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Feds Strongly Suggest That States Use Coronavirus Relief for Cash Payments to Foster Youth

by LacasaUser01 | Jan 11, 2021 | Child Welfare News

NEWS Written by: John Kelly, imprintnews.org States will have a lot of latitude on how to spend their share of the $400 million in assistance for older foster youth, which passed as part of the massive COVID-19 relief bill in December. But on a virtual town hall last...

LPB Builds on its Decades-Long Mission to Serve Louisiana Families with new Health and Well-Being Initiative

by LacasaUser01 | Jan 10, 2021 | Child Welfare News

CHILD WELFARE NEWS LPB – Louisiana Public Broadcasting (LPB) is an active partner to Louisiana parents and has been for 45 years. Now LPB is pleased to announce even more ways to help parents with a new multi-platform initiative, One To Grow On, designed to...

We are Overdue for a Revolution in Child Welfare

by LacasaUser01 | Jan 9, 2021 | Uncategorized

OPINION Written by: Jessica Pryce and Amelia Franck Meyer, imprintnews.org Although child welfare reform has been a topic of conversation for many years, what is often meant by “reform” is evolutionary or incremental change, which are efforts to make the current...