Recent news about child welfare and family well-being from Massachusetts and around the country.
In Massachusetts:
- Former foster children, advocates want a say in who leads the state’s child welfare agency (Boston Globe)
- No easy answers on child protection — but here’s a start (CommonWealth Beacon)
- Child protection experts urge more compassionate treatment of infant sleep death cases (Boston Globe)
- Massachusetts' child welfare system is getting a change in leadership (wbur)
- Jury in N.H. finds Adam Montgomery guilty of daughter Harmony’s murder in 2019 (Boston Globe)
- New documentary film examines child protection issues in Massachusetts (Somerville Times)
- LSC’s Family Justice Clinic: Addressing the evolving legal needs of families (Harvard Law School)
- Mass. Ruling Seen As 'Sea Change' In Young Adult Sentencing (Law360)
- Jaylen Brown meets with Mass. legislators, advocates for ‘Raise the Age’ bill (Boston.com)
- What we know: DCF intervenes on behalf of 7 children who lived in 2-bedroom Medway home (Milford Daily News)
- DCF said she and others neglected their children. Hundreds of times last year, investigators were wrong, officials say. (Boston Globe)
CLM Members and partners in the news:
- ‘Fighting the good fight for decades’: Retired judge Julian Houston has long pushed to help youth - Roxbury Youthworks, Inc (Boston Globe)
- Gándara Center opens new resource center in Springfield - Gandara Center (WWLP)
- Talent-Investing from Scratch in a 60 Year-Old Nonprofit – with Shaheer Mustafa - HopeWell (Fund the People)
- Advocates urge lawmakers to boost cash assistance benefits after budget cuts - Lift Our Kids (GBH News)
News across the country:
- Child Abuse Investigators Traumatize Families, Lawsuit Charges (New York Times)
- Most States Now Access Federal Funds for Family Court Lawyers (Imprint)
- Indigenous leaders brace for Supreme Court's child welfare law decision (CBC News)
- House approves expansion for the Child Tax Credit. Here's who could benefit. (CBS News)
- Biden Proposes New Federal Data on ICWA Compliance (Imprint)
- Evidence shows that intergenerational poverty requires multifaceted solutions (J-PAL)
- How Good Leaders Keep a Committed Workforce (Opinion; Imprint)
- The Youth Keep the Score (Imprint)
- U.S. Failed to Safeguard Many Migrant Children, Review Finds (New York Times)
- Disproportionality in Child Welfare: Fruit of a Poisonous Tree (Opinion; Imprint)
- When foster care ends, 18-year-olds still need support (Opinion; Washington Post)
- Her son died in day care. Ten years later, the system that could’ve saved him is still failing. (19th News)
- Bipartisan Bill Would Expand Federal Extended Foster Care Program (Imprint)
- Why The Nation Needs To Stop Relying On Youth Incarceration And Residential Care (Forbes)