Recent news about child welfare and family well-being from Massachusetts and around the country.
In Massachusetts:
- Kraft family announces $1 million in grants to foster care organizations (WHDH 7 News Boston)
- Let Harmony Montgomery be an example: Children’s needs must be prioritized in court cases - Opinion (Boston Globe)
- Parents file lawsuit alleging civil rights violations after children were taken from Waltham home without warrant (Boston Globe)
- Cambridge’s COVID experiment at giving poor families $500 month will continue, and grow (Boston Globe)
- Under one roof, a grandmother, six grandchildren, and the love of one family (Boston Globe)
- A decade later, a murder charge in the Jeremiah Oliver case (Boston Globe)
- Proposed task force would address Mass. domestic violence records law found to shield abusers (WBUR)
- As pandemic-era funding diminishes, community organizations face greater demands (Boston Globe)
- Encouraging more Massachusetts residents to consider opening homes for foster care (WCVB)
- Bringing Them Home: Federal Operation Helping to Find Missing and Endangered Children in Mass. (NECN)
- 'I had to be a different person.' LGBTQ youth report echoes with Cape Cod experiences (Boston University Statehouse Program)
- Black and Brown children disproportionately overrepresented in child welfare system, report shows (MassLive)
Additional stories from around the country:
- States weigh child abuse reporting vs. clergy’s duty of confidentiality (Stateline)
- The Brutal Past and Uncertain Future of Native Adoptions (NY Times)
- HUD Provides $688 Thousand in Funding for Public Housing Authorities to Help Youth Aging Out of Foster Care (HUD press release)
- Doctors call for changes to laws that criminalize drug use during pregnancy (NBC News)
- Addressing the Mental Health Effects of Foster Care (New America)
- Report Examines Foster Youths' Transitions to Adulthood (Public News Service)
- Congress Considers Increased Funding for Tribal Child Welfare and Court Systems (Imprint)
- These States Have Banned Youth Gender-Affirming Care (MedPage)