John Kelly

1 week ago | imprintnews.org | John Kelly

Duncan Lindsey, who founded one of the seminal research periodicals on children and the systems that serve them, has passed away at the age of 77. “Not only a brilliant scholar and trailblazer in the field of child welfare, Duncan was one of the kindest and most generous people I have ever known,” said Sacha Klein, a professor and researcher at the Michigan State University School of Social Work, in a social media post noting his passing.

1 month ago | imprintnews.org | John Kelly

The Administration for Children and Families (ACF) at long last released annual data from the Adoption and Foster Care Reporting and Analysis program, or AFCARS. While the standard PDF version of the report is available, this year also included the launch of a new dashboard for AFCARS. The upside: The dashboard makes public a lot more data elements than have been out there in the past.

1 month ago | imprintnews.org | John Kelly

Two key pieces of the reconciliation bill being moved by congressional Republicans will be marked up this afternoon, one by the House Energy and Commerce Committee and one by the House Ways and Means Committee. Neither enter those markups with cuts directly targeting child welfare and youth justice.

1 month ago | imprintnews.org | John Kelly

The number of youth in foster dropped by 6.9% in 2023, according to new federal data released late last week. There were 343,077 youth in foster care on the last day of September, according to the Adoption and Foster Care Analysis and Reporting System, or AFCARS, which is the collection process by which state information on the nation’s foster care systems flows up to the federal Administration for Children and Families (ACF). That is 21% less than the most recent peak of 437,010 in 2018.

1 month ago | imprintnews.org | John Kelly

The Trump administration released its “skinny budget” outlining proposed changes to discretionary spending, which seeks to lop $163 billion out of non-defense programs compared with the 2025 level included in the series of continuing resolutions that funded the government this year.