Texas state Rep. Lacey Hull has sponsored a bill requiring the state’s child welfare agency to undertake “active efforts” to keep all families intact before removing a child into foster care. Photo by ...
The Superior Court of the District of Columbia. Photo by APK, CC4.0. A well-known foster youth advocate appeared virtually in a Washington, D.C. criminal court today, after being arrested for ...
A new report finds many states end up giving back some of their funds from the federal Chafee program for older youth in foster care ...
The Trump administration’s call for a funding freeze could total hundreds of billions of dollars, with sweeping impacts on social safety net programs serving children and families. Under threat: child ...
Data released late last year revealed a record-high number of students who are homeless in New York City, driving calls for public support. The Imprint highlighted each of the policy recommendations ...
About one in every eight New York City public school students — nearly 146,000 children — experienced homelessness during the 2023-24 school year, data released late last year from the nonprofit ...
The Trump administration has cancelled a recent five-year project to help states better serve LGBTQ+ youth in the child welfare system, and has halted the submission process for almost all new funding ...