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My message to all foster youth: Voting isn’t just a mundane adult task — it’s our power to shape the world, writes Lonnell Schuler. The Imprint is an independent, nonprofit daily news publication dedicated to covering child welfare, juvenile justice, mental health and educational issues faced by vulnerable children and families.
Lawsuit: Disabled Youth in IL Prisons Denied Special Education
Oct 9, 2024 — For exclusive Youth Services Insider content. Your support allows The Imprint to provide independent, nonpartisan daily news covering the issues faced by vulnerable children and families. A lawsuit claims Illinois has for nearly two decades failed to provide special education services to young people locked up in adult prisons.
First-ever Oral Histories of Indian Boarding School Survivors
Oct 11, 2024 — The first-of-its-kind oral history project, underway since March, receives and archives these memories. Three historians and a team of an additional 10 to 12 people have so far visited Indigenous communities in Oklahoma, Alaska, Minnesota, North Dakota, Montana and Michigan, and will continue their work through 2026.
Federal Lawmakers Want to Track ‘Hidden Foster Care’
Filed 10/8/2024 5:54pm. Subscribe Today. Your support allows The Imprint to provide independent, nonpartisan daily news covering the issues faced by vulnerable children and families. A bipartisan bill now before Congress would require states to track their reliance on “hidden foster care," a widespread but poorly regulated practice.
DOJ Freezes Funding for National Child Advocates Group - The …
For exclusive Youth Services Insider content. Your support allows The Imprint to provide independent, nonpartisan daily news covering the issues faced by vulnerable children and families. Donate or Subscribe. The stepped-up oversight has resulted in staff furloughs at the 39-year-old National CASA/GAL Association for Children.
Indigenous Child Psychologist To Retire — But Her Work Continues
Sep 12, 2024 — Longtime Indigenous Child Psychologist Will Retire But Continue Her Work Healing Trauma. This conversation has been condensed and lightly edited for clarity and length. Sep. 13 correction: The introduction to this article has been revised to clarify several details of Dolores Subia BigFoot’s biography and career. Nancy Marie Spears works ...
Youth Share Firsthand Accounts of Life in Group Homes
Oct 4, 2024 — The new report expands on an earlier version released in 2018 that focused solely on juvenile justice facilities. The recent installment adds insight into facilities for foster youth and concerns about discrimination based on race, disability, sexual orientation and gender identity.. The Department of Human Services, which oversees the facilities highlighted in …
The Nation’s First Family Separation Policy - The Imprint
Oct 9, 2018 — In the late 1960s, while employed by the Association on American Indian Affairs (AAIA), a New York-based attorney named Bertram Hirsch was sent to North Dakota to assist with a kinship dispute case on behalf of the Spirit Lake Tribe. Child welfare workers were forcibly removing children from family members and placing them in white homes, sometimes out of state.
NYC Gatherings Look to ‘Narrow the Front Door’ to Foster Care
Oct 4, 2024 — Hundreds Have Gathered in New York City With the Goal of ‘Narrowing the Front Door’ to Foster Care. Clarification: Additional co-hosts have been added to the story. Disclosure: The Redlich Horwitz Foundation is one of the funders of Fostering Media Connections, The Imprint’s parent nonprofit company.
The Intersection of Generational Trauma | The Imprint
Oct 9, 2024 — The Intersection of Generational Trauma. Chantel Jackson is a New York native living in Manhattan, New York. She is a passionate advocate for youth affected by the child welfare system and parental incarceration. She is pursuing a bachelor's in Ayurvedic wellness and integrative health with a specialization in consciousness and human potential ...