Child Welfare Archive
On April 17, 2017, the San Diego Union-Tribune reported that the Clinton Foundation is launching an initiative to study the foster care and juvenile justice programs in San Diego County. A particular focus will be to identify the factors that …
The rate of drug-exposed newborns is spiking across New Mexico, as are entries into the foster care system. Is there a link? While being examined by a gynecologist, a pregnant Doralee Urban did her utmost to keep calm and hide …
John Kelly’s article, The Foster Care Aspect of the D.C. Missing Girls Story, draws an important connection between recent uproar about missing girls in the District, many of whom turned out to be runaways, and the city’s foster care system. …
When fathers are involved with their children, a strong base of research shows that there are considerable benefits to the health and well-being of children, mothers and even the fathers themselves. The issue of engaging fathers has been the focal …
Beltway website The Hill reported today that the Trump team is preparing an initial budget salvo that would drastically reduce federal spending, aimed at shaving $10.5 trillion from the budget over the next ten years. Reporter Alexander Bolton includes some …
Jim Roberts, CEOVoice of our CEO In the U.S., 397,122 children are living without permanent families in the foster care system. Of these children, 101,666 are eligible for adoption, but nearly 32% of them will wait over three years in …
Connecticut has announced it is underway with a pay-for-success venture that will reward private funders if they are successful in using a substance abuse treatment model to curb re-referrals to, and out-of-home placements made by, child protective services. One wrinkle: …
WASHINGTON — Kevin Washington, president and CEO of the YMCA of the USA, loves to see family and friends pack a preschool graduation to support their loved ones. But he always reminds them to show up a decade down the …
The debate over predictive analytics in child welfare will continue right after this important message: So, what do we have here? A bunch of data analysts, presumably working for a firm that sells sporting goods, are spying on a woman’s …
The Arizona Community Foundation has awarded a three-year grant to the Arizona Republic to “support in-depth investigative reporting about child welfare in Arizona,” according to a column on the newspaper’s website today. “Foundation funding for journalism feels new, but it’s not without …
