Poverty Reduction? Only if You File Taxes

On this week’s episode of The Imprint Weekly Podcast we discuss new proposals for abolishing “family policing” and creating a community-led parallel system for family support; lowered expectations on L.A. juvenile justice reform; and a surprising outcome among states that have raised the age since 2007. Jen Burdick of Community Legal Services of Philadelphia joins to talk about her organization’s massive push to help clients file tax returns this year to prevent them from missing out on major new family supports that some believe could halve child poverty in America. 

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Jen Burdick of Community Legal Services of Philadelphia joins to talk about her organization’s massive push to help clients file tax returns this year to prevent them from missing out on major new family supports that some believe could halve child poverty in America.

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Reading Room Envisioning a Different Future for Child Welfare https://bit.ly/3w8P2eL Changing the Child Welfare System Starts With Reframing Our View of Families https://bit.ly/3hihLYU Los Angeles Seeks to Delay Sweeping Juvenile Justice Reform Plan https://bit.ly/3w1x3qw Advocates Tout Data Showing Raise the Age Laws Haven’t Overwhelmed States’ Juvenile Facilities https://bit.ly/3w7O5mI IRS Filing Portal for Child Tax Credit and Earned Income Tax Credit https://www.irs.gov/credits-deductions/child-tax-credit-update-portal

Money and Maltreatment

On this week’s podcast we discuss the end of the federal eviction moratorium, a string of new laws aimed at protecting parents suspected of abuse or neglect in New York, and Molly Dunn joins to talk about problems with Arizona’s effort to get federal assistance to current and former foster youth. 

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Lindsey Bullinger of Georgia Tech University joins us for a conversation about how changes in the minimum wage can impact abuse and neglect, how to research the impact of the new child allowance, and what she and colleagues found when they matched up matched up child welfare data with cell phone usage during the early months of the coronavirus pandemic.

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Resuming Evictions Could Land Kids in Foster Care, Experts Say https://bit.ly/3b8b89y Evictions and Neighborhood Child Maltreatment Reports https://bit.ly/3f1rulj New York City Lawmakers, Moms Push Sweeping Changes to Child Maltreatment Reporting System https://bit.ly/33qpldD New Research Links Increased Minimum Wage to Reduced Child Maltreatment https://bit.ly/2RvAqr7 COVID-19 and Alleged Child Maltreatment https://bit.ly/3vNdCC7

The Vaccine and Child Welfare; A New Prize for Thinking Outside the Box

About 40,000 foster youth live in group homes and institutions. On this week’s podcast we talk to reporter Megan Conn about what’s going on with vaccination for the frontline staff at these places, some research of note on homelessness and employment, and a former foster youth who just became an NAACP Image Award nominee.

BONUS: This episode features music from the Unsung program, which helps youth in juvenile settings learn to perform, record and produce songs.

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Chani Katzen Laufer and Jill Nagle of the Aviv Foundation join us to talk about a new $200,000 award the grant maker will give to four new ideas for family support and child welfare.

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Children’s Residential Centers Scramble to Secure Vaccines for Frontline Staff https://imprintnews.org/coronavirus/childrens-residential-centers-scramble-to-secure-vaccines-for-frontline-staff/51469 With Frontline Workers Refusing Vaccination, Youth Residential Facilities Consider Future Mandates https://imprintnews.org/coronavirus/youth-congregate-facilities-requiring-coronavirus-shots/51641 A New Study Highlights Promising Jobs Programs for Foster Youth https://imprintnews.org/child-welfare-2/a-new-study-highlights-promising-jobs-programs-for-foster-youth/51525 ‘Black Foster Youth Handbook’ Author Nominated for NAACP Image Award https://imprintnews.org/child-welfare-2/black-foster-youth-handbook-nominated-naacp-image-award/51529 Vote for the NAACP Image Awards https://naacpimageawards.net/ Award Announced for New Ideas in Child Welfare https://imprintnews.org/child-welfare-2/award-new-ideas-child-welfare/51564

How to Spend $400 Million on Older Foster Youth

On this week’s podcast we discuss the departure of Jerry Milner from the Trump administration (will he be back under Biden?), more lawsuits, and what the newest data on child abuse and neglect shows.

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Double feature! Celeste Bodner of FosterClub joins to discuss the $400 million in coronavirus aid headed to states to help current and former foster youth; and New Jersey child welfare commissioner Christine Norbut Beyer talks to us about her recent stimulus check program for older youth in care.  BONUS: This episode features music from the Unsung program, which helps youth in juvenile settings learn to perform, record and produce songs.

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Trump Separated Families. One Appointee Fought to Keep Them Together. California Budgets $8 Million to Bring Youth Home from Troubled Facilities Children’s Rights Sued One-Third of New England This Week Number of Child Abuse and Neglect Victims Reached Record Low in 2019 Last-Minute Spending Deal Includes Boosts for Child Welfare Feds Strongly Suggest That States Use Coronavirus Relief for Cash Payments to Foster Youth

The Pandemic’s Heartbreaking Toll on Separated Families

On this week’s podcast we discuss the child welfare package passed by Congress as part of the coronavirus relief deal, new studies on life after foster care, and a temporary fix in Ohio on kinship support.

BONUS: This episode features music from the Unsung program, which helps youth in juvenile settings learn to perform, record and produce songs.

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We’re joined by Melissa Thompson, Melanie Jordan and Cam Lundstrom of the Office of Respondent Parent Counsel in Colorado for a sobering discussion on how the pandemic has impacted the cases of parents with children in foster care.

A Pandemic Plan To Keep Foster Youth Plugged In

On this week’s podcast we cover state and local ballot measures with big consequences for children and families, the Fulton v. City of Philadelphia Supreme Court case, and an interesting new program in Ohio aimed at preventing parents from relinquishing custody of their kids. 

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Our guest this week is Serita Cox, co-founder of iFoster, on how her organization fueled a partnership that produced thousands of laptops and cell phones for current and former foster youth whose educations were disrupted by the coronavirus pandemic.