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California Voice: AI transparency law for state government use was destined to fail
Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... Systems like these mine sensitive personal data to automate what can be life-and-death government decisions for people, such as whether they will be granted cash assistance to feed their families, qualify for housing or be able to access needed medical care.
Why California’s AI transparency law for state government use was destined to fail
After announcing under a new law that California’s state government uses no so-called high-risk AI systems, the state has discovered — to no one’s surprise — that state agencies actually have been using at least six automated systems to make consequential decisions about the lives of Californians.
Why California’s AI transparency law for state government use was destined to fail
Welcome to CalMatters, the only nonprofit newsroom devoted solely to covering statewide issues that affect all Californians. Sign up for WeeklyMatters for a Saturday morning digest of the latest news and commentary from the Golden State. This story is part of California Voices, a commentary forum aiming to broaden our understanding of the state and spotlight Californians directly impacted by policy or its absence. Learn more here.
Family Policing and the Carceral State: How Carceral Violence Persists Through the Surveillance, Punishment, and Regulation of Families
Advanced search Journal of Progressive Human Services Latest Articles Submit an article Journal homepage Top Full Article Figures & data References Citations Metrics Reprints & Permissions Read this article /doi/full/10.1080/10428232.2024.2368325?needAccess=true Share Back to Top ABSTRACT Although conceptualizations of the carceral state have become more expansive in recent years to include systems beyond prisons and policing, the child welfare system has often eluded this conceptualization...
A rail-y great start to Better Transport Week
12 June 2023 | Victoria Copeland Today was the official start of Better Transport Week and we’ve spent the day celebrating all things rail. This morning we kicked off our week-long celebration of sustainable transport at Kings Cross Station in London with Rail Minister, Huw Merriman, and in Cardiff, Deputy Minister for Climate Change Lee Waters did the honours of launching Better Transport Week in Wales.
Learn How to Raise the Bar in Higher Education
Home Family in the US Lecture/Guided Facilitation Endorsements: 2 This is a copy of a guided facilitation/lecture that was used for a two hour policy course. I've also included a version with my lecture notes to show the flow of the lecture and to provide further instructions. It was intended for students who had minimal previous awareness or knowledge about the US child welfare system.
Administrative Burdens in Child Welfare Systems
COMPLIANCE COSTS Child protection agencies and family courts require parents to participate in services from allied providers, attend visits and court hearings at a specified time and place, and submit to surveillance and monitoring. In the child welfare context, compliance in these activities becomes the way of measuring not only parents’ commitment to their children, but also the extent to which they have “taken responsibility” for the factors that brought them to the attention of the system.
Centering unacknowledged histories: revisiting NABSW demands to repeal ASFA
The Adoption and Safe Families Act of 1997 has now been actively implemented in the United States for 24 years and remains largely unchanged from its initial conception. Initial critiques of ASFA included questions around the ethics of its requirements and the efficiency of its proposed goals.
1 in 4 California Foster Youth Become Homeless After Leaving Care
Illustration by Christine Ongjoco. While millions of California residents have been pushed into financial peril under the crush of the coronavirus pandemic, new research shows that more than a quarter of the state’s former foster youth struggled with homelessness and housing instability well before the virus’ economic devastation hit.
In Favor of California's Prop 15 and Long Beach's Measure US
Pouelinna Po running a voter registration table with Khmer Girls in Action. Photo courtesy Pouelinna Po. Spooky season is here – however this year, the scares aren’t just about Halloween, but about the impending elections exposing the threats to our dignity, health, wellbeing, and democracy as a diverse society.
What Michigan Got Right, And Wrong in the Aftermath
Author Daniel Kahneman in “Thinking, Fast and Slow” explains how two modes in our brains make decisions. One is fast/hot, an instinctive and emotional process often fueled by anger, fear or a survival response. The other is the slow/cool system, characterized by a calm and more conscious state of mind that is rational, thoughtful, deliberate and capable of making complex decisions. Both modes have their virtues and vices, depending on the circumstances in which a decision is being made.
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.
The Complicity of Academia in Policing of Families
Academia is a space for immense learning and knowledge building. It is a place where ideas are crafted into resolutions for some of the world’s greatest concerns. Yet, because of its potential to do good, we often overlook academia’s complicity and collaboration in harmful research projects and practices. The “Ivory Tower” has notably harmed Black and Indigenous folks historically and in the present context.
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