SafeCamp Spotlights: April Dinwoodie of Born in June, Raised in April

On this week’s episode we discuss a slate of recent court decisions over gender-affirming care for minors; Arizona moves to protect Social Security benefits for foster youth; big data breaches involving youth in the system; and California closes state-run juvenile prisons for good.

We begin our summer series SafeCamp Spotlights, where we’ll talk to hosts from all of the great shows featured on the SafeCamp Audio podcast network. Up first: April Dinwoodie, host of Born in June, Raised in April.

Reading Room

Federal Judges in Kentucky and Tennessee Block Portions of Transgender Youth Care Bans

https://bit.ly/46D5bfR

Federal Judge Strikes Down Arkansas’ Ban on Gender-Affirming Treatment for Trans Youth

https://bit.ly/46J0MYX

Arizona Becomes First State to Stop Agencies From Taking Foster Children’s Federal Benefits

https://bit.ly/3NMInlh

Foster Advocates Critical of MN Department of Education’s Handling of Data Breach

https://bit.ly/3NL4Kr

Lutheran Social Services of Illinois Announces Data Breach Affecting Over 150k Individuals

https://bit.ly/3JR7134

The Darkest Part of the Tunnel: Nell Bernstein reports on how California’s youth prisons got shut down, and what comes next as county juvenile justice systems take over.

https://bit.ly/3pFVTz2

California Invests in Education for Incarcerated Youth

https://bit.ly/3NMuqD

Top Child Welfare Official Contreras Leaving Biden Administration

https://bit.ly/3r7LgFB

Bill to Protect Disabled Parents Involved with Child Welfare System Introduced

https://bit.ly/46lCWSA