ZERO TO THREE released a new report in partnership with Child Trends that uses State of Babies Yearbook data to cast light on the specific Social Determinants of Health for babies and their families. The report shows that while many young children are thriving, Black, Hispanic, and American Indian/Alaska Native babies and those in families
On October 19th, 2022, the Office of Planning, Research and Evaluation (OPRE) released the Roadmaps to Building Child Welfare Evidence, developed by the Child Welfare Evidence Strengthening Team (CWEST). CWEST developed these tools to give child welfare administrators and evaluators knowledge on many elements of the evaluation process. As the Title IV-E Prevention Services Clearinghouse
On October 11th, 2022, the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force published recommendations in the medical journal JAMA recommending screening for anxiety in children and adolescents aged 8 to 18 years. These recommendations are for the screening of children and teens who are seen in primary care settings and have no symptoms. Task force members emphasized
On Tuesday, September 20, 2022 the Grandfamilies & Kinship Support Network hosted a webinar titled Family Dynamics in Kinship Families: Implications for Services and Programs. Dr. Joseph Crumbley, now retired, spent 38 years practicing social work as a family therapist, consultant, author, and trainer, specializing in adoption, foster care, and kinship care. During the webinar,
On Tuesday, September 13th, the U.S. Census Bureau released new poverty data. Child poverty, calculated by the Supplemental Poverty Measure (SPM), fell to its lowest recorded level in 2021, declining 46% from 9.7% in 2020 to 5.2% in 2021. The Census Bureau noted that this sharp decline was, in part, "due to the impact of
On Sunday, September 11th, the New York Times, in conjunction with Child Trends, published a new analysis which reports that childhood poverty has fallen 59% since 1993. "With little public notice and accelerating speed, America’s children have become much less poor" over the last 25 years, the article states. The analysis includes data through 2019,
On Wednesday, July 27th, 2022, Manatt Health and the American Medical Association hosted a webinar to discuss the substance use disorder crisis among youth and adolescents with providers and advocates on the front lines. The expert panelists discussed trends in youth substance use and mental health, barriers to accessing care, and key strategies to address
A study by University of Kansas researchers and colleagues at two other universities reported every 5% increase in enrollment in the federal nutrition assistance program for low-income families could reduce the number of children a state placed in foster care or protective services from 7.6% to 14.3%. The 50-state study of the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance
On Wednesday, July 30, 2022, the Congressional Coalition on Adoption institute (CCAI) held their annual Foster Youth Internship Program Congressional Briefing webinar. The FYI program serves as a platform to uplift the voices of current and former foster youth in federal policy to engage and educate Members of Congress on the issues of foster care
On Thursday, July 14, 2022, Trust for America’s Health and Well Being Trust hosted, “Pain in the Nation: The Epidemics of Alcohol, Drug, and Suicide Deaths,” a national webinar discussing their recently released report titled the same thing. In 2020, deaths associated with alcohol, drugs, and suicide took the lives of 186,763 Americans, a 20