A roundup of news from the month of June regarding child and family well-being across Massachusetts and the country.
News Across Massachusetts
- ‘Why use 1975 technology?’: DCF needs a better way to tell schools about students in foster care | The Boston Globe
- Background Screening for Daycare Providers to See Amendments in Massachusetts | JDP
- Mass. officials considering further reductions in state family shelter system | WBUR
- Massachusetts planning to close most hotel family shelters on Monday | The Boston Globe
- Healey-Driscoll Administration Awards Over $40 Million for Supportive Housing Projects | Mass.gov
- Massachusetts governor criticized for shifting costs of rental assistance for migrant families | WWLP
- Massachusetts passes first on-time budget in nearly a decade, includes fare-free transit and end to broker fees | The Boston Globe
- ‘Potentially catastrophic’: While Congress cuts safety net, Mass. lawmakers pass budget short on cash for SNAP caseworkers | The Boston Globe
- With migrants’ legal status revoked, Marshfield employer faces loss of 100-plus workers (Boston Globe)
CLM, Members, and Partners in the News
- Despite efforts to dismantle protections for LGBTQIA+ youth, we can’t afford to lose the progress we’ve made | The Boston Globe (CLM and RICCF)
- ‘A sense of belonging.’ How this Boston bookstore changes lives. | The Christian Science Monitor (More Than Words)