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Panicked Parents Push Back On Trump's Dismantling of Head Start

5/5/2025

‘A Blinding Light at the End of the Tunnel’: Panicked Parents Push Back On Trump Administration’s Dismantling of Head Start

Among the Health and Human Services programs under threat from the Trump Administration's cuts is the family safety net program, Head Start.

Youth Services Insider

10/11/2024

Bob Schwartz, Founder of Juvenile Law Center, Has Passed Away

Bob Schwartz, the charismatic figure in youth justice reform who co-founded the Juvenile Law Center has died at 75 after a prolonged bout with cancer.

8/21/2024

Lawmakers To Consider Attorneys for Relatives in New York Foster Care Courts

A pending bill would enhance representation for relatives when vital decisions are made about children caught up in the foster care system.

Youth Services Insider
Feds Promote Use of Predictive Analytics in Child Welfare

10/7/2022

White House Issues Plan for Artificial Intelligence Bill of Rights

This week, the Biden Administration released a blueprint for an artificial intelligence "bill of rights" as big data tools are used in more social institutions.

Judges in “Kids for Cash” Scandal Must Compensate Families, Court Decides

8/19/2022

Judges in “Kids for Cash” Scandal Must Compensate Families

Two former judges were ordered to pay $206 million to hundreds of families whose children were victimized by their scheme to send kids to for-profit jails to receive kickbacks.

8/12/2022

Pennsylvania Parents Sue State Over “Unconstitutional” Child Abuse Registry

A group of parents and nonprofits is suing the Pennsylvania child welfare agency over its practice of placing people on a child abuse registry without a hearing.

child welfare work celebrated

1/10/2022

A Court Reminds Us of the Obvious: Probable Cause Counts in Child Welfare Cases, Too

Kudos to the Pennsylvania Supreme Court for siding with parents' Fourth Amendment rights in child welfare cases, writes Vivek Sankaran.

Pennsylvania Supreme Court Issues Landmark Ruling for Mom in Child Welfare Case

1/7/2022

Pennsylvania Supreme Court Issues Landmark Ruling in Child Welfare Case

The Pennsylvania Supreme Court ruled that child welfare agencies must have probable cause to search a parent's home amid anonymous allegations.

Pennsylvania Supreme Court Issues Landmark Ruling for Mom in Child Welfare Case

7/8/2021

Bipartisan Task Force Calls for Juvenile Justice Overhaul in Pennsylvania

Pennsylvania’s juvenile justice system needs an overhaul to address pervasive violence and racial disparities, according to a bipartisan task force report.