Best of 2024

In October, outgoing President Joe Biden issued a formal apology for the centuries that the U.S. government forced Native American children to attending boarding schools.

Some of the strongest Youth Voices Rising pieces published by The Imprint in 2023, all written by youth with lived experience.

A collection of ten of the strongest op-eds on child welfare and youth justice published by The Imprint in 2024.

In 2024, The Imprint reported on legislative, policy and advocacy efforts aimed at preventing the use of foster care in child welfare cases.

Since 2019, states have been able to use federal child welfare funds to help pay for legal counsel for children and youth involved in child welfare cases. This year, Biden expanded that federal support.

The Imprint introduced readers to John Spence, a member of the Gros Ventre tribe, who leads Indigenous youth to experience the “healing power of horses" through equine therapy.

This year, Imprint examined the financial troubles of Court Appointed Special Advocates (CASA) and the organization's actual impact on kids.

Across the country, challenges to keeping youth safe in child welfare and juvenile justice facilities were under the microscope in 2024.

Drug tests being used against parents undergoing medication-assisted sobriety and fatal overdoses in youth justice facilities in New York were among the stories we covered in 2024.