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On this week’s episode we discuss new data on drug use among youth who experience incarceration; federal legislation to define poverty out of neglect; testing cash assistance in child welfare; and how foster care is being discussed in the context of the overturning of Roe v. Wade.

Angela Orkin, co-host of The Children’s Law Podcast, joins to discuss one of the longest running podcasts on child welfare.

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New Bill Would Require States To Distinguish Poverty From Child Neglect
https://bit.ly/3YfiSxz

Can Giving Cash to Youth Prevent Homelessness? A New Program Developed in Washington Looks Promising
https://bit.ly/3KosLDx

Washington, D.C., Pilot Gives $500 Per Month to Black Mothers with CPS Cases
https://bit.ly/478nrhr

New York Tests Cash Assistance for Families Involved with CPS
https://bit.ly/3Ob9vKV

Radically Reforming Reunification with Dee Wilson
https://bit.ly/3Pxc2i7

How Abortion Bans Will Strain an Already Failing Foster System
https://bit.ly/3Klh1ln