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Overmedicated: How the US Foster Care System Is Failing Our Children
On Jan. 17, a federal class action lawsuit was filed against the state of Maryland Department of Human Services (DHS) over inadequate prescription oversight in the foster care system of psychotropic drugs for children, ...
March 10, 2023
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Christy Prais
Childcare Key to Fewer Kids in Protection
Fewer Aboriginal children would end up in the child protection system if early childhood services were better funded ...
December 9, 2022
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San Diego County Partnership Changing Foster Youth Lives
Commentary Children in the foster system are at a stark disadvantage when it comes to remote learning. The ...
January 31, 2022
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Jan Garcia
Innovative Foster-Care High School Saved by California Judge’s Order
A California Superior Court judge has rescued an innovative residential high school for foster children from state-ordered closure, ...
December 21, 2021
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Joseph M. Hanneman
Foster Care Agency Wins First Supreme Court Case Ruling on Same-Sex Couples
“This is the first case in which a foster care agency has won at the Supreme Court, and ...
June 21, 2021
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Lily Sun
Proposed Agreement Reached in Lawsuit Alleging Money Stolen From Foster Kids
VANCOUVER—A proposed settlement agreement has been reached in the case of a British Columbia government guardian, who is ...
July 15, 2020
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The Canadian Press
Supreme Court Agrees to Review Faith-Based Foster Care Agency’s Fight Against Philadelphia
The Supreme Court has agreed to take up a case to review whether the City of Philadelphia can exclude ...
February 24, 2020
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Janita Kan
Fighting Homelessness: New HUD Program Helps Foster Youth With Housing Like Family Would
Just what is it like to suddenly have no place to live when you turn 21? Every year, ...
February 11, 2020
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Jan Jekielek
California Family Council Member Says New Law Endangers Foster Children
Director of Capitol Engagement at California Family Council (CFC) Greg Burt expressed concern about the safety of a ...
November 7, 2019
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Terentin Wang
Unrealistic Expectations Push Child Welfare to Break Up Families, Expert Says
More than 1,500 children die in the United States every year because of abuse or neglect. In many ...
June 12, 2019
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Petr Svab
Parents’ Nightmare: Social Worker’s ‘Feelings’ Contribute to Child Abuse Allegations
It’s one of the last things a parent wants to encounter—a social worker at the door with allegations ...
June 5, 2019
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Petr Svab
Children in Social Services System Most at Risk of Being Sex Trafficked
Among children reported as likely victims of child sex trafficking upon running away from home, most have one ...
May 22, 2019
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Petr Svab
Homeschooling Parents’ Children Taken by Government, Citing ‘Educational Neglect’
Hemerd King hasn’t seen his five children for two years. The New York City government broke up his ...
April 21, 2019
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Petr Svab
Opioid Epidemic Highlights Twisted Machinery of Foster Care System
Millions of Americans recovering from drug addiction amid the opioid crisis face a looming danger of losing their ...
February 24, 2019
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Petr Svab
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