Want to Keep Kids Out of Foster Care? Vote for Gentler Criminal Justice Laws
A new study finds associations between states’ criminal justice and welfare laws. By Francie Diep (Photo: Craig Willford/Flickr)…
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Should Los Angeles County Predict Which Children Will Become Criminals?
One major difference separates troubling Minority Report policing programs from what happened in L.A. County's child welfare system.
The Future of Foster Care in California
New legislation in the Golden State is attempting to fix the foster care system by putting foster families before group care programs, but some group homes can become non-traditional families.
Can California Successfully Re-Build Its Foster Care System?
As California dismantles its beleaguered system of youth group homes, state lawmakers bet big on expanding foster care.
Is It Time to Start Shutting Down Group Homes for Troubled Children?
At a hearing last week in Washington there was a renewed call for addressing the violence and neglect that plagues group homes for foster youth.
From the System to the Street
The factors and figures behind the so-called “foster care to prostitution pipeline”
American Child Welfare Ruins Lives, Here’s Your Receipt
There's one way to enter the child-welfare system and make it out in one piece: luck.
What If the Best Remedy for a Broken Family Is No Family at All?
The San Pasqual Academy argues we should let foster teenagers create their own tribe.