ARTICLE TAG

community

11/19/2024

A Vision for Progress, Not Regression, on Youth Justice

Gladys Carrión writes about the need to resist attempts to roll back decades of progress on youth justice reform

Upstream City

5/18/2023

Upstream City: Child Welfare Systems Should Be Allies, Not Leaders, in Transformative Change

An “upstream” approach should not be an argument for expanding the size or scope of child welfare systems, writes Nora McCarthy.

Time To Knock on the Door of the New Administration

3/12/2023

Finding the Strengths in Partnerships

Child welfare is different than business, but there is something to be learned from the reality of rolling recessions.

Upstream City

2/15/2023

Upstream City: To Change Conditions for Families, Shift Power Out of Systems

Community-led decision-making is key to real transformation of neighborhood conditions and support for families.

9/15/2022

The Sounding Board

In the Sounding Board column, Dee Wilson writes that to address child suicides, there must be an all-in commitment to cultural change.

7/29/2021

Do Not Diminish the Importance of Small Beginnings

Paul DiLorenzo laments that fact that tremendous community innovations in child welfare is not a focal point of efforts to reform the system

7/3/2019

Kids Count 2019: A Rising Tide, Maine’s Meteoric Rise, and Children of Color Still Left Behind

Child well-being has improved nationwide since the start of this decade, according to the 2019 Kids Count Databook released recently by the Annie E. Casey Foundation. But it’s especially better in Maine.

9/25/2018

All Children Are Our Children: Supporting Kids in Foster Care

The Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors will consider a motion today that calls for the county’s Department of Children and Family Services (DCFS) to develop a coordinated faith-based engagement strategy.

A still from the Focus on the Families launch video

9/2/2015

Foster Care: There’s an App for That

“Community” is not a word typically used to describe the outcomes of today’s technology-obsessed world. Despite new forms of communication, hours spent staring at screen are generally not conducive to forming bonds with one’s neighbor.