On this week’s episode, we discuss some alarming high school graduation data for foster youth in one of America’s largest cities; Oregon’s move away from an algorithm; and how the bipartisan gun bill could bring accountability to Medicaid services for children. Longtime child welfare legal expert (and poet!) Diane Redleaf joins to discuss her career, recent legislation to change neglect statutes in state law, and how they tie into her recent work on children’s rights. Reading RoomNew York City Foster Youth Graduation Rates Found Far Lower Than Previously Knownhttps://bit.ly/3HQu77LOregon Is Dropping An Artificial Intelligence Tool Used in Child Welfare Systemhttps://bit.ly/3HSFhZrAn Algorithm That Screens for Child Neglect Raises Concernshttps://bit.ly/3xU4BJZFindings from a Qualitative Analysis of Racial Disproportionality and Disparity for African American Children and Families in Michigan’s Child Welfare Systemhttps://on.ny.gov/3HQKAZyEarly and Periodic Screening, Diagnostic, and Treatmenthttps://bit.ly/3btZ3ytYouth Advocates Eye 2020 for Revolution on Children’s Mental Health in Californiahttps://bit.ly/39TWBkcWhen the Backlash Came for TItle IX,  She Fought Backhttps://nyti.ms/3bxS1ZHFormer Rep. Patsy Mink’s comments on the Adoption and Safe Families Acthttps://bit.ly/3u2pvpsThe Challenge of Changing America’s Amorphous, Limitless Neglect Lawshttps://bit.ly/3PhFQ2tBuilding Resilience: Group Pushes for Looser Neglect Laws, More Child Autonomyhttps://bit.ly/3xSuNot

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