The Imprint

The Imprint is a daily news outlet committed to thorough and insightful journalism that centers on families and the various systems that affect their lives. Established in 2013, we concentrate on critical issues related to child welfare, juvenile justice, housing, economic stability, mental health, and education that impact at-risk children and families. The Imprint operates under Fostering Media Connections (FMC), a nonprofit organization that harnesses the influence of media and journalism to drive discussions about children, youth, and families in the United States.

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Minnesota Foster Youth Produce Groundbreaking Report

1 day ago | imprintnews.org | Kelli Kennedy

A childhood with no voice, no say in where or who you live with — relatives or strangers. No one to sign you up for choir or chess club. Feeling discarded when you’re too old for foster care. Bouncing between households, group homes and schools, and lost in a child welfare system where it feels like no one is ultimately accountable. These are some of the reflections released today in a sweeping and often emotionally charged 86-page report by the Minnesota nonprofit Foster Advocates.
New York Lawmakers Approve Bill to Give Foster Youth Luggage

4 days ago | imprintnews.org | Susanti Sarkar

New York lawmakers have passed a bill that would end a common practice widely despised among foster youth: moving between homes with their possessions dumped in a garbage bag. The bill, sponsored by Assemblymember Andrew Hevesi and Sen. Jabari Brisport, was unanimously approved Thursday by both houses of the New York State Legislature.
Attorney Explains Concerns Over NY Partner Drug Use Case

1 week ago | imprintnews.org | Susanti Sarkar

Nearly 50 legal organizations, nonprofits and scholars are urging the New York State Court of Appeals to weigh in on a rare child welfare case involving a father accused of harming a fetus — by not preventing his pregnant partner’s drug use. Cynthia Godsoe, a Brooklyn law professor and former children’s attorney, is among those who signed on to a friend-of-the court brief this spring in support of a father identified as Joe B.
A Deep Dive on New Federal Foster Care Data

1 week 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.
School Districts Should Target Funds to Foster Youth, Report Says

1 week ago | imprintnews.org | Betty Marquez Rosales

This story was produced by EdSource. California’s students in foster care have improved their high school graduation rates since 2013, but have barely improved, or even lost ground, in rates of suspension, attendance and prompt college enrollment, according to a recent report. And, in the 10 districts with the most foster students, only a fraction of 1% of the targeted money was directly spent on that group.
TX Foster Care System Lawsuit Appealed to Supreme Court

2 weeks ago | imprintnews.org | Eleanor Klibanoff |Julie Reynolds

A long-running lawsuit against Texas’ foster care system may get another look after lawyers representing children in state care asked the U.S. Supreme Court to intervene. The petition, filed Monday, asks the high court to review a recent ruling from the 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals that overturned a contempt order against the state and removed the judge who had overseen the case to this point.
Tennessee Sued Again Over Foster Care Conditions

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.
‘Rainbow Resource Rooms’ Welcome Trans Foster Youth

2 weeks ago | imprintnews.org | Jeremy Loudenback

Sergio Rossi green alligator skin pumps in Italian leather. Tight-fitting, but comfortable binders. Fashionable gender-neutral tops by L.A. Apparel. This is the wardrobe transgender and nonbinary foster youth across Los Angeles County can now select from, free of charge, in a network of Rainbow Resource Rooms that opened in April.
14 Million Children Could Lose Food Stamps and Health Benefits

2 weeks ago | imprintnews.org | Sara Tiano

Millions of U.S. children going hungry, dropping far behind in school and falling victim to chronic illnesses now and in their future: These are among the grave consequences that would follow sweeping cuts to Medicaid and food stamps proposed in the current federal budget bill, a new report by advocacy groups warns.
Siblings Belong Together In Foster Care

2 weeks ago | imprintnews.org | Tracey Onyenacho

May is National Foster Care Month. For my family, it’s also the month that senselessly added yet another layer of trauma to our daughter’s story. On May 12, 2020, my heart dropped when “Department of Child and Family Services” appeared on my caller ID. We had finalized adoption just months earlier. My first thought was, “They are calling to say they made a mistake and this adoption isn’t real.” I answered with enormous trepidation.