Show: The Imprint Weekly

A New Law to Support Mothers-to-Be in Prison

On this week’s episode, we discuss the slow-developing effort to connect current and former foster youth with federal pandemic assistance, and a new bill that would extend the deadline for it. Also: the Family First Act clearinghouse reconsiders some programs; federal judges toss three child welfare lawsuits; Supreme Court asked to decide the fate of the Indian Child Welfare Act; and Maryland commission recommends an end to automatic transfers from the juvenile justice system.

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Rae Baker of the Minnesota Prison Doula Project joins to discuss her organization’s efforts to help expecting moms in prison as they prepare for birth, and a precedent-setting state law the project successfully pushed for that will offer a chance for these moms to stay with their newborns outside of the prison walls.

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Healers in the System: From The Health Field to Child Welfare Leadership Register for FREE! https://imprintnews.org/webinars Pandemic Relief Funds for California Foster Youth Slow to Reach Needy Young Adults as Deadline Approaches https://imprintnews.org/foster-care/pandemic-relief-funds-for-california-foster-youth-slow-to-reach-needy-young-adults-as-deadline-approaches/58376 Youth Voice: As Deadline for Federal Pandemic Relief Looms, Fosters Are Being Failed Yet Again https://imprintnews.org/youth-voice/as-deadline-for-federal-pandemic-relief-looms-fosters-are-being-failed/58601 Family First Clearinghouse Approves Two New Services, Will Reconsider Ohio Kinship Navigator https://imprintnews.org/youth-services-insider/family-first-clearinghouse-approves-two-new-services/58249 Clearinghouse Abruptly Downgrades Family Centered Treatment https://imprintnews.org/foster-care/clearinghouse-abruptly-downgrades-family-centered-treatment/52087 Judges Toss Class Actions Against Ohio, West Virginia https://imprintnews.org/youth-services-insider/judges-toss-class-actions-against-ohio-west-virginia/57424 Both Sides Ask Supreme Court to Decide Fate of Indian Child Welfare Act https://imprintnews.org/child-welfare-2/supreme-court-asked-decide-fate-indian-child-welfare-act/58540 Minneapolis Lawyers Rely on ‘Gold Standard’ Law to Keep Native American Families Together https://imprintnews.org/law-policy/minneapolis-lawyers-rely-on-gold-standard-law-to-keep-native-american-families-together/54527 This Land, Season 2 https://crooked.com/podcast/this-land-season-2-coming-august-23rd/ Reform Council Recommends Ending Policy of Automatically Charging Some Youth as Adults https://www.marylandmatters.org/2021/09/09/reform-council-recommends-ending-policy-of-automatically-charging-some-youth-as-adults/
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