On this week’s episode we discuss the worsening capacity crisis when it comes to older youth in foster care, calls for better juvenile judge training, and an update on the legal battle over investigating gender affirming care as abuse in Texas.After a youth enters foster care, there have traditionally been three paths to a more permanent setting: reunification, adoption and guardianship. Patty Duh of Epic ‘Ohana and Leslie Gross of the Annie E. Casey Foundation join to talk about a proposed fourth version of permanency: the “SOUL Family,” an approach one state has already agreed to try out. Reading RoomStability Now! Getting Proactive About the Child Welfare Workforcehttps://imprintnews.org/webinarsIllinois is Routinely Housing Wards of The State in Chicago’s Jail for Kidshttps://bit.ly/3MJaKhFIllinois DCFS Director Marc Smith Held in Contempt of Court for Ninth Time for Improperly Placing Teenhttps://cbsn.ws/3xLbajrThe Chicago Judge Who Held Child Welfare Directors In Contempt Dozens of Timeshttps://bit.ly/3tuMXuUWashington Settles Lawsuit Involving Foster Youth Left Sleeping in Offices and Hotels https://bit.ly/3O5TjsOJuvenile Courts Need National Training Standards, Webinar Told https://bit.ly/3xqR6kOMore Families of Trans Teens Sue to Stop Texas Child Abuse Investigationshttps://bit.ly/3MI5PxpJudge Temporarily Blocks Some Texas Investigations into Gender-Affirming Care for Trans Kidshttps://bit.ly/3NNCEdNSOUL Family Permanency Option for Older Youth in Foster Carehttps://bit.ly/3Qhl43ySOUL Family Relationship Wheelhttps://bit.ly/3xJ3LAXSOUL Family Comparison to Existing Legal Permanency Pathwayshttps://bit.ly/3mImoi4

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