Recent news about child welfare and family well-being from Massachusetts and around the country.
In Massachusetts:
- DCF using apartments as short-term housing for foster children (Boston Globe)
- Feds delivering $1.9M for migrant housing (SHNS & Eagle Tribune)
- After weekend of violence, teens enter a juvenile justice system that continues to look for balance (Boston Globe)
- Massachusetts couple denied foster care application over LGBTQ views, complaint says (NBC News)
- The state’s child welfare system is ‘infected with dysfunction’ (Commonwealth Magazine)
- Parents tagged by DCF policy should be allowed to appeal (Boston Globe; Editorial)
- Head of Massachusetts child welfare agency to leave for D.C. advocacy organization (Boston Globe)
- Former foster children win $7 million settlement after alleging state turned blind eye to abuse (WBUR & the Associate Press)
- Governor Healey Declares State of Emergency, Calls for Support for Newly Arriving Migrant Families (Press Release)
- Linda Spears Leaving Massachusetts DCF to Lead Child Welfare League of America (Imprint)
- Secretary Galvin Announces New Funding to Help Combat Domestic Violence (Press Release)
- MA Lawmakers Approve Tuition Equity for Undocumented Students (Public News Service)
- New Poll: Big Majority of Voters Support Child and Family Tax Credit that Reaches $600 (MassBudget)
- Healey-Driscoll Administration Announces 3,000 Awardees of the MA Repay Student Loan Repayment Program (Press Release)
CLM Members in the news:
- Plummer Youth Promise celebrates $1 million earmark (Salem News)
- Healey-Driscoll Administration Announces Second Family Welcome Center to Further Expand Services for Families Experiencing Homelessness (Press Release)
Additional stories from around the country:
- NHSA and CWLA Partner to Better Align Child Welfare Services and Advocacy (NHSA Press Release)Human Services Workforce Recruitment and Retention Implications
- HHS Awards $23 Million to Support Evidence-Based Teen Pregnancy Prevention Programs (HHS Press Release)
- Father Engagement in Child Welfare: Lessons for Fatherhood Programs (ACF Resource)
- Unpacking the Societal Consequences of Child Endangerment Laws: A Psychological Perspective (The Science Times)
- Restrictions on Food Stamps To Be Lifted For Former Foster Youth (Imprint)
- Activist And Author David Ambroz On Why Ending Childhood Poverty Is An Untapped Economic Opportunity (Forbes)
- USPSTF: More evidence needed to determine how PCPs can prevent child maltreatment (Healio)
- Record number of children killed by firearms in 2021: research (the Hill)
- Trauma-Informed Care: Challenges to Developing and Implementing Performance Partnership Pilots to Serve Children (U.S. Government Accountability Office)
- SCOTUS: Justices Uphold Indian Child Welfare Act (Omaha Daily Record)
- Biden administration, advocates ramp up efforts to address Indian boarding schools’ painful legacy in Minnesota and other states (Minn Post)
- Human Services Workforce Recruitment and Retention Implications (ACF Press Release)
- Becoming A Youth Advocate (Forbes)
- The Enduring Effects of Childhood Poverty (CLASP)
- Study Reveals Foster Children 4x More Likely to Get Psychotropic Drugs (Marketers Media)
- HUD Allocates $869K to Public Housing Authorities as Part of Foster Youth to Independence Initiative (HUD Press Release)
- Supreme Court Upheld ICWA, But Challenges Could Loom in State Courts (Imprint)
- 2023’s States with the Most Underprivileged Children (WalletHub)
- Addressing the Overrepresentation of Native American Children in Foster Care (Imprint)
- Support Grows For No-Strings-Attached Cash For Families To Prevent Foster Care Removals (Imprint)
- Keeping the Child at the Heart of the Circle: Supporting Native Child Welfare (Nonprofit Quarterly)