February 28, 2023
Some recent news stories from around Massachusetts and the nation pertaining to child welfare and family well-being.
- The national COVID-19 public health emergency will end in May but some of its provisions may survive in Mass. (Boston Globe)
- Quincy advocates support renewed push to break language barriers at State House (Patriot Ledger)
- The state child welfare system needs an overhaul, not more Band-Aids (Commonwealth Magazine)
- A 15-year-old stayed in a hospital for 40 days. The reason? The state child welfare agency had no place to put him. (Boston Globe)
Stories from around the country:
- New Proposed Rule Changing the Foster Care Licensing Regulation Supports Keeping Families Safely Together through Kinship Care (ACF)
- New Child Maltreatment Report Finds Child Abuse and Neglect Decreased to a Five-Year Low (ACF)
- Grandfamilies disproportionately at-risk for food insecurity, advocates say (Youth Today)
- How Should Race and Resource Context Influence How Neglect Is Considered by Clinicians? (AMA Journal of Ethics)
- Biden administration plans crackdown on migrant child labor (Boston Globe)