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California Child Welfare Co-Investment PartnershipMedia ScanOctober 16 – November 4, 2019CHILD WELFARECaliforniaRevisiting California's Continuum of Care Reform InitiativeChronicle of Social Change, 11/4/2019The goal of the Continuum of Care Reform (CCR) was to reduce group home placements by shifting foster youth to family-based services. There have been some modest accomplishments, but from the author's perspective, there is a long way to go to really achieve success. L.A. Aims to Expand Services for Homeless Pregnant WomenCity News Service, 10/29/2019The Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors voted today to seek funding to expand services to homeless pregnant women. Supervisor Hilda Solis recommended finding ways to provide more resources to help mothers and their babies during pregnancy and with parenting after birth. Baby's death shows Fresno's homeless with children need more helpFresno Bees, 10/25/2019There are far fewer homeless shelter beds and low-income housing units in Fresno than are needed to meet the need, and among those already limited resources, there are even fewer spaces available for homeless families with children, especially large families and those with fathers or teenage boys. Los Angeles Finalizes $14 Million Plan Guaranteeing Foster Kids Reliable, Uninterrupted Transportation to their Home SchoolsChronicle of Social Change, 10/23/2019The plan approved by Los Angeles Unified School District (LAUSD) - by far the largest of Los Angeles County's 80 school districts, with 40 percent of the county's students - helps bring it into closer compliance with the federal Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA), an overhaul of federal education policy signed into law by President Obama in 2015. The law mandated that local educational and child welfare agencies provide transportation for foster youth to their home school starting in December of 2016. LAPD vows to aduit 4,000 cases of serious child abuse not investigated since 2018Los Angeles Daily News, 10/21/2019An investigation by The Chronicle for Social Change, in partnership with the Southern California News Group, found the LAPD did not investigate at least 4,000 cases of serious child abuse from January 2018 to July 2019, according to data from the L.A. County District Attorney’s Office. Capt. Paul Espinosa, chief of the LAPD’s Juvenile Division, said his staff would conduct an audit of the reports his detectives apparently did not follow up to determine what happened in each case. Inside Foster Home Recruitment in America's Biggest CitiesChronicle of Social Change, 10/21/2019For the nation’s two largest foster care systems (New York and California), the effort to find homes for teens is critical. Report Says LAPD Failed to Investigate Nearly 4,000 Cases of Child AbuseCBS Los Angeles, 10/20/2019A new report by the Chronicle of Social Change says that the LAPD failed to investigate more than 4,000 alleged cases of child abuse in 2018 and 2019. It Takes Partnership to Recruit and Retain Foster ParentsChronicle of Social Change, 10/18/2019Commentary by director of LADCFS Bobby Cagle. Newsom Inks Several New California Child Welfare LawsChronicle of Social Change, 10/17/2019California Gov. Gavin Newsom (D) signed off on about a dozen child welfare bills this year, including an effort to better support Native American children in the state's child welfare system, diversion to help some parents avoid losing their children to foster care as a result of incarceration and rule changes to increase access to financial aid for foster youth in higher education. California's first surgeon general: Screen every student for childhood traumaNBC News, 10/11/2019Dr. Nadine Burke Harris has an ambitious dream: screen every student for childhood trauma before entering school. "A school nurse would also get a note from a physician that says: 'Here is the care plan for this child's toxic stress. And this is how it shows up,'" said Burke Harris, who was appointed California's first surgeon general in January. NationalAdoption Groups Could Turn Away LGBT Families Under Proposed RuleThe New York Times, 11/2/2019A proposed rule by the Trump administration would allow foster care and adoption agencies to deny their services to L.G.B.T. families on faith-based grounds. Re-Envisioning a Sibling Connection in Foster CareChronicle of Social Change, 11/1/2019More than half of our children in foster care have one or more siblings in the system, and between 60 and 73 percent of sibling groups do not live in the same foster home. Awards $1.5 Million to Public Housing Authorities to Assist Young People Agining Out of Foster CareU.