Recent news about child welfare and family well-being from Massachusetts and around the country.
News Across Massachusetts:
- House seeks to drop reporting mandate for substance-exposed babies - (Boston Globe)
- Healey signs revenge porn bill, crediting survivors (GBH)
- Massachusetts family sues school district, employees after a third grader was restrained multiple times (CNN)
- Parents through IVF, surrogacy need equal protection (Boston Globe)
- For years, mothers were reported to DCF simply for taking addiction medication. Massachusetts lawmakers are seeking to end that (Boston Globe)
- New Guidance Offers Key Details Of Family Shelter Limits (State House News Service)
- LGBTQ youth report finds gaps in equality in Massachusetts (Commentary; Spectrum News 1)
- 'Escalating Attacks' Target Massachusetts LGBTQ Youth (WBSM)
- In Massachusetts, cultural differences and limited resources can cost migrant families their children for a time (Boston Globe)
- High housing costs in MA impacting childrens’ overall well-being (Public News Service)
- Four years after pandemic, we check in with child care providers on the journey to rebuild (The Hechinger Report)
- Family child care is vital, but declining. Massachusetts is reversing the trend (wbur)
- 'Broken' documentary exposes flaws in Massachusetts' child welfare system (GBH)
CLM Members and Partners in the News:
- Children’s behavioral health services are teetering on the precipice - Home for Little Wanderers (The CommonWealth)
- Reunifying Kyle with His Mother — Bridges Homeward (Bridges Homeward Blog post)
News Across the Country:
- Sandy Hook survivors graduating with mixed emotions without 20 of their classmates (NPR)
- The Black Mothers Fighting to Get Their Kids Back, in “To Be Invisible” (New Yorker)
- States fail to track abuses in foster care facilities housing thousands of children, US says (Associated Press)
- Supreme Court will take up state bans on gender-affirming care for minors (Associated Press)
- House Members Introduce ICWA Enhancement Measure (Cherokee Phoenix)
- Panel comes to consensus on hospital care for opioid-exposed infants (Healio)
- RetailROI partners with Avanade to track turnover among children's social workers (Chain Store Age)
- Congressional Lawmakers Seek Stricter Enforcement of the Indian Child Welfare Act (Imprint)
- Dear Colleague Letter on Addressing the Complex Needs of Dually Involved Youth (Press release; Administration for Children and Families Children's Bureau (CB); Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention (OJJDP))
- Fostering Responsible Tech Use: Balancing the Benefits and Risks Among Public Child Welfare Agencies (Press release; Center for Democracy & Technology)
- Clearinghouse Approves New Mental Health, Substance Abuse Programs for Family First Act Funding (Imprint)