Looking for regular updates on what’s happening in the real of foster care? There are many regular publications available, from daily newsletters to annual journals.
https://www.childrensalliance.org/blog/2024-legislative-report-what-did-lawmakers-do-for-kids Important steps were taken on the youth behavioral crisis and funding for schools – read a report from the Children’s Alliance on all the
March 2024 Dee Wilson Substance Abuse and Child Welfare: Reflections on Child Welfare History 1985-2024 This month’s Sounding Board will begin a series of
Dee Wilson This month’s Sounding Board is the first of two commentaries regarding leadership and the mismanagement of child welfare systems over decades. During the
November 2023 Toni Sebastian & Dee Wilson This Sounding Board is a revised updated version of a commentary disseminated in 2015. Most of this
A new article by Judith Schagrin has been published at Child Welfare Monitor about a familiar topic, the child welfare placement crisis, “a slow-motion train
The CR serves as a navigator – helping to research, call, and vet resources based on what individuals tell us they need, and connecting kinship
At Mockingbird’s 2023 Youth Leadership Summit, young advocates shared their stories, highlighted issues affecting young people experiencing foster care and homelessness, and proposed their ideas
In 2022, Children’s Alliance convened a small workgroup of youth behavioral health experts in Washington to conduct a comprehensive analysis of the youth behavioral health
reposted with slight edits from the blog of Robert Latham, a law professor and former GAL in Florida One of the big topics in
If your child receives Washington State Medicaid, they may be eligible for the Community First Choice (CFC) Program. (All foster children receive Medicaid through Coordinated Care.
originally published by Dee Wilson in June 2023 Washington State law requires a review of suspected child maltreatment deaths when there was an open
