Show: The Imprint Weekly

Narrowing Neglect in The Law with Diane Redleaf

On this week’s episode, we discuss some alarming high school graduation data for foster youth in one of America’s largest cities; Oregon’s move away from an algorithm; and how the bipartisan gun bill could bring accountability to Medicaid services for children. 

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Longtime child welfare legal expert (and poet!) Diane Redleaf joins to discuss her career, recent legislation to change neglect statutes in state law, and how they tie into her recent work on children’s rights. 

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New York City Foster Youth Graduation Rates Found Far Lower Than Previously Known https://bit.ly/3HQu77L Oregon Is Dropping An Artificial Intelligence Tool Used in Child Welfare System https://bit.ly/3HSFhZr An Algorithm That Screens for Child Neglect Raises Concerns https://bit.ly/3xU4BJZ Findings from a Qualitative Analysis of Racial Disproportionality and Disparity for African American Children and Families in Michigan’s Child Welfare System https://on.ny.gov/3HQKAZy Early and Periodic Screening, Diagnostic, and Treatment https://bit.ly/3btZ3yt Youth Advocates Eye 2020 for Revolution on Children’s Mental Health in California https://bit.ly/39TWBkc When the Backlash Came for Title IX, She Fought Back https://nyti.ms/3bxS1ZH Former Rep. Patsy Mink’s comments on the Adoption and Safe Families Act https://bit.ly/3u2pvps The Challenge of Changing America’s Amorphous, Limitless Neglect Laws https://bit.ly/3PhFQ2t Building Resilience: Group Pushes for Looser Neglect Laws, More Child Autonomy https://bit.ly/3xSuNot
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