On this week’s podcast, we break down some recent research about toxicology testing of parents and newborns and how it connects to child welfare, legislative efforts to protect benefits for foster youth, and the troubling state of youth justice in Los Angeles.
Jeff Fleischer, the recently retired CEO of Youth Advocate Programs and recent founder of Neighborhood Safety Advocates, joins to discuss YAP’s rich history and why he thinks America hasn’t developed more programs dedicated to serving youth who have committed serious crimes in the community.
Reading Room
Disparities in Maternal-Infant Drug Testing, Social Work Assessment, and Custody at 5 Hospitals
https://bit.ly/3Kbvj8c
Incidence of Newborn Drug Testing and Variations by Birthing Parent Race and Ethnicity Before and After Recreational Cannabis Legalization
http://bit.ly/42LzMpM
Novel Implementation of State Reporting Policy for Substance-Exposed Infants
https://bit.ly/3ZmJ5JA
A Growing Number of States Vow to Stop Seizing Benefits Owed to Foster Youth http://bit.ly/3LTOt3V
Numerous Reforms, Little Time for Los Angeles County to Improve its Juvenile Detention Facilities
http://bit.ly/3MaGq31
Northern California Tribe Alleges California Unfairly Denied Extended Foster Care Benefits to its Youth
http://bit.ly/3LPUrmr
YAP’s New President an Old Hand at Pushing Against Incarceration
http://bit.ly/40x4IIa
Youth Advocate Programs Gets Federal Stamp of Approval
http://bit.ly/40zCP2c
Youth Advocate Programs, Major Juvenile Justice and Child Welfare Provider, Gets $20 Million Investment from Ballmer Group
http://bit.ly/42Lzz5F