“Kids Are Not a Priority Until They’re a Problem”
On this week’s episode, we discuss California’s looming foster care cliff for older youth, obesity-as-neglect in Pennsylvania, and the passing of a major figure in international adoption.
Guest Interview Details
Lisa Thurau, the head of Strategies for Youth, joins us to talk about the true front door of the juvenile justice system: police encounters with youth. We talked about the origins of her organization, how it trains law enforcement to think differently about engaging young people, and what she thinks will come of the current moment of reckoning around police and civil rights.
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Los Angeles Leaders Aim to Prevent “Housing Cliff” for 1,100 Aging Out of Foster Care Dec. 31
https://bit.ly/3owBaKA
The New Year’s Cliff for California Foster Care Requires a Community Solution
https://bit.ly/3oi7xN0
A Pennsylvania Case Illustrates Again Why, for Children, “Best Interests of The Child” Is Among the Most Dangerous Phrases in the “Child Welfare” Lexicon
https://bit.ly/3s0fWXx
Hyun Sook Han, Korean Social Worker and Adoption Pioneer, Dies at 83
https://nyti.ms/3rW1Gze
Make Training Police on Juvenile Justice, Youth Interaction a National Priority
https://bit.ly/3IFnzbY
Hope Springs Infernal for Better Policing
https://bit.ly/3DIleJG
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