On this week’s episode we discuss new child mental health legislation, an investigation into abuse at Head Start programs, and child poverty in America continuing to plummet.A recent study found that the use of antipsychotic medications on California foster youth has dropped by more than 50%. The Imprint’s executive editor, Karen de Sá, joins to discuss her investigative series Drugging Our Kids, which nearly a decade ago helped to prompt a number of policy changes in the state when it came to powerful psychiatric meds and youth in foster care.  Reading RoomStatement of Administrative Policy on the Mental Health Matters Act of 2022https://bit.ly/3SuHaAhACF Should Improve Oversight of Head Start To Better Protect Children’s Safety https://bit.ly/3rlyvUPExpansions to Child Tax Credit Contributed to 46% Decline in Child Poverty Since 2020https://bit.ly/3roMfOIAfter Prison, He Became a Poodle Professionalhttps://bit.ly/3RqmN5LAs His Influence Peaks in Child Welfare Field, A ‘Family Defenders’ Leader Retireshttps://bit.ly/3BUpdDZDrugging Our KidsSeries: https://extras.mercurynews.com/druggedkids/Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L7lHeosq-FYPrescribing Antipsychotic Drugs to California Foster Youth Declines Dramaticallyhttps://bit.ly/3BcmTaW

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