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  • 2 weeks ago | imprintnews.org | John Kelly

    In 2019, a federal judge permitted Tennessee’s Department of Children’s Services to exit court oversight stemming from a class-action lawsuit called Brian A. that had been filed nearly two decades before. Six years later, litigators are again suing the state agency, saying it regressed rapidly after the lawsuit ended. “It is very troubling that Tennessee turned its back on protecting children after the Brian A.

  • 1 month ago | imprintnews.org | John Kelly

    UPDATE: This story has been updated to include a reply from the Justice Department. The division of the Justice Department that oversees juvenile justice programs and funds has terminated grants that “no longer support the Department’s priorities,” according to an email to staff obtained by Youth Services Insider. There is no indication in the email — or in any public announcement by the Justice Department — of which of hundreds of grants this action applies to.

  • 1 month 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.

  • Feb 25, 2025 | 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.

  • 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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