Politics Jun 26 WATCH: Paris Hilton testifies on child welfare before House committee hearing By Amanda Seitz, Associated Press
Nation May 31 Watch 3:34 A Brief But Spectacular take on prioritizing kinship care Each year, 22,000 young people age out of foster care without family structures in place to support them. It's an issue Sixto Cancel is working to address. He's the founder and CEO of Think of Us, a nonprofit organization that…
Nation May 31 High-needs foster kids sometimes have to sleep in hotels or offices. The pandemic made the problem worse Some foster children with complex mental, behavioral, and physical health needs without a foster placement are having to stay in hotel rooms and even office buildings, a practice called “hoteling.”… By Sam Whitehead, Kaiser Health News
Nation Dec 30 1 in 100 kids lose legal ties to their parents by the time they turn 18. This new bill aims to help Child welfare and family law experts who spoke with the PBS NewsHour called the termination of parental rights a “death penalty,” because there are few pathways to restoring those rights. By Chloe Jones
Nation Nov 03 COVID relief for thousands of foster youth has expired. Will lawmakers renew it? COVID relief for thousands of former foster youth ended recently, but child welfare advocates hope a new bill in Congress will reinstate it. By Chloe Jones
Apr 06 Why child welfare experts fear a spike of abuse during COVID-19 By Laura Santhanam No one knows how long this pandemic will last, and that uncertainty can cause anxiety, tension and irritability for children and caregivers. Continue reading
Oct 07 These states are struggling with a drug addiction-fueled crisis in foster care By Teresa Wiltz, Stateline In many states in the East and parts of the Midwest, addiction to opioid painkillers and heroin is helping to drive the crisis in foster care. In other parts of the Midwest and in the West, abuse of methamphetamines is. Continue reading
Jun 23 One in five U.S. children stalled in poverty By Laura Santhanam One out of five U.S. children lived in poverty in 2014, unchanged from the previous year despite rising employment, according to the latest available data from the Annie E. Casey Foundation. Continue reading
Jul 12 Watch Report Finds Penn State Shares Responsibility in Sandusky Abuse Case Report Finds Penn State Shares Responsibility in Sandusky Abuse Case… Continue watching