Show: The Imprint Weekly

Ukraine’s Orphans and Families, One Year Later

On this week’s podcast, we talk about the Biden administration’s plan to expand federal funds to support kinship caregivers; promising data on one state’s Raise the Age reform; how COVID-era child tax credits impacted child abuse and neglect; and more.

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Ian Forber-Pratt, deputy executive director of Children’s Emergency Relief International, joins us on the one-year anniversary of the War in Ukraine, a nation that before the invasion of Russia already had one of the world’s highest orphan populations.

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Register for Mental Health at the Crossroads http://bit.ly/39LZWPU Register for Under Construction: Policies that Shape -Policies that Shape the NY Child Welfare System http://bit.ly/3EAIo80 Biden Administration Proposes Easing Foster Care Licensing Barriers for Relatives http://bit.ly/3m7l3EF Biden’s Top Child Welfare Official Discusses Her 2023 Priorities with The Imprint http://bit.ly/3Z6xVJU Feds Cancel Plan for $10 Million to Prevent Confusion of Poverty with Neglect http://bit.ly/3kUzfA4 Senate Judiciary Subcommittee to Investigate Georgia Child Welfare http://bit.ly/41qAKXJ Did “Raise the Age” Lead to More Juvenile Violent Crime? http://bit.ly/41vIGqL Impact of Direct Cash Benefits to Low-Income Families Can Be Far-Reaching http://bit.ly/3kuzaTK Child Tax Credits Led to Decreased Abuse and Neglect, New Study Shows http://bit.ly/3xV7ZF6 New York Child Welfare Advocates Call on Lawmakers to Prevent Foster Care Through Community Investment https://bit.ly/3HKaU7Z Maryland Eyes Law to Protect Domestic Violence Survivors from “Failure to Protect” Charges https://bit.ly/3IpGfy9 Impact of War on Ukraine’s Children https://bit.ly/3IVd0ne U.N. High Commissioner for Refugees Data Portal on Ukraine https://data.unhcr.org/en/situations/ukraine Ukraine situation: Regional protection profiling and monitoring factsheet https://data.unhcr.org/en/documents/details/97720
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