Rule-a-Palooza! Safe Places for LGBTQ+ Youth with Currey Cook

Over the summer, The Imprint Weekly Podcast will feature episodes with subject matter experts to talk about several new rules and regulations issued by the Biden administration in the past year. 

On this week’s episode, Currey Cook of Lambda Legal joins to discuss a new rule aimed at ensuring all child welfare systems have enough foster homes that are supportive and safe for youth who identify as LGBTQ+. We discussed some of the existing laws and policies in this area, what the Biden rule actually requires of states, and what Cook hopes for in terms of further legislating to protect and support LGBTQ youth.

Currey Cook is the Director of the Youth in Out-of-Home Care Project and Counsel in the National Headquarters Office of Lambda Legal. Before joining Lambda Legal in 2013, Cook was the Co-Director of the Bronx office of The Children’s Law Center New York a non-profit law firm representing children in New York City Family Court.

Reading Room

Federal Register: Designated Placement Requirements Under Titles IV-E and IV-B for LGBTQI+ Children
https://bit.ly/3W3PMRd

Designated Placements In, Conversation Therapy Out: Biden’s Rule for LGBTQ+ Foster Youth
https://bit.ly/3W0XXhf

LGBTQ Youth Make Up One Third of Foster Care, But Are Often Poorly Served
https://bit.ly/3qQVXYV

What We Know About LGBTQ+ Children & Youth in Foster Care
https://bit.ly/3zJUVXd