Headlines: Foster Care Numbers, Kinship Licensing, Chronic Absenteeism and More

On this month’s headlines edition of the podcast, we discuss new federal data on foster care, the first state and tribe to get approved for kinship licensing, and what happened this year in the government spending deal. We also talk about a controversial law in Tennessee over foster parents’ views on sexual orientation, Minnesota’s African American Family Preservation Act, and more.

Reading Room
What’s In the 2024 Spending Deal for Youth and Families
https://bit.ly/43SWuNF

Michigan, Salt River Pima Tribe Approved for Federal Kinship Support
https://bit.ly/3U9gkkc

Federal Report: Foster Care Total Dropped Again in 2022
https://bit.ly/3TsQ3Mh

50-State Comparison of Mandatory Reporting Laws
https://coloradocpo.org/mandatory-reporting-resource/

Senate Approves Bill Establishing a Right to Foster, Adopt by Anti-LGBTQ Parents in Tennessee
https://bit.ly/4asVq5i

Idaho Legislature requests Office of Performance Evaluations investigation of Youth Treatment Homes
https://bit.ly/3VRHjlD

Short-Staffed New York Juvenile Facilities Place Detained Youth at Risk, State Investigation Finds
https://bit.ly/3VMdPWo

A Bill Once Again Before Minnesota Lawmakers Set Out to Preserve Black Families. This Year’s Version Would Apply to Almost Everyone in the Child Welfare System.
https://bit.ly/3xt8Obb

NAACP and Children’s Advocates Request Federal Civil Rights Investigation of Minnesota’s Child Welfare System
https://bit.ly/3vBuscP

Congressional Candidate Wants to Create a Place for Young Women ‘To Dream, To Fight and To Just Be’ 
https://bit.ly/43PBlDQ

Profiles in Youth Work: Lateefah Simon
https://bit.ly/3xqbVRg

Barry Krisberg, Lifelong Crusader for Youth Behind Bars, is Mourned Nationwide
https://bit.ly/43R0ga2