Around 26 percent of foster children placed with a relative
Posted by Sheri Brady on May 24, 2012 at 12:49 PMYesterday we told about about the Annie E. Casey Foundation’s important new report on kinship care — how children can find stable, nurturing support from other relatives when their parents can’t care for them. That report showed that 26 percent…
What government and communities should do to support kinship families
Posted by Sheri Brady on May 23, 2012 at 11:32 AMWe’re very excited for today’s release of a new report on kinship care from our partners at the Annie E. Casey Foundation. This policy report explains the increasing number of children living with extended family and close friends, and…
Report: The families separated by America’s immigration policies
Posted by Sheri Brady on Nov 4, 2011 at 3:14 PMA new report by the Applied Research Center shows how families can be broken apart by America’s immigration policies. Although both immigration law and child welfare policy aims to keep families together, that is often not how it works in…
MI state senator: Only thrift store clothes for foster kids
Posted by Sheri Brady on May 19, 2011 at 5:04 PMToday we thought we pass on a blog post from our member Pennsylvania Partnerships for Children. A Michigan state senator proposed the state mandate that clothing allowances for foster children only go toward thrift store clothes.
Tooth decay, the most common childhood disease
Posted by Sheri Brady on May 18, 2011 at 2:29 PMThere is a tendency to think of oral health as different from other kinds of health — to think of a tooth ailment as different from some ailment elsewhere. But the death of Deamonte Driver changed that. A 12 year-old…
Around 100,000 youngsters in VA may struggle with “serious emotional disturbance”
Posted by Sheri Brady on May 3, 2011 at 3:45 PMA new report just released by our member Voices for Virginia’s Children suggests that many more children in that state suffer from emotional disturbances than you might guess. According to the report, titled “Children’s Mental Health in Virginia: System…
Texas: Keep kids out of adult prison
Posted by Sheri Brady on Apr 12, 2011 at 5:58 PMThis is a key time for juvenile justice in Texas. One of our Texas members, Texans Care for Children, says that three bills are coming up that could help keep kids out of adult prison. Texans Care for Children has…
Paddling still prevalent in many states
Posted by Sheri Brady on Mar 30, 2011 at 1:45 PMCorporal punishment in school continues in 20 states, particularly the South, according to child advocates. The New York Times today gives a great overview of the issue of spanking in schools, including the stories of a few students who…
“Risky moves for at-risk children”
Posted by Sheri Brady on Jan 31, 2011 at 2:12 PMThe Washington Post this weekend had a great op-ed about support services for at-risk children in Virginia. The governor has proposed cuts to the already paltry support for youths with mental health, emotional and behavioral problems. This is especially…
Black Administrators in Child Welfare Annual Conference Addresses Disproportionality
Posted by Sheri Brady on Jun 14, 2010 at 9:06 PMDisproportionality in child welfare occurs when a group is overrepresented in the system as compared to their proportion in the population. For example, Black children are 31 percent of the child welfare population but only 14.7 percent of the children…
