Listen "Congregate Care and Family First, Part 2"
Episode Synopsis
Last week we talked to Keri Richmond, manager of child welfare policy for the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP), about a 50-state look at the new federal rules prompted by the Family First Prevention Services act around the use of group homes, residential programs and other forms of congregate care.On this week’s podcast we talk to Jim Czarniak about a deep dive on the same topic that focused on New York. Czarniak’s work surfaced very similar findings to the national review done by AAP. Reading RoomEighteen Months Later: New York Family First Implementation Shows LittleChange for Foster Care Youth Placed in Group Carehttps://bit.ly/3H1oDb1Family First Implementation: A One Year Review of State Progress in Reforming Congregate Carehttps://bit.ly/3L5m3DoImplementing the Family First Prevention Services Acthttps://bit.ly/3A4L9vQThe Imprint’s Complete Guide to the Family First Acthttps://imprintnews.org/special-series/complete-guide-the-family-first-act
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