The Imprint Weekly
The Imprint Weekly Podcast offers listeners a regular review of news and trends in America's child welfare and juvenile justice systems, along with other critical services for youth and families. Join Imprint Senior Editor John Kelly for a discussion of the week's major headlines, plus interviews with leaders in the field.
Episodes
239 episodes
Headlines: Alex Adams Hearing, Juvenile Justice Funding, and More
On this Headlines edition of The Imprint Weekly Podcast, we start with news of out Washington, D.C., including the confirmation hearing for Trump’s child welfare nominee; the lack of grants available on juvenile justice; and several actions rel...
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Episode 212
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31:21
A.I. and Child Welfare with Michael Tanana
On this week’s episode, Michael Tanana of Lyssn, joins us to talk about artificial intelligence, or AI, in the child welfare system. Tanana helped found Lyssn, which uses AI to help assess the quality of various services in a way that used to r...
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Episode 211
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47:22
InnerViews – Faith, Food, and Freedom: Diaspora Wisdom with Nancy Konjo
In this deliciously deep episode, we sit down with Nancy Konjo—author of From Jollof to Sweet Potato Pie and a faith-rooted justice advocate. We talk food as healing, faith as resistance, and what it means to build bridges across the African di...
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Episode 211
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44:52
Trump is Running Out of Time to Fund Homeless Youth Services
On July 9, the Department of Health and Human Services started the funding competition for organizations that work on the frontlines of helping youth who are homeless, have run away, and are either involved in or at risk of being trafficked.&nb...
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Episode 210
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43:12
The Trump Bill, Parental Relinquishment, and New Mexico’s New Drug Policy
On this week’s Headlines edition of the podcast, we start by summing up the most relevant details from the massive budget bill recently passed by Congress and signed by President Trump. We also discuss The Imprint’s recent reporting on youth wh...
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Episode 209
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39:40
innerViews – Mothering on Empty: Healing, Holding On, and Letting Go
In this deeply personal and profoundly moving episode, host Ivory Bennett is joined by mental health professional Dr. Alison Davis for a candid conversation about the emotional toll and transformative lessons of caregiving. From the complexitie...
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A YMCA Membership for Every Older Foster Youth
On this week’s episode of The Imprint Weekly Podcast we are joined by Brandon Nichols, director of the Los Angeles County Department of Children and Family Services, and Victor Dominguez, CEO of the YMCA of Metropolitan Los Angeles. They recent...
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Episode 208
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24:03
Supporting Dorm Life for Current and Former Foster Youth
On this week’s episode, Congressman Greg Landsman joins to talk about the Campus Housing Affordability Act, his new bipartisan bill to make dorm life attainable for current and former foster youth. We discuss the college dorm model in his home ...
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Episode 207
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24:56
Headlines: New Federal Child Welfare Data, Insuring Foster Care, the Trump Budget, and more
On this week’s “Headlines” edition of the Imprint Weekly Podcast, we talk about the new federal dashboard for child welfare data from through the Adoption and Foster Care Analysis and Reporting System. We discuss the dashboard itself and ...
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Episode 206
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45:59
InnerViews – Sisters, Systems & Sibling Rights: Advocacy Rooted in Experience
In this powerful episode of innerViews, changemakers Isabel Stasa, Erica Hickey, and Lily Colby share how they transformed personal pain into public purpose through advocacy. They discuss the founding of the National Network for Fostering Sibli...
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Episode 206
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54:56
A New Way Forward on Children’s Mental Health
Over the course of his career leading youth and family services, Alex Briscoe has become an expert in Medicaid policy, one of the most complex but substantial corners of government funding. He recently led a multi-year initiative called the Cal...
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Episode 205
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52:35
Medicaid’s Enormous Role in Child Welfare
A budget bill is moving through Congress that includes significant cuts to the Medicaid program, one the largest federal programs and the provider of health insurance for one in five people in America. And it has an outsized impact on the child...
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Episode 204
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45:49
Headlines: What’s Going on in Washington
On this week’s “Headlines” edition of the Imprint Weekly Podcast, we dive into Trump administration’s reduction of the federal workforce focused on children and families, and hundreds of millions of dollars in grants terminated at the Dep...
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Episode 203
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42:36
Head Start and the Social Safety Net
Head Start is a federally funded early learning operation that serves about 750,000 children every year at approximately 1,600 programs across the country. In the past month, the Trump administration has laid off several Head Start staff, and a...
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Episode 202
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48:17
InnerViews - Balancing Healing, Hustle, and Humanity with Theron Ogedengbe
In this episode of InnerViews, Ivory Bennett and special guest Theron Ogedengbe, a licensed therapist and powerhouse lived expert, unpack the delicate balance between healing, advocacy, and humanity. Together, they spill the tea on national adv...
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How to Stop Stealing from Foster Youth
For decades, child welfare systems have been receiving disability and survivor benefits owed to youth in foster care. Often these dollars are not saved for those children, or used for their unique needs.Amy Harfeld, national policy direc...
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Episode 201
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1:00:54
Episode 200! Headlines and a Youth-Led Mayoral forum in NYC
It is the 200th episode of The Imprint Weekly Podcast! On this week’s episode we go through some fun facts about the first 199 episodes of the show, and then talk to Cheyanne Deopersaud about the virtual mayoral forum on youth issues she organi...
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Episode 200
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59:39
Investigating Families, with Kelly Fong
Kelley Fong, an assistant professor of sociology at the University of California, Irvine, joins to discuss her work studying the impact of state child welfare systems and their policies on families. Fong, who has written several op-eds for The ...
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Episode 199
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49:49
Ending the Foster Care to Homelessness Pipeline in New York City
The transition from foster care to adulthood still happens for thousands of young people each year. It’s not easy anywhere, but perhaps nowhere tougher financially than places like New York City where the market rent is astronomically high and ...
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Episode 198
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41:19
InnerViews – Voices of Resilience: Foster Care Stories and Healing Journeys
In this powerful episode of InnerViews, Ivory Bennett sits down with Chaplain Dr. Kay Kizer — a trailblazing advocate and author — to discuss the realities of growing up in foster care, overcoming childhood trauma, and embracing the he...
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41:08
15,000 Adoptions for Wendy’s Wonderful Kids, with Rita Soronen
Wendy’s Wonderful Kids is a program of the Dave Thomas Foundation for Adoption that for decades has focused on finding permanency for older youth in foster care, as well as children with special needs. The program, which received a $200 million...
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Episode 197
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38:09
Headlines: Federal Funding, Trump Staff Moves, Medicaid Coverage and More
On this week’s episode, we review some of the recent action out of Washington, including what’s going on with federal funds, the impact of Trump’s executive orders on some youth with lived experience, and who is temporarily leading child welfar...
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Episode 196
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36:44
InnerViews – Unpacking Parentification: The Emotional Toll on Black Youth in Child Welfare
In this episode of InnerViews, host Ivory Bennett sits down with Montina Myers-Galloway, a licensed clinical mental health counselor, TEDx speaker, and advocate for Black women healing from parentification. Together, they explore the i...
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53:41
The Future of the Indian Child Welfare Act
On this week’s episode, Imprint Indigenous Children and Families Reporter Nancy Marie Spears hosts a special roundtable discussion on the future of Indigenous child welfare. Our panel of guests break down how they will engage with a new 25-year...
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Episode 195
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56:27
Child Welfare and The Department of Education with Celia Sims
On this week’s episode, Abecedarian Group President Celia Sims joins us to discuss child welfare and education policy, and the intersection of the two. Sims, who spent most of her career on Capitol Hill, reflects on a recent op-ed she wrote for...
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Episode 194
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37:29