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Substance Abuse

12/4/2024

When Prescribed Medications End in a Call to CPS: One Upstate New York Mom is Fighting Back in Court

Sara Tiano

An upstate New York mother has filed a lawsuit alleging she was drug-tested and reported to CPS for using prescribed addiction medications.

12/3/2024

Penalized for Their Prescriptions: Parents Using Legal Addiction Medications Face Ongoing Discrimination in the Child Welfare System

Sara Tiano

Parents managing addiction under doctor’s orders with methadone or similar medications are often set up for failure in foster care courts.

Youth Services Insider

9/13/2023

Feds Announce $450 Million for Opioid Treatment 

Sara Tiano

The Biden Administration recently announced $450 million in spending to bolster drug abuse prevention and treatment amid a national epidemic of overdose deaths.

9/11/2023

Centering Families in Drug Treatment with Kathy Icenhower

John Kelly

On this week’s episode we are joined by Kathy Icenhower, co-founder and CEO of Shields for Families. Three decades ago, against the backdrop of the crack epidemic, Icenhower started Shields out of a run-down trailer provided by the Los Angeles county government with Norma Ntume and Dr.

Podcast

8/14/2023

SafeCamp Spotlights: Ivory Bennett 

John Kelly

On this week’s episode we talk about some cases over the right to foster and adopt, Washington’s new policy on newborns exposed to drugs, and some recent award-nominated work by The Imprint.

Podcast

7/21/2022

CARE Court: Can California Counties Make it Work?

Jocelyn Wiener and Manuela Tobias

While state lawmakers show enthusiasm about California's new CARE Court, county officials are worried they don’t have the resources to implement the idea.While state lawmakers show enthusiasm about California's new CARE Court, county officials are worried they don’t have the resources to implement the idea.

12/6/2020

Lisa Ling on The Opioid Crisis within Child Welfare

John Kelly

On this week’s podcast we discuss the potential legislative aftermath of a suicide in a Wisconsin juvenile facility, new Family First Act approvals, and how a rapid home-testing strategy could affect juvenile justice and child welfare systems.

Podcast

12/3/2020

Sunday, 9 p.m. EST: Lisa Ling Explores The Nexus of Heroin and Child Welfare

John Kelly

By John Kelly

Ebony Clancy and her daughter, Mercedes. Photo: Robert Palumbo
Ohio spends less on child welfare than any system in the nation. It has also been hit harder than almost any other state by the opioid crisis, which has continued unabated – perhaps worsened by – the coronavirus pandemic.

11/20/2020

New York City Moves to Limit Drug Testing of Pregnant Women

Michael Fitzgerald

New York City moved this week to curb hospital drug testing of new and expecting mothers, a widespread and controversial practice that can lead to newborns being placed in foster care at perhaps the most delicate stage of life.

11/16/2020

New York City To Investigate Hospital Drug Tests of Black and Latina New Mothers, Which Can Prompt Foster Care Removals

Michael Fitzgerald

By Michael Fitzgerald

Credit: Christine Ongjoco
New York City’s Commission on Human Rights has launched an investigation into whether hospitals are targeting Black and Latina pregnant mothers and newborns for drug testing, an inquiry that will assess whether they are being subject to racial bias and discrimination.

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