News roundup

Heading into fall.....

In the news lately, including some things I’d missed!

• In Florida, a lawsuit contends the State’s DCF is improperly keeping children in care from being placed with relatives.

• Missouri is struggling with a lack of foster care placements and workers. Here’s a different view on that struggle.

• Interesting work in Connecticut being done to connect mothers of drug-exposed infants to assistance.

• Somehow I’d missed seeing this report breaking down the systemic failures that contributed to the tragic Turpin case in California. In response, California legislators recently changed rules to allow more information sharing regarding these cases.

• Here’s a resource from our UGA Law School’s CEASE clinic regarding new changes to federal statutes of limitation in sexual abuse cases.

• West Virginia needs lawyers for children. California is trying to educate more of them.

• When troubled young people are sent to residential treatment, parents often resort to having them "picked up” by transporters. Here’s a story highlighting some of the issues with that work

• Finally: Is child welfare becoming a joke? This article suggests so.

Now that we’re back in the swing of things, let me know if you have interesting news or know of issues that others in the child welfare community might find interesting. Thanks!