On this week’s episode we catch up on some headlines from the last few months in child welfare and youth justice, including: a flood of mental health litigation; adoption reckoning in South Korea; a federal effort to help states differentiate poverty and neglect; the nexus between money and maltreatment; the Finish the 5 campaign in Texas; and more.
Reading Room
South Korea Sets Up a Truth and Reconciliation Commission to Investigate Adoptions
http://bit.ly/3Joq5Gc
Feds Plan $10 Million to Prevent Confusion of Poverty with Neglect
http://bit.ly/3kUzfA4
Nevada Eyes State Bill to Codify ICWA
http://bit.ly/3WRSIie
Wyoming Considers Codifying Indian Child Welfare Act Protections in State Law
http://bit.ly/3YbdOJH
With ICWA Under Threat, More States Shore Up Laws to Protect Native Families from Foster Care Separation
http://bit.ly/3WJ7SGt
Maryland and Iowa Are the Latest to be Sued Over Youth Mental Health Services
https://bit.ly/3wipDBP
Justice Department Slams Alaska for Over-Institutionalizing Youth with Disabilities
http://bit.ly/3RjcNwY
Disabled Foster Youth Sue North Carolina for ‘Segregating’ Them in Institutions
http://bit.ly/3XLS6w1
New York Let Residences for Kids With Serious Mental Health Problems Vanish. Desperate Families Call the Cops Instead.
http://bit.ly/3XXReEa
‘We’re at a Crisis Point’: NY Attorney General Hearing Spotlights Child Mental Health Care Failures
http://bit.ly/3XOg21y
Sabrina’s Parents Love Her. But the Meltdowns Are Too Much.
http://bit.ly/3kSH35B
The Imprint Weekly Podcast: Ohio Medicaid Director Maureen Corcoran
http://bit.ly/2ObtLAV
Impact of Direct Cash Benefits to Low-Income Families Can Be Far-Reaching
https://bit.ly/3kuzaTK
Texas Teens Embark on An Idealistic Quest to Shut Down the State’s Last Five Youth Prisons
http://bit.ly/3HDjGpA
Youth and the Juvenile Justice System 2022 National Report
https://bit.ly/3RhIWov
How Youth Incarceration Undermines Public Safety: Reviewing the Evidence
https://bit.ly/40eSk00
