On this week’s episode we talk about some cases over the right to foster and adopt, Washington’s new policy on newborns exposed to drugs, and some recent award-nominated work by The Imprint.
Ivory Bennett, host of Ivory Bennett: The Podcast and new program manager for the Youth Voices Rising program, joins to discuss her plan to take on tough conversations on the show.
Reading Room
Adults Being Treated for Substance Use Disorder Can Be Foster Parents, Feds Confirm
https://bit.ly/45Ka0Tx
Massachusetts Bans Catholic Couple from Fostering Children Due to Beliefs on Gender, Sexuality, Lawsuit Claims
https://bit.ly/3s9g899
Lawsuit Against Oregon’s Anti-Discrimination Policy Re-Ups Movement to Shield Religious Child Welfare Providers
https://bit.ly/457myUP
Drug-Exposed Babies Put 'In a Very Dangerous Position' by State's New Policy, Critics Worry
https://bit.ly/446DOZ8
Novel Implementation of State Reporting Policy for Substance-Exposed Infants
https://bit.ly/3ZmJ5JA
The Darkest Part of the Tunnel
Nell Bernstein reports on how California’s youth prisons got shut down, and what comes next as county juvenile justice systems take over.
https://imprintnews.org/special-series/the-darkest-part-of-the-tunnel
High Stakes, Silent Systems
An investigation on sexual and reproductive health in foster care.
https://imprintnews.org/special-series/high-stakes-silent-systems
