Recent news about child welfare and family well-being from Massachusetts and around the country.
In Massachusetts:
- Migrant crisis: State uprooting families to consolidate shelters (Boston Globe)
- State’s first Family Treatment Court launches in Springfield (MassLive)
- Uncertainty for Mass. shelter system heading into the holidays (wbur)
- Our View: Healey must put homeless issue on front burner (Eagle Tribune)
- Governor Healey Nominates Jennifer Currie for Juvenile Court (Governor's Press Release)
- Racial Disparities in Youth Incarceration Stagnate (Sentencing Project)
- One in five Massachusetts households with children struggle with hunger. Here's how it affects young people. (WGBH)
- MA family child care providers ease shortage, seek greater state backing (Public News Service)
CLM Members and partners in the news:
- New leaders could prompt reforms in Massachusetts child welfare (Boston Globe)
- ‘A five-alarm fire’: Mass. children with behavioral health needs languish on wait lists for services, state survey shows (Boston Globe)
- Mass. program keeps kids out of group homes, juvenile detention centers (MassLive)
- 'Pretty bleak': Waitlist for family shelter tops 200 households after first month (wbur)
- Survey: Children in state struggling to access behavioral health care (MassLive)
- Child care bill backers see Massachusetts poised for 'transformational' change (WGBH)
News across the country:
- Mental health concerns grow over social media impact on youth (Public News Service)
- Laws to protect children online are coming. Smart companies won’t need them. (Hill)
- Best of Youth Voices Rising, 2023 (Imprint)
- A Push to ‘Decriminalize’ Young People Who Grew up in Foster Care (Imprint)
- Top Stories of 2023: The Front Door of Child Protection (Imprint)
- The Center for Adoption Support and Education (C.A.S.E.) Joins HRC and Record Number of Partners Working on LGBTQ+ Inclusivity (Press Release)
- Kids and Teens Need Resilience (Pew Trusts)
- Congress divided on how to address looming child care provider closures (WFTV)
- Women coming home from prison get little help rebuilding (WGBH)
The racism in this blue state can be illustrated with one infuriating statistic (MSNBC; Opinion)
- Indian Affairs awards grants to off-reservation child and family service programs (Red Lake Nation News)