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, 10/31/2019U.S. Housing and Urban Development (HUD) Secretary Ben Carson today awarded $1.5 million to nearly a dozen housing authorities to assist young people aging out of foster care and who are at risk of experiencing homelessness. See chart below. Fewer US children in foster care; first drop since 2012Associated Press, 10/24/2019The number of children in the U.S. foster care system has dropped for the first time since 2012, stemming a surge that was linked to substance abuse by parents, according to new federal data released on Thursday. Suicide rates on the rise for young people: CDCKRON4, 10/18/2019A new government report reveals a disturbing trend. According to the CDC, the youth suicide rate rose 56% over a 10-year period. For decades, a suicide rate for teenagers and young adults was relatively rare. AP Investigation: Deported parents may lose kids to adoptionAssociated Press, 10/9/2019One foster family's initially successful attempt to win full custody of a child reveals what could happen to some of the infants, children and teens taken from their families at the border under a Trump administration policy earlier this year. Juvenile JusticePositive Youth Development Holds Promise for States Working with Transitioning YouthJuvenile Justice Information Exchange, 11/4/2019A recent study from Chapin Hall showed that nearly half the nation’s youth who have experienced homelessness have been involved in the justice system and that those without stable housing upon release are more likely to be rearrested. Next Target for Juvenile Justice Reform: ProbationCrime and Justice News, 10/23/2019Casey has begun working with jurisdictions to reduce the number of youth placed on probation and to move away from the traditional compliance-based model to one focused more on incentives and positive youth development. Making amends, not doing time: SF prosecutors say youth program achieves resultsSan Francisco Chronicle, 10/18/2019When District Attorney George Gascón began the restorative justice program in 2014, he believed that not prosecuting juveniles for certain felonies would not only be cheaper, it would also reduce crime. Of the 47 youths who completed the program, about 13% re-offended within two years, according to data provided by the district attorney. EducationHow to Prepare Foster Care Adolescents for Post-Secondary EducationYouth Today, 11/4/2019Access to post-secondary education is a common goal for many adolescents. Appropriate assistance from a knowledgeable adult is critical for successful navigation of the challenging post-secondary education preparation process, therefore vital in achieving access to higher education. CSECLGBTQ, Traumatized Homeless Youth More Vulnerable to Being Trafficked, Report FindsJuvenile Justice Information Exchange, 10/21/2019Understanding how homeless youth are trafficked is important information for the organizations offering them services. That’s the conclusion of a report released today based on a 2018 count of homeless and runaway young people ages 14-25 in Atlanta. PovertyCalilfornia's Homelessness Crisis: The Beginning of the End, The End of The Beginning - Or No End in SightEureka, 10/30/2019Newsom can look back on his first year as California's 40th governor and point to a budget signed on time, affixing his signature to nearly two dozen wildfire-related bills, and rarely missing a chance to bask in the national spotlight, be it spitballing with President Trump via Twitter or attempting to change the face of amateur college athletics. Materials of InterestPreventing Adverse Childhood ExperiencesCenters for Disease Control and Prevention, 11/1/2019Learn how you can help prevent ACEs. $1.3M grant allows UCLA's tribal legal clinic to become operational year-roundDaily Bruin (UCLA), 10/30/2019The doors of UCLA's tribal legal clinic, which allows law students to work directly with tribes to develop legal institutions, will soon be open year-round after receiving a $1.3 million grant. Are Child Abuse Pediatricians Getting It Wrong?Medpage Today, 10/30/2019In 2015, a massive Washington Post investigation questioned the accuracy of the "Shaken Baby" diagnosis, a key tool in the specialty's armamentarium. And last month, a multi-part series by NBC News and the Houston Chronicle has brought attention to several cases of innocent parents who fought long battles to win their children back after they were accused by child abuse pediatricians at Texas Children's Hospital. ................
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