family preservation Archive
Connecticut has announced it is underway with a pay-for-success venture that will reward private funders if they are successful in using a substance abuse treatment model to curb re-referrals to, and out-of-home placements made by, child protective services. One wrinkle: …
Congress will be back after Labor Day for what is certain to be a short session, with reckoning day nearing for those seeking reelection. September might be the last chance – for some time – for proponents of the Family First Preservation …
Now that there finally is a bill, it is clear who has the greatest reason to oppose the so-called Family First Prevention Services Act: Environmentalists. That’s because of how many forests will be destroyed to provide the paper for all …
Anita Farris, a superior court judge in Snohomish County, Wash., says, “I’ve only used the ‘P word’ once in 23 years on this bench, and it applies in this situation.” That’s P as in perjury. KING-TV in Seattle reports the …
The U.S. House of Representatives has passed the Family First Prevention Services Act, which now heads back to the chamber that originated its framework. With a voice vote that suggested overwhelming support, the House moved forward legislation that would drastically …
Credit: The Minnesota Star Tribune Gov. Mark Dayton speaks at the first session of his task force on child protection in 2014. On New Year’s Eve, the Minnesota Department of Human Services released a slate of recommendations, which call for …