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Republican Rep. Michelle Ugenti-Rita of Arizona has introduced a bill that would establish 18 as the minimum age for marriage in the state. Currently, Arizona has no minimum age for marriage. There... By Christie Renick This post Southwest: Arizona Legislator Pushes to …
New York Governor Andrew Cuomo signed legislation late last month making it easier for close relatives and family friends to receive financial support for kinship guardianship agreements (KinGAP). Godparents, step-parents,... By Michael Fitzgerald This post New York Expands Funding Access …
It is now that I work in the social work field that I have realized the extremity of the sex trafficking of children.
I first heard this old Yiddish story, which has roots in the Talmud, from Rabbi Adin Steinsaltz.1 While we are in the womb, we know everything there is to know about the universe, but we forget it all at birth. …
When Serena Skinner was 17 years old, she entered Los Angeles County’s foster care system. She was soon placed with a newly licensed foster mom in the San Fernando Valley in Los Angeles. Skinner was struggling with trauma from the abuse she …
J. Cortez III was just 16 years old when he proved to the court he was independent and could be legally emancipated from his mother, though he’d been on his own since he was 12. He’d spent years avoiding the …
Last Friday, the Trump administration rolled out a new “surge initiative” that authorized Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) officials to arrest parents and other relatives who hire smugglers to bring their children into the U.S. McClatchy DC initially broke the …
Just a week into his new position, Wyoming Department of Families Services Director Tom Forslund, the new director of the Wyoming Department of Family Services (DFS), signed himself up for a year and a half of overseeing not one, but …
A boy in Missouri’s foster care system known as M.B. was placed on six psychotropic drugs at once by the age of 12. During his two and half years in care, M.B.was placed in eight different placements and was prescribed a dizzying …
For youth exiting the foster care system, finding a way to access supports and services can be hard. There are many organizations and agencies that offer service to transition-age youth, but knowing where to look for resources like crisis mental …