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1 week ago | 
inquirer.com | Steve Volk |Resolve Philly
Philadelphia City Council has unanimously passed a resolution to hold hearings about the Department of Human Services in the wake of The Inquirer’s series on failings of the foster care system. Those articles, reported in collaboration with Resolve Philly, traced a wave of lawsuits against the city’s network of privately contracted foster agencies back to DHS itself.
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1 week ago | 
inquirer.com | Steve Volk |Julie Christie |Resolve Philly
The problems bedeviling Philadelphia’s child welfare system — too many kids in foster care, worker vacancies, and lawsuits stemming from child injuries and deaths — have all steadily waned in New Jersey in the last two decades. So what can Philly learn from the Garden State? In the 1990s, New Jersey’s child welfare system was among the worst in the nation, with too few caseworkers for the number of kids in need.
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2 weeks ago | 
wesa.fm | Julie Christie |Steve Volk |Resolve Philly
Counties across Pennsylvania are taking millions of dollars in Social Security benefits owed to kids in foster care, a practice some child advocates equate to stealing. These local agencies contend the practice is allowed under law and needed to offset the cost of care. But it’s often done without a child’s knowledge and how some counties use the money is unclear. “This money belongs to these kids,” said state Rep.
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3 weeks ago | 
statecollege.com | Julie Christie |Steve Volk |Resolve Philly
New Trash Hauling Service Begins for 5 Centre County Townships. Here’s What to Know
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Aug 16, 2024 | 
metrophiladelphia.com | Lucy Tobier |Resolve Philly
This article was first published in Chalkbeat. A Philadelphia group wants schools to focus more on being places of joy as a way to overhaul the culture in district schools, and it’s relying on parents and community voices for help.
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Aug 13, 2024 | 
resolvephilly.org | Resolve Philly
A Philadelphia group wants schools to focus more on being places of joy as a way to overhaul the culture in district schools, and it’s relying on parents and community voices for help. Lift Every Voice, the organization behind this year’s Joy Campaign, is backing the creation of a “joy-based budget” for schools to bolster access to recess, the arts, counselors, and the district’s program to bolster student mental health known as the Support Team for Educational Partnership.
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Aug 10, 2024 | 
penncapital-star.com | Lucy Tobier |Resolve Philly
by Special to the Capital-Star, Pennsylvania Capital-Star August 10, 2024 By Lucy Tobier, Resolve Philly, ChalkbeatA Philadelphia group wants schools to focus more on being places of joy as a way to overhaul the culture in district schools, and it’s relying on parents and community voices for help.
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Aug 7, 2024 | 
chalkbeat.org | Jason Gonzales |Julian Shen-Berro |Lucy Tobier |Resolve Philly
Sign up for our free monthly newsletter Beyond High School to get the latest news about college and career paths for Colorado’s high school grads. For the second year in a row, students and families won’t have access to the Free Application for Federal Student Aid on Oct. 1, when it’s traditionally released, but federal officials have promised a fully functional form on or before the start of December.
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Aug 7, 2024 | 
chalkbeat.org | Julian Shen-Berro |Lucy Tobier |Resolve Philly |Erica Meltzer
Sign up for Chalkbeat New York’s free daily newsletter to keep up with NYC’s public schools. A New York City Council resolution passed last month stirred some confusion over whether the city’s public schools would soon adopt a universal dress code policy. Despite some headlines after the resolution’s passage, the resolution cannot mandate action, and the city’s Education Department has so far given no indication it will implement such a policy during the next school year.
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Aug 7, 2024 | 
chalkbeat.org | Lucy Tobier |Resolve Philly |Erica Meltzer |Gabrielle Birkner
A Philadelphia group wants schools to focus more on being places of joy as a way to overhaul the culture in district schools, and it’s relying on parents and community voices for help. Lift Every Voice, the organization behind this year’s Joy Campaign, is backing the creation of a “joy-based budget” for schools to bolster access to recess, the arts, counselors, and the district’s program to bolster student mental health known as the Support Team for Educational Partnership.
