“Straightening Out” Foster Youth

The Imprint Weekly

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 Room

Strategies for Youth’s Youth Voices Contest
Details: http://bit.ly/3Xhh5HB
Entry form: http://bit.ly/3TSNxwU

State of Tennessee vs. Tyshon Booker
http://bit.ly/3gfq4IN

Louisiana Should Remove Incarcerated Youth from Angola Immediately, Federal Official Says
http://bit.ly/3ErGAgy

Head of Louisiana's Office of Juvenile Justice resigns amid crisis in state's youth jails
http://bit.ly/3gfMdGY

‘Child Without Placement’ Rotations Stretch Texas CPS Workforce
https://bit.ly/3UYWO7J

Funding, Staffing Shortages Beleaguer Youth Psychiatric Facilities
http://bit.ly/3XeuZKD

Child Welfare Caseloads Grow in Omaha Area After Troubled Private Contract Ends
http://bit.ly/3Xf2nAN

McCormack’s Dissent
https://bit.ly/3THF8fC

Fostering Hope Louisiana
https://www.fhlouisiana.org/

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