Mental Health Litigation Boom in Child Welfare, and More Headlines
On this week’s episode we catch up on some headlines from the last few months in child welfare and youth justice, including: a flood of mental health litigation; adoption reckoning in South Korea; a federal effort to help states differentiate poverty and neglect; the nexus between money and maltreatment; the Finish the 5 campaign in Texas; and more.
Reading Room
South Korea Sets Up a Truth and Reconciliation Commission to Investigate Adoptions
http://bit.ly/3Joq5Gc
Feds Plan $10 Million to Prevent Confusion of Poverty with Neglect
http://bit.ly/3kUzfA4
Nevada Eyes State Bill to Codify ICWA
http://bit.ly/3WRSIie
Wyoming Considers Codifying Indian Child Welfare Act Protections in State Law
http://bit.ly/3YbdOJH
With ICWA Under Threat, More States Shore Up Laws to Protect Native Families from Foster Care Separation
http://bit.ly/3WJ7SGt
Maryland and Iowa Are the Latest to be Sued Over Youth Mental Health Services
https://bit.ly/3wipDBP
Justice Department Slams Alaska for Over-Institutionalizing Youth with Disabilities
http://bit.ly/3RjcNwY
Disabled Foster Youth Sue North Carolina for ‘Segregating’ Them in Institutions
http://bit.ly/3XLS6w1
New York Let Residences for Kids With Serious Mental Health Problems Vanish. Desperate Families Call the Cops Instead.
http://bit.ly/3XXReEa
‘We’re at a Crisis Point’: NY Attorney General Hearing Spotlights Child Mental Health Care Failures
http://bit.ly/3XOg21y
Sabrina’s Parents Love Her. But the Meltdowns Are Too Much.
http://bit.ly/3kSH35B
The Imprint Weekly Podcast: Ohio Medicaid Director Maureen Corcoran
http://bit.ly/2ObtLAV
Impact of Direct Cash Benefits to Low-Income Families Can Be Far-Reaching
https://bit.ly/3kuzaTK
Texas Teens Embark on An Idealistic Quest to Shut Down the State’s Last Five Youth Prisons
http://bit.ly/3HDjGpA
Youth and the Juvenile Justice System 2022 National Report
https://bit.ly/3RhIWov
How Youth Incarceration Undermines Public Safety: Reviewing the Evidence
https://bit.ly/40eSk00