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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CASA of L.A. Cuts Ties with its Leader, a Foster Care Critic

1 day ago | imprintnews.org | Jeremy Loudenback |Michael FitzGerald |Michael Fitzgerald

The Los Angeles court-appointed special advocates organization parted ways with its leader last week, a prominent voice for racial justice in the child welfare system who grew up in foster care and has decried her dismissal. Charity Chandler-Cole has led the local CASA program for the past four years. But in a message sent to its mailing list on June 18, CASA of Los Angeles stated that Cole, 39, was no longer working with the organization, and thanked her for her service.
WA Opens New Youth Detention Center On Adult Prison Grounds

1 week ago | imprintnews.org | Sara Tiano

In an upbeat June 13 press release, the Washington State Department of Children, Youth and Families announced it had “welcomed the first cohort of young men to Harbor Heights, the state’s newest juvenile rehabilitation facility.” At Harbor Heights, youth ages 18 to 25 can gather on clusters of avocado green armchairs and couches in common areas, and receive “behavior therapy, peer counseling, and workforce development.” Inspirational messages adorn the unit walls: “Welcome to the Harbor where...
Duncan Lindsey, Founder of Influential Research Journal, Has Passed Away

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.
NY Lawmakers Pass Bill to Ban Anonymous CPS Hotline Reports

1 week ago | imprintnews.org | Susanti Sarkar

Lawmakers have paved the way for New York to become one of only two states in the country that requires people reporting child abuse and neglect to identify themselves. If signed into law by Gov. Kathy Hochul, the bill passed by the state Legislature Monday would address the long-standing but controversial practice of accepting anonymous calls at the state hotline.
Cuts Could Slash Funds for Foster Youth, COVID Orphans in CA

2 weeks ago | imprintnews.org | Michele Cohen Marill

This story was produced by MindSite News, a nonprofit news site that reports on mental health. Sign up the MindSite News Daily newsletter here. Just as California is poised to become the first state to provide financial support to COVID orphans that they can access when they turn 18, proposed state budget cuts threaten the scope of the program — and may reduce the value of an account young people like 16-year-old MacLemore Porter are slated to receive in less than two years.
Fired Federal Child Welfare Workers Remain on Paid Leave

2 weeks ago | imprintnews.org | Sara Tiano

Months after the White House ordered mass layoffs at the federal child welfare agency, 500 workers remain on paid administrative leave, while state and tribal programs serving kids and families are left without support they need to perform mandated work.
Film by LA Foster Youth Explores the Pain of Psychiatric Drugs

2 weeks ago | imprintnews.org | Jeremy Loudenback

As a high school sophomore in Los Angeles, former foster youth Kyshawna Johnson started flushing her psychotropic drugs down the toilet. She’d been told to take them since age 6. But they made her feel drowsy and emotionally “shut down.” They didn’t help soothe her feelings of grief and loss, or treat the trauma of childhood abuse and family separation she experienced in foster care. “You lose yourself when you take these medications,” Johnson said in an interview.
Family Law Experts Push Model for Guardian Ad Litem Reform

2 weeks ago | imprintnews.org | Kelsey Turner

This story was originally published by InvestigateWest, a nonprofit newsroom dedicated to change-making investigative journalism. Sign up for their Watchdog Weekly newsletter to receive stories like this one in your inbox.
The Uncommon Influence Courts Entrust to Guardians Ad Litem

3 weeks ago | imprintnews.org | Kelsey Turner

This story was originally published by InvestigateWest, a nonprofit newsroom dedicated to change-making investigative journalism. Sign up for their Watchdog Weekly newsletter to receive stories like this one in your inbox. For a long time, the justice system in Snohomish County believed Gina Bloom. When she told police in February 2020 that her then-husband, Brian Yorks, had assaulted her, they arrested him for second-degree rape.
Minnesota Foster Youth Produce Groundbreaking Report

3 weeks 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.