On this week’s episode we recap a hodgepodge of headlines from late summer, starting with the effort to reauthorize a major federal child welfare program called Title IV-B. Among the other stories we discussed: California’s novel new approach to fund enrichment activities for foster  youth, and the state’s looming insurance cliff for nonprofits; New York could become the first state to track adoption subsidies; and shocking data on youth transferred into adult court in Florida. Reading RoomHouse Ways and Means Introduces IV-B Reauthorization Packagehttps://bit.ly/3MCqllpFeds Clarify Rules on Family First Act, Background Checks, Tribal Child Welfarehttps://bit.ly/4ehf464Maine Hasn’t Yet Inspected Out-of-State Youth Mental Health Programs After Reports of Rampant Abusehttps://bit.ly/3ZjJ1hsEyed By the Nation, California Plan Will Nearly Triple State Spending on Foster Youth and Their Caregivershttps://bit.ly/3TktkmcThe Insurance Cliff Coming for California Foster Carehttps://bit.ly/4cZikStWhen Adoptions ‘Break’: New York Legislation Aims to Ensure Adoption Subsidies Follow the Childhttps://bit.ly/4cYxzLiNew York Family Courts Must Weigh in on Residential Care for Foster Youth, Appeals Court Ruleshttps://bit.ly/4d0uSc4Florida Teens Get Longer Prison Sentences Than Adultshttps://bit.ly/4cXe8T9After Juvenile Justice Reforms, Two States Return to Prosecuting More Teens as Adultshttps://bit.ly/3AUfpwZA Second Chance Offered to Minnesota Moms Who’ve Previously Lost Kids to CPShttps://bit.ly/4ezyJyjHarris’ VP Pick Has Kept Vulnerable Children and Families Front and Center Like Few Other Governorshttps://bit.ly/4gfig3N California Lawmakers Approve Stricter Protections for Youth in Residential Programshttps://shorturl.at/qt1a7‘Incorrigible’ No More: In Rare Memorial Service, Graveside Tribute Paid to New York’s Formerly Incarcerated Girlshttps://shorturl.at/6ipSk

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