On this week’s podcast, we discuss a big state court opinion on juvenile life sentences, some more workforce crisis stories, and one state supreme court chief justice’s scathing dissent in perhaps her last child welfare case. Leslie Lacy of Fostering Hope Louisiana, who used to represent parents and children in child welfare cases as an attorney, joins us to discuss her organization’s effort to get braces for youth in foster care as part of a broader mental health and life skills strategy. Reading RoomStrategies for Youth’s Youth Voices ContestDetails: http://bit.ly/3Xhh5HBEntry form: http://bit.ly/3TSNxwUState of Tennessee vs. Tyshon Bookerhttp://bit.ly/3gfq4INLouisiana Should Remove Incarcerated Youth from Angola Immediately, Federal Official Sayshttp://bit.ly/3ErGAgyHead of Louisiana's Office of Juvenile Justice resigns amid crisis in state's youth jailshttp://bit.ly/3gfMdGY‘Child Without Placement’ Rotations Stretch Texas CPS Workforcehttps://bit.ly/3UYWO7JFunding, Staffing Shortages Beleaguer Youth Psychiatric Facilitieshttp://bit.ly/3XeuZKDChild Welfare Caseloads Grow in Omaha Area After Troubled Private Contract Endshttp://bit.ly/3Xf2nANMcCormack’s Dissenthttps://bit.ly/3THF8fCFostering Hope Louisianahttps://www.fhlouisiana.org/

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