On this week’s podcast we discuss a new California law that grants more time for reunifying families in some child welfare cases; the ever-worsening situation in Los Angeles juvenile facilities; and Congress takes an interest in kids that run away from foster care.
Keri Richmond, manager of child welfare policy for the American Academy of Pediatrics, joins to discuss AAP’s recent assessment of the new limits on federal funding for group homes, residential care and institutions for foster youth. And we chat about the excellent podcast Keri helps produce, Unbelievably Resilient.
Reading Room
Eighteen Months Before Losing Your Kid? California Challenges Some Child Welfare Timelines
https://bit.ly/41yelH0
‘Intolerable’ and ‘Appalling’ — Los Angeles County Juvenile Halls Face New Round of Scrutiny
https://bit.ly/3UHhLoJ
Audit Finds Child Welfare Agencies Often Don’t Report Missing Kids to National Office
https://bit.ly/41dIRpR
Grassley, Cornyn, Colleagues Introduce Bill To Help Missing Foster Youth
https://bit.ly/3mAt4T2
Arizona Kinship Support Services
https://bit.ly/43OKHzx
Family First Implementation: A One Year Review of State Progress in Reforming Congregate Care
https://bit.ly/3L5m3Do
Implementing the Family First Prevention Services Act
https://bit.ly/3A4L9vQ
The Imprint’s Complete Guide to the Family First Act
https://imprintnews.org/special-series/complete-guide-the-family-first-act