Category: foster care system

Overmedicated: How the US Foster Care System Is Failing Our Children

March 10, 2023
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On Jan. 17 a federal class action lawsuit was filed against the state of Maryland Department of Human Services (DHS) over inadequate prescription oversight of psychotropic drugs for children in the foster care system—putting them in danger of overdoses and serious side effects. According to the lawsuit, recent DHS data shows that at least 72.1 percent of children in…

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Childcare Key to Fewer Kids in Protection

December 9, 2022
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Fewer Aboriginal children would end up in the child protection system if early childhood services were better funded and resourced, industry leaders suggest. Victoria’s truth-telling inquiry is examining the child protection system, with early childhood leaders on Friday lamenting the fractured way centres are funded across the state. Aboriginal-controlled childcare organisations that unite communities and…

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San Diego County Partnership Changing Foster Youth Lives

January 31, 2022
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Commentary Children in the foster system are at a stark disadvantage when it comes to remote learning. The increasing digitization of education in combination with a recent emphasis on remote learning due to COVID-19 can make it difficult, if not impossible, for children without computer access to stay engaged in the learning process. For foster…

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Innovative Foster-Care High School Saved by California Judge’s Order

December 21, 2021
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A California Superior Court judge has rescued an innovative residential high school for foster children from state-ordered closure, and the school is again ready to accept new students. Judge Robert Dahlquist of the Superior Court of California (County of San Diego) issued a preliminary injunction forbidding officials from terminating the group-home license for San Pasqual…

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Foster Care Agency Wins First Supreme Court Case Ruling on Same-Sex Couples

June 21, 2021
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“This is the first case in which a foster care agency has won at the Supreme Court, and the first time the court has spoken on that particular issue.” Nick Reeves, an attorney at the Becket Fund for religious liberty, told The Epoch Times last Friday after the U.S. Supreme Court unanimously ruled on June…

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