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.
DOJ Freezes Funding for National Child Advocates Group - The …
The stepped-up oversight has resulted in staff furloughs at the 39-year-old National CASA/GAL Association for Children, which sets standards for volunteers matched with hundreds of thousands of children in family courts across the country.
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Fewer Foster Youth and Homes in 2023, Imprint Survey Finds
Dec 4, 2023 · It’s worth noting that the Biden administration has finalized a new federal rule to ease the process of licensing kin and supporting them with federally-backed foster care payments. A group of national advocates have already formed a model standard that they hope to use in working with states to increase the reliance on kin within formal foster care.
It’s Time to Stop Confusing Poverty With Neglect - The Imprint
Jan 17, 2020 · Yet, as a field, we seem quite comfortable with very small, incremental improvements and minor tweaks to the way we operate — tweaks that often benefit the operators more than those living the experience; tweaks that may not result in noticeable improvements in the way children, youth and parents experience the system at all; and tweaks that are not …
Rochester's New Advocacy Model for Parents in NY Family Court
Nov 14, 2023 · “The program itself, although well-intentioned, would have injected lawyers into cases of abuse and neglect much earlier,” a county spokesperson told Rochester news outlets, “potentially intimidating child victims and limiting access by CPS workers who would otherwise assess and monitor the child’s safety.”. Attorney Turner said that ultimately, new local leaders …
Northern California Siblings Receive Foster Care Abuse Trial Award ...
Dec 7, 2023 · A jury in Northern California has awarded nearly $25 million to three siblings who were sexually abused by a foster parent, compensation that attorneys for the children describe as some measure of accountability for the assaults they suffered.
Preserving Family Bonds Act Passes New York Legislature Again
Jul 6, 2023 · Legislation granting parents a pathway to contacting their children after their parental rights have been terminated in family court cases was first introduced in 2017 by Assemblymember Latoya Joyner (D), who cited a personal connection.
California’s Notorious Youth Prisons Shut Down Today - The Imprint
Jun 30, 2023 · A packed dorm at the Fred C. Nelles Correctional Facility in the 1990s, an era when California’s youth prisons held roughly 10,000 teens and adolescents.
Civil Rights Complaint Alleges Minnesota's Child Welfare System ...
The national groups are representing the Minneapolis NAACP, which has been outspoken on one recent child welfare case involving a Black family, detailed in The Imprint’s 2023 “Fighting for Kin” series. “Black children and families have long endured suffering at the hands of Minnesota’s child welfare system,” Cynthia Wilson, Minneapolis NAACP branch president, stated in a press …