Recent news about child welfare and family well-being from Massachusetts and around the country.
News Across Massachusetts:
- LGBTQ parents to get new protections under Mass. parentage bill (Boston Globe)
- Mass. Senate tacks measure to try 18-year-olds as juveniles, not adults, onto economic development bill (Boston Globe)
- Earning your way off public assistance can be fraught. A new pilot program aims to provide a cushion. (Boston Globe)
- Senate $2.86B economic development bill loaded with policy (GBH)
- Addressing inequities requires policy solutions, not elimination of standards (CommonWealth Beacon)
- Massachusetts issues tighter restrictions on access to homeless shelter system (Associated Press)
- DCF implements new safety tool after deaths of David Almond, Harmony Montgomery (MassLive)
- Surge in Massachusetts homeless population seen in yearly count (Worcester Telegram & Gazette)
- Protest against Governor Healey’s emergency shelter system changes (Boston Globe)
- 4 major policy changes in the new Mass. state budget, from child care to free community college (wbur)
- Have thoughts on child care? The state’s Child Care Task Force wants to hear ‘em (MassLive)
CLM Members and Partners in the News:
- Children’s Services of Roxbury awarded $500K grant from the Lynch Foundation - Children's Services of Roxbury (MassNonprofit News)
- Massachusetts Senate Unanimously Passes Parentage Act - GLAD; Mass Parentage Act Coalition (Press Release)
- Mass. lawmakers step up child care funding with $1.5 billion proposal - Common Start Coalition (GBH)
News Across the Country:
- Supportive Adults May Help Young People in Foster Care Develop Healthy Racial Identities (Child Trends)
- Five Things About Youth and Delinquency (National Institute of Justice)
- Why We Should Pass The Supporting Tribal Families Act (Imprint; Opinion)
- HUD Awards $3.4 Million to Public Housing Authorities to Prevent Homelessness Among Vulnerable Youth Exiting Foster Care (U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development; Press Release)
- Housing and food are health care: How new Medicaid rules in 8 states stand to help the most vulnerable (Foothold Technology; Commentary)
- We Need to Prevent Homelessness Before it Happens (Imprint; Opinion)
- We Must Educate Candidates on Child Welfare (Imprint; Opinion)
- Federal Government Releases Latest Funds for Tribal Home-visiting Programs (Imprint)
- Phony Fixes Won't End Homelessness in America—Housing Will (Newsweek; Opinion)
- Judicial oversight on migrant kids' centers ends – What now for undocumented children without families? (Latin Times)
- State-level Data for Understanding Child Welfare in the United States (Child Trends)