And Health Care Workers KIOS - July 26, 2021 Across the country, officials are rolling out new requirements for mandatory vaccines for public employees - and the possibility of penalties if they fail to comply - as cases of the delta … [Read more...]

US: Newborns Benefit From Nurse Home Visits, Study Finds Imprint - July 26, 2021 Researchers at Duke University have found that visits by a registered nurse to the homes of newborns as part of a comprehensive public health program can have significant, lasting positive effects. The randomized … [Read more...]

US: Numbers of unaccompanied minors at border setting record Catholic News Service - July 26, 2021 In early June, Republican Gov. Greg Abbott, ordered child care regulators in Texas to take away licenses from facilities that provide shelter and other services to migrant children who crossed the … [Read more...]

US: University of Chicago Examines Connection Between Poverty and Child Welfare (Includes video) WTTW - July 26, 2021 Families living in poverty are more likely to be involved with the child welfare system, and in more than 60% of cases nationwide, authorities find children being neglected, not … [Read more...]

New Zealand: New Zealand pandemic policies pushed 18,000 children into poverty, study shows (Includes video) Guardian - July 26, 2021 An additional 18,000 New Zealand children were pushed into poverty in the first year of the Covid-19 pandemic, according to new research, despite child welfare … [Read more...]