Show: The Imprint Weekly

The Fall of Child Poverty, and Home Visiting’s Looming Fiscal Cliff

On this week’s podcast we discuss a major drop in the use of powerful psych meds on California foster youth, and discuss how child welfare metrics behaved during the prolonged decline in child poverty that was recently analyzed by Child Trends.

Guest Interview Details

Jenny Harper joins to talk about the looming federal cliff facing a program aimed at supporting new and expectant mothers, and what advocates are hoping will happen in the near future. 

Reading Room

Prescribing Antipsychotic Drugs to California Foster Youth Declines Dramatically https://bit.ly/3BcmTaW Psych Meds in Jail https://bit.ly/3DDsKci Philly Took $5 Million in Foster Children’s Social Security Payments Without Telling Them https://bit.ly/3BtH843 Lessons From a Historic Decline in Child Poverty https://bit.ly/3Bo3ZOx Expanded Safety Net Drives Sharp Drop in Child Poverty https://nyti.ms/3f0Srcs Maternal, Infant, and Early Childhood Home Visiting (MIECHV) Program https://bit.ly/3eXjDsH Home Visiting: MIECHV Delay Already Hurting State, Local Programs https://bit.ly/3qN2tkd
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