Recent news about child welfare and family well-being from Massachusetts and around the country.
News Across Massachusetts:
- Wu Announces $21 Million for Behavioral Health Services and Programming (Boston Sun)
- Early success in Greenfield prompts statewide launch of Family Treatment Court (Greenfield Recorder)
- Some Mass. hospitals stop infant welfare reporting based solely on drug dependence (wbur)
- Gov. Healey announces Western Massachusetts child care plan (Spectrum News 1)
- With cuts to child-care grants looming, providers worry about future of program (Boston Globe)
- Mass General Brigham to stop filing neglect reports solely because a baby is born with drugs in its system (Boston Globe)
CLM Members and partners in the news:
- Keeping kids out of foster care saves families - and state money - Plummer Youth Promise; Massachusetts Law Reform Institute (Boston Globe, Opinion)
- Advocates: Extend juvenile justice system past teen years include offenders to age 20 - More Than Words (The Gardner News)
- Programs that could help keep Massachusetts children out of foster care are struggling for money - Massachusetts Law Reform Institute (Boston Globe)
- Youth Villages helps families at risk - Youth Villages (Community Advocate)
- State should boost funding to meet demand for child-care grants - Common Start Coalition (Boston Globe, Letters to the Editor)
News across the country:
- With New Rule, Biden Administration Strengthens Protections for LGBTQI+ Youth in Foster Care System (Human Rights Campaign, Press release)
- New Research finds paid parental leave helps prevent child abuse (Health Medicine Network)
- Northeastern researcher exposes child labor trafficking as a hidden crime after investigating 132 victims (Northeastern Global News)
- States are required to background check child care workers. Many are falling short. (19th)
- FAFSA Debacle Will Hit Foster, Homeless Youth the Hardest (Imprint, Opinion)
- Children Referred to CPS Often Have Caregivers with Untreated Mental Illness, Substance Use Disorders (Contemporary Pediatrics)
- From Agents to Activists: Child Welfare Needs a Mindset Shift (Imprint, Opinion)
- Support like child tax credits and basic income reduces child abuse, researchers found (Business Insider)
- Border Patrol told to care for children (Northwest Arkansas Democrat-Gazette)
- Recommendations for Regulating Artificial Intelligence to Minimize Risks to Children and Their Families (Child Trends)
- Structural racism's toll on Black families in court (AFRO)
- What's In the 2024 Spending Deal for Youth and Families (Imprint)
- Call for more inclusive coverage during Sexual Assault Prevention Month (Public News Service)