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Recommendations for Trauma-Informed Care Under the Family First Prevention Services Act
December 2, 2020 | NWI
The federal Family First Prevention Services Act provides a significant opportunity for child welfare systems to better support children and families. The National Child Traumatic Stress Network and Chapin Hall at the University of Chicago have partnered to outline recommendations for how jurisdictions can understand Family First’s policy requirements for trauma-informed approaches and ensure that implementation of the law meets the trauma-related needs of children, youth and families. This paper outlines opportunities to better support the workforce and foster families in providing trauma-informed care.
Experiences and Well-Being of Sexual and Gender Diverse Youth in Foster Care
December 2, 2020 | NWI
This is the first survey to report on the proportion of youth in foster care in New York City who are LGBTQAI+ and differences in their experiences compared to those of youth who are not LGBTQAI+. This survey was commissioned by the New York City Administration for Children’s Services (ACS), which is committed to serving youth in foster care that are LGBTQAI+. This report provides the detailed findings from this survey.
Santa Clara County rolls out UBI program for youth transitioning out of foster care
August 3, 2020 | Maria Hermsen-Kritz
Santa Clara County has started a pilot program that provides a “universal basic income” of $1000 monthly to young people aging out of foster care, the first of its kind in the country.
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Has child abuse surged under COVID-19? Despite alarming stories from ERs, there’s no answer
August 3, 2020 | Maria Hermsen-Kritz
While calls to child abuse hotlines have been down during the pandemic as children are out of school and community programs, experts are unsure what actual numbers may be, and calling for a shift in paradigm from intervention toward prevention to meet the needs of the moment.
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Researchers Find Association between Participation in Extended Foster Care and Reduced Risk of Homelessness
June 17, 2020 | Maria Hermsen-Kritz
These researchers found that young people who participated in extended care had a reduced risk of homelessness. Read more here»
Alameda County’s Youth Transitions Partnership Program: A Promising Model for Supporting Transition-Age Youth in Foster Care
June 17, 2020 | Maria Hermsen-Kritz
This brief from Chapin Hall goes over the results of a study of a program for transition-age foster youth in Alameda County, California.
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Strings Attached: Young Adults Fight to Stay In Foster Care
June 17, 2020 | Maria Hermsen-Kritz
The most vulnerable young people in California struggle to remain in the state’s extended foster care program, even as the state has expanded eligibility during the Covid-19 pandemic.
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FosterStrong, Media Platform For and By Foster Youth, To Launch This Week
May 28, 2020 | Maria Hermsen-Kritz
A new nonprofit led by those with lived experience in the foster care system, designed to share stories of those currently in foster care as well as alums, launched this week.
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As Pandemic Batters Economy, Foster Youth Bear the Brunt
May 28, 2020 | Maria Hermsen-Kritz
This article, from the Chronicle of Social Change, details how the unemployment crisis resulting from the Covid-19 pandemic could hit foster youth harder than other employment-eligible young adults.
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Older Foster Youth Can Feel Unprepared to Navigate Mental Health Care, Study Finds
April 23, 2020 | Maria Hermsen-Kritz
A new study published by the Journal of Adolescent Health found that a high percentage of foster teens do not feel prepared to manage their own mental health upon entering adulthood, despite high rates of medication and mental health service use.
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