President Donald Trump speaking with attendees at the 2024 AmericaFest at the Phoenix Convention Center in Phoenix, Arizona. Photo by Gage Skidmore UPDATE: On Wednesday, the Washington Post and New York Times reported that the White House budget office has “rescinded” its previous memo freezing federal social services grants.

Dec 12, 2024 · For four in 10 youth who are placed in congregate care, Stumler cites, there is no clinical need for them to live in a group facility. And “research consistently shows that children fare best in families, not facilities.”

Dec 19, 2024 · Several states have recently lifted statutes of limitation for survivors of abuse to file legal claims against their alleged perpetrators, leading to scores of lawsuits against child welfare and youth justice-related organizations and their facilities.In California, the potential for big verdicts from such lawsuits has contributed to a very shaky insurance market for …

Senators John Cornyn and Jon Ossoff want more attention paid to the informal diversion of kids from foster care. Legislation now before Congress seeks better accounting of “hidden foster care” — a widespread but poorly regulated practice relied upon by child welfare agencies to shuffle kids out of their parents’ homes without court oversight.

01/13/2025. Headlines: The Arrest of James McIntyre, “New” Data on Trying Kids as Adults, and More. On this Headlines edition of The Imprint Weekly Podcast, we stick with Capitol Hill where a lot went down around the holidays.

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Dec 30, 2024 · Yesterday, we featured Imprint reporting on the continuous drop in the number of youth who are in foster care. Less is known about trends in the use of “hidden foster care,” a practice that generally entails child protection agencies diverting children to the homes of relatives or family friends without formally seeking to remove legal custody from a parent or guardian.

The Imprint is an independent, nonprofit daily news publication dedicated to covering child welfare, juvenile justice, mental health and educational issues faced by vulnerable children and families.

The Imprint is an independent, nonprofit daily news publication dedicated to covering child welfare, juvenile justice, mental health and educational issues faced by vulnerable children and families.

The Imprint is an independent, nonprofit daily news publication dedicated to covering child welfare, juvenile justice, mental health and educational issues faced by vulnerable children and families.