Bria Suggs

Dec 13, 2024 | kpbs.org | Marielle Segarra |Bria Suggs

A decade ago, Kari Leibowitz traveled to Tromsø, a city located above the Arctic Circle in Norway, to study a curious phenomenon. Although the city experiences polar night, a time of darkness when the sun doesn't rise above the horizon for two months of the year, its residents didn't tend to perceive the long winter as dreary. In fact, they saw it as a time of opportunity.

Nov 26, 2024 | imprintnews.org | Bria Suggs

A study recently published by a University of Georgia professor unpacks how artificial intelligence tools are being deployed in the child welfare system, and examines the effectiveness of the approach. The four-year study looked at how advanced algorithms are being used to assess risk in child welfare investigations, a method that has been controversial in some professional circles.

Nov 5, 2024 | imprintnews.org | Susanti Sarkar |Bria Suggs

Former foster youth in Georgia, New York and California are driving reforms recommended by a leading national nonprofit focused on system reforms, with the goal of improving access to mental health care and affordable housing for one of the nation’s most vulnerable populations.

Oct 8, 2024 | imprintnews.org | Sara Tiano |Bria Suggs

Legislation now before Congress seeks better accounting of “hidden foster care” — a widespread but poorly regulated practice relied upon by child welfare agencies to shuffle kids out of their parents’ homes without court oversight. Indicating the non-political nature of the issue, the Foster Care Placement Transparency Act was introduced late last month by a bipartisan pair of lawmakers. Texas Republican John Cornyn and Georgia Democrat Jon Ossoff are cosponsors of Senate Bill 5214.

Aug 16, 2024 | kuow.org | Bria Suggs

Eighty years ago, the United States and Mexico worked out an arrangement to share water from the two major rivers that run through both countries: the Rio Grande and the Colorado. The treaty was created when water wasn't as scarce as it is now. Water from Mexico flows to Texas' half-billion-dollar citrus industry and dozens of cities near the border.