ARTICLE TAG

Arizona

2/21/2025

Venezuelan Migrant Mother and Two Children Deported to México Just Hours After Tucson Traffic Stop

Swift deportation leaves a family separated, with 8-and 14-year-old boys still in Arizona, and a community working to connect them.

Minnesota Child Welfare Officials Advise State to Protect Foster Youths’ SSI Benefits

2/11/2025

Minnesota Child Welfare Officials Advise State to Protect Foster Youths’ SSI Benefits

In Minnesota, youth advocates want to end the practice of child welfare agencies using foster youths' federal benefits to pay for their care.

12/2/2024

Child Welfare Ideas From the Experts

Congressional intern Leah Adams Adams argues for greater federal support for the promotion of treatment foster care in kinship care settings.

Youth Services Insider
Kinship care has become more common in Minnesota, while child maltreatment rates seem to have stayed the same.

4/4/2024

Michigan, Salt River Pima Tribe Approved for Federal Kinship Support

The first tribal and state governments have been approved by the Biden administration for an alternative path to licensing kinship caregivers

11/23/2023

Road Atlas: Women Healing Trauma in the Nomad West

A personal essay on the ways women in the nomadic van life community are learning to heal complex trauma.

Youth Services Insider
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8/22/2023

Discovered Documents Prompt Calls for Halt to Some Child Welfare Cases in Arizona

The state child welfare agency now plans to review impacted cases and have asked judges to pause some proceedings

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2/22/2023

Arizona Bill Would Strengthen Kinship Care and Bolster Youth Rights

A new bill in Arizona would prioritize placing foster youth with kin and strengthen the rights afforded to youth in foster care. 

Youth Services Insider

1/9/2023

Former Caseworker Tapped to Take Over Arizona’s Child Welfare Agency

A former Arizona child welfare caseworker has been selected as the next director of the state’s Department of Child Safety. 

“On the Road” with The Storyboard Project: Addison

12/22/2022

“On the Road” with The Storyboard Project: Addison

Mira Zimet traveled the country interviewing youth who have experienced foster care for the third season of The Storyboard Project.