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6 days ago | 
imprintnews.org | John Kelly
We have yet to see a full budget request from President Donald Trump; if his first term requests are any indication, his fiscal 2026 ask will include a healthy amount of spending cuts across government. But a leaked document with details on plans for the Department of Health and Human Services portends far larger hacks into federal spending, including the elimination of major human services programs. You can click here to see the outline.
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1 month ago | 
imprintnews.org | John Kelly
A month into the second term of Donald Trump, the top jobs at the Department of Justice and Health and Human Services have been filled by Pam Bondi and Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. Soon enough, we will start to see names announced for the leadership positions more specific to child welfare and youth justice.
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Jan 7, 2025 | 
imprintnews.org | John Kelly
In 2005, Riya Saha Shah started her legal career as a fellow with the Philadelphia-based Juvenile Law Center, a venerated 50-year-old nonprofit litigation and advocacy group. Two decades later, she will lead the organization that gave her that start. Just before the new year, the center announced that Shah, its senior managing director, would succeed Sue Mangold this month.
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Jul 24, 2024 | 
imprintnews.org | John Kelly
The leadership of the House Ways and Means Committee has unveiled a broad reauthorization of Title IV-B, a federal funding stream that contributes to an array of child welfare costs including family preservation, reunifications from foster care and post-adoption support.
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May 6, 2024 | 
imprintnews.org | John Kelly
In the fall of 2023, the Biden administration released planned rulemaking around two issues in child welfare: legal representation for children and parents, and ensuring that LGBTQ+ youth in foster care have safe and supportive places to live.
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Mar 20, 2024 | 
imprintnews.org | John Kelly
Two years after the COVID-19 pandemic began, the number of youth in foster care continues to decline, according to new federal data covering fiscal 2022. There were 368,530 youth in foster care in the 50 states, Washington, D.C. and Puerto Rico in 2022, 6% fewer than 2021 and 16% fewer than 2018. The decline continues to be fueled by plummeting entries into care, which has more than made up for the fact that stays in foster care have grown longer and exits from the system have slowed.
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Feb 23, 2024 | 
imprintnews.org | John Kelly
The Biden administration announced plans to add new requirements for states to report on their compliance with the Indian Child Welfare Act (ICWA), a decades-old law designed to maintain the bonds between Native children and their families and tribes. “This proposed change goes beyond just collecting data.
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Feb 7, 2024 | 
imprintnews.org | John Kelly
Reps. Judy Chu (D-Calif.) and Erin Houchin (R-Ind.) have introduced a bill they hope will incentivize more states to expand foster care from age 18 to 21. Or more precisely, expand foster care with federal support. “Our goal is to provide vital support and services to young adults navigating the challenges of aging out of foster care,” said Rep. Houchin, who was a child welfare worker before getting into politics, in a statement announcing the bill.
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Feb 1, 2024 | 
imprintnews.org | John Kelly
Casey Family Programs has announced its annual Excellence for Children award winners, which this year include two birth parents working to support others involved with the child welfare system. Each year, the Seattle-based organization bestows the honor onto leaders from every corner of child welfare — from caregivers and foster youth to professionals dedicated to improving the system.
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Jan 8, 2024 | 
imprintnews.org | John Kelly
The level of abuse and neglect reporting in the United States has returned to pre-pandemic levels, according to newly released federal data in the Child Maltreatment 2022 report. That reporting yielded a record-low number of identified victims of child maltreatment, though fatalities attributed to abuse and neglect increased for a fifth straight year.
