From Transferred Youth to Long-Haul Trucker
On this week’s podcast we discuss the state of legislation on Raise the Age reforms in Georgia, Texas and Wisconsin; a new campaign to repeal the Adoption and Safe Families Act; and news on the Family First Act.
Guest Interview Details
Kevin Skidmore, owner of Four Fourty Trucking in Georgia, joins to discuss his journey from a youth transferred into adult jail to a businessman helping young adults come back home from incarceration.
Reading Room
Register for “Unjust Roadblocks: How the Juvenile System Makes It Hard to Succeed”
http://bit.ly/youthvoicefmc
Raise the Age: Where Legislation Stands in The Final Three States
https://bit.ly/39gQ4gc
Campaign Begins to Repeal Major Federal Child Welfare Law
https://bit.ly/3sihE3X
Nebraska’s Foster Care Prevention Plan Approved by Feds
https://bit.ly/314JULD
Foster Kinship Navigator Program: A Two Study Mixed-Method Evaluation Project
https://bit.ly/31r1hGB