Show: The Imprint Weekly

Post-Adoption America with April Dinwoodie

On this week’s podcast we discuss the tragic deaths of Ma’khia Bryant and Aviva Okeson-Haberman, the system clawing back social security from youth in foster care, and new research on termination of parental rights.

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April Dinwoodie joins us to discuss what we’ve learned (and what we haven’t) when it comes to supporting adoptions and guardianships in America, and what she thinks of the recent calls to repeal or revisit federal adoption legislation. 

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‘We Should Not Be Here Today’: Ma’Khia Bryant, 16, Mourned, Celebrated at Her Funeral https://bit.ly/2QDY70u Remembering KCUR Reporter Aviva Okeson-Haberman https://n.pr/3h1Xzwd Foster Care Agencies Take Thousands of Dollars Owed To Kids Most Children Have No Idea https://bit.ly/3vHyjPX Coming Soon to Congress: Discussion on Child Support Clawback https://bit.ly/3oJjvgH New Study Confirms High Prevalence of Investigations, Loss of Parental Rights https://bit.ly/32B1GXl Five Early-Career Researchers Selected for the William T. Grant Scholars Class of 2026 https://bit.ly/338y9Vo North Carolina D.A. Erases Criminal Records for Former Juvenile Offenders https://bit.ly/3dRhBY5 Former Foster Youth’s Bill Signed: At Every Washington State School, a Foster Care Coordinator https://bit.ly/3vyBFEE Profiles in Permanency https://bit.ly/3xRkgJs
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