We discuss the seeming contradiction of Texas Gov. Greg Abbott’s directive to consider medical services to trans kids as abuse, and the Washington State Supreme Court’s ruling that sets heightened expectations around relatives in the child welfare system. Ian Forber-Pratt, the director of Global Advocacy & Growth for Children's Emergency Relief International, joins to discuss his long, international path through child welfare. Forber-Pratt was adopted from his home country of India, grew up in Missouri and has since worked on child welfare reform in both nations. We talked about his childhood, his effort to create a foster care system in India (which previously saw abuse/neglect handled informally in the community or with big orphanages and institutions), and kinship care in America. Reading RoomFree Online Event!Homeless in Foster Care: What Would Really Keep Foster Youth from Sleeping in Officeshttps://imprintnews.org/webinarsPre-Order Today!College Ready, Career Prepared: A Guide to Postsecondary Education for Youth in Foster Carehttps://bit.ly/careadyTexas Governor Calls on Citizens to Report Parents of Transgender Kids for Abusehttps://nbcnews.to/3JYeN8F5 Texas DAs Defy Gov. Greg Abbott, Won't Treat Gender Affirming Care for Trans Youth As Child Abusehttps://bit.ly/3HkKYO0Washington Supreme Court: ‘Meaningful Preference’ for Kin Is Requiredhttps://bit.ly/3IcVdp1Keyon’s Case Heads to Washington Supreme Courthttps://bit.ly/3sAirg1A New Era of Community-Based Social Work – Lessons Learned from Impossible Oddshttps://bit.ly/35AcREINonprofit Launched to Replicate Missouri Family-Finding Programhttps://bit.ly/35xCt4O

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