January 31, 2023
Some recent news stories from around Massachusetts and the nation pertaining to child welfare and family well-being.
In Massachusetts:
- What’s causing the boarding crisis in hospitals? - Opinion (Commonwealth Magazine)
- In a tight labor market, nonprofits are losing out (Boston Globe)
- State legal aid agency seeks more oversight when DCF removes children from homes without court order (Boston Globe)
- Mental health boarding crisis continues (Eagle-Tribune)
- State foster parents get bill of rights: New law expands training, resources for parents (Daily Hampshire Gazette)
- Foster Parent Bill of Rights is Law (iBerkshires.com)
- As ER waits stretch for days, Mass. turns to in-home care for children's mental health (WBUR)
- Report: Massachusetts Responds to the Crisis in Children's Behavioral Health (Massachusetts Association of Health Plans)
Stories from around the country:
- What Is Child Endangerment? When Leaving Your Child Alone Becomes A Crime (Huffington Post)
- Four Ways to Better Support Young Adults Transitioning out of Foster Care (Urban Institute)
- In some states, an unpaid foster care bill could mean parents lose their kids forever (NPR)
- ACF Releases Resources to Strengthen the Child Welfare Response to Human Trafficking (ACF)
- Poverty is not Abuse . . . Poverty is not Neglect. (Special Issue of Family Integrity and Justice Quarterly)