News from the Field Related to Wraparound
A New Chapter in America’s Child Welfare System
February 23, 2025
At the end of last year, Congress passed the largest overhaul of the nation’s child welfare system in more than 15 years. The reform includes more support for kinship care, aging out youth and efforts to prevent the separation of families due to poverty. This panel discussion looks at how these reforms will make a difference for children and families in the U.S.
An Analysis of Custody Relinquishment Using Administrative Data
February 23, 2025
Custody relinquishment occurs when children enter foster care primarily to receive behavioral health or disability services. This brief focuses on the prevalence custody relinquishment and the demographic characteristics, family circumstances, and behavioral health conditions and disabilities of children relinquished.
Five Innovative Programs Supporting Black Students’ Mental Wellness
February 23, 2025
A lack of mental health providers can hinder a Black student’s growth. These five organizations are showing up in and outside of schools.
Foster Care’s Downward Trend
February 23, 2025
Data from various sources shows a steady decline in the number of children and youth in foster care. This article highlights reports on legislative, policy and advocacy efforts aimed at preventing the use of foster care in as many child welfare cases as possible.
What Happened When America Emptied Its Youth Prisons?
February 23, 2025
Between 2000 and 2020, the number of young people incarcerated in the United States declined by an astonishing 77 percent. Over the same time period, arrest rates and serious violent crimes by juveniles fell equally dramatically. What lessons can be drawn from this 20-year experiment and quiet triumph of public policy?
Stories of Navigating Youth and Family Systems
January 13, 2025
This podcast series features authentic stories shared by individuals who have navigated various youth and family systems. Each episode offers a unique perspective on their encounters within these systems and solutions to the challenges they faced.
Skaters Promoting Youth Mental Health
January 13, 2025
This article/recording from National Public Radio features The Skate Mind Project, a program from The New School that leads psychological first aid trainings for skaters.
Crucial Conversations About Healthy Romantic Relationships
January 13, 2025
This toolkit focuses on three critical domains of healthy romantic relationships: communication, such as sharing thoughts/feelings; boundaries/limits, including setting, enforcing, and respecting boundaries and limits; and shared power, such as negotiating roles and responsibilities. This toolkit is for professionals who support teens and youth who experience the child welfare and/or justice systems, homelessness, and/or disconnection from school and work.
Brain Structure and Early Use of Substances Among Adolescents
January 13, 2025
Many differences in brain structure appeared to exist prior to any substance use among adolescents, pointing to the role brain structure may play in substance use risk, NIH-supported study suggests.
Some Childhood Traumas May Reduce Mental Health Problems
January 13, 2025
An analysis of national data by University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health psychiatry researchers showed that the type of trauma a person experiences could be more impactful than the amount of trauma they encounter in youth.