Child Welfare Archive
By Lesley Warren Child welfare advocates sounded the alarm earlier this month when the California Supreme Court issued its opinion on In re: William Taylor, a case involving housing restrictions imposed on certain paroled sex offenders in San Diego County …
Baltimore police arrested about 200 people, at least 20 of them juveniles, in the wake of the rioting and looting that took place in Baltimore on Monday. On Tuesday, Baltimore Deputy Public Defender Natalie Finegar told the Baltimore Sun that …
Jen Spry, a human trafficking survivor. (Photo: Russ DeSantis)By: Janice TjengJen Spry, a 42-year-old registered nurse, was once a victim of child trafficking. When she was 8, her neighbor caught her and the other children at her neighborhood, Norristown, Pennsylvania. …
The authors – M. Dyan McGuire, Michael Vaughn, Jeffrey Shook and Tamara Kenny – have attempted to “fill a void by explicitly exploring whether juveniles comprehend what a lawyer is supposed to do for them. A baseline understanding of the …
Nelson Mandela said it simply and profoundly: “There can be no keener revelation of a society’s soul than the way in which it treats its children.” In a country as wealthy, ingenious and resourceful as the United States, one would think …
By Isaac Smith After a year of scathing indictments by the media and advocates concerning the overuse of psychotropic drugs on foster children, the legislature responded with a flood of bills aimed at strengthening the safeguards for the prescription of …
During a recent conversation with Thomas Lee, the director of Youth Moving On, Hillsides’ program of services for youth from ages 18 to 25 formerly in foster care or on probation, it became obvious that the odds against these young people …
By Patchareeboon (Mam) SakulpitakphonA crime not widely acknowledged is the sexual exploitation of children in travel and tourism. In order to combat this terrible crime, an international initiative among tourism industries has established a set of guidelines, called The Code …
This reports provides you a comprehensive data profile of transition-age youth (TAY) involved with child protection system in Los Angeles County. There’s also the California version that is available. When youth emancipates from foster care in the United States they …
“Raising of America: Early Childhood and the Future of Our Nation” is a documentary series planned to run on PBS later this year. It’s being screened around the country now. The documentary explores how a strong start for our children …
