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Four Counties, One Year, No Youth Homelessness
She had been homeless and struggling with depression and suicidal thoughts over three difficult years, when Elsa St Clair was released in January from an Idaho psychiatric hospital. Today, the24-year-old enjoys a reliable internet connection in a Spokane apartment that she’s decorated with the flag of Eastern Washington University, where she hopes to study nursing. In preparation for her future career, she is about to start an online phlebotomy class.
States Should Repeal Racist “Family Cap” on Welfare
Ife Floyd, senior policy analyst at the Center on Budget and Policy Priorities Now that New Jersey has repealed its “family cap” law that denied more cash assistance to families that have another child while enrolled in its Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) program, the 12 remaining states with these laws in their TANF programs should follow suit. The laws not only have racist and sexist roots but constitute bad policy, denying children the resources they need to thrive.
New York Lawmakers, Nonprofits Call On Cuomo For $2 Billion
Queens Assemblyman Andrew Hevesi speaks on a Wednesday morning virtual convening, about why Governor Andrew Cuomo should release $2 billion in federal funding for nonprofits struggling to serve vulnerable New Yorkers during the coronavirus pandemic. Credit: The Imprint With hundreds of child care providers already shuttered and child welfare programs on the brink, leaders from New York’s state Assembly and the human services sector are calling on Gov.
Kids Left Behind After Last Recession
This West Seattle office building housed youth overnight when the Department of Children, Youth, and Families could not find a placement for them. Photo courtesy of Espen James The prosperity in Seattle that followed the 2008 Great Recession led to record home sales along Lake Washington and new Teslas on the roads, but the dwindling investments in housing the state’s most vulnerable foster youth are now leaving hundreds essentially homeless in the state’s care.
New Human Services Chief in NYC Has Deep Roots in Child Welfare
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New York City’s newly named official in charge of health and human services comes with professional experience that neither of Mayor Bill de Blasio’s recent appointees for the position has had: deep roots in child welfare issues. Melanie Hartzog steps into the role of deputy mayor for health and human services, which de Blasio once called one of the most difficult in the city — and that was before the novel coronavirus — as his third appointee for the position in the past two years.
By Megan Conn, Hunter Kurtz, Jeremy Loudenback Verified, Chuck Carroll Verified, Michael Fitzgerald Verified
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Federal Judge Rejects Trump Administration Food Stamps Rule
A federal judge on Sunday threw out a Trump Administration proposal that would have cut food stamps to 700,000 Americans, including many foster youths aging out of care, at the end of the coronavirus emergency, which has put millions out of work.
Racial Injustice in New York State Courts: Problems ‘Extensive and Systemic in Nature,’ Report Finds
A woman and child walk past the main entrance to the Bronx Family Court building. Photo: Hiram Alejandro Durán.
In One Year, Homelessness Prevented for Hundreds of Foster Youth
Hunter Kurtz, assistant secretary of Public and Indian Housing, at a meeting with recipients of FYI vouchers in Denver. Photo courtesy of the Department of Housing and Urban Development. Foster care provides children in need with vital resources aimed to ensure that no matter their background, they will be able to grow into self-sufficient, productive adults. Among these resources are the support structure of a family unit and the stability of a safe, dependable home.
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