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Editorial Roundup: Georgia
Brunswick News. May 20, 2023. Editorial: Foster care issues warrant more than committees A state Senate study committee that is about to launch a probe into Georgia’s troubled foster care system will likely discover that its effort to ascertain what ails the program...
Montana acts to protect Native American priority in adopting Native children
BILLINGS, Mont. (AP) — Montana Gov. Greg Gianforte has signed legislation giving Native American families preference in fostering and adopting Native children involved with child protective services, a proactive move to protect such rights as the U.S. Supreme Court considers a case that could...
Editorial Roundup: Texas
Austin American-Statesman. May 21, 2023. Editorial: Barbs and barbed wire won’t solve issues at the border Any reforms must address the root causes driving migrants to flee their homes in the first place. The federal government spends $25 billion each...
Data: Black, foster care students in West Virginia face more severe school discipline
CHARLESTON W.Va. (AP) — Being Black or enrolled in the foster care system are some of the biggest risk factors for facing school suspension in West Virginia, one of the U.S. states with the most children in foster care per capita, according to new data released this week by the state Department...
Editorial Roundup: Georgia
Valdosta Daily Times. May 9, 2023. Editorial: Don’t let ride turn to tragedy We encourage motorcycle riders to ride safely and urge all other motorists to be watchful of two- and three-wheeled vehicles on our roadways. May is National Motorcycle...
Beshear: Extra funds to bolster Kentucky foster care system
FRANKFORT, Ky. (AP) — Kentucky's foster care system will be bolstered by an influx of $41.5 million in additional funding to support children and the people providing care to them, Gov. Andy Beshear said Thursday. The extra funding will start flowing this month to the 45 providers...
Editorial Roundup: Georgia
Valdosta Daily Times. April 15, 2023. Editorial: Consider foster care A story in the Friday, April 14 edition of The Valdosta Daily Times reported that efforts to reform Georgia’s foster care system and reduce the number of children housed in hotels and offices were...
Mississippi governor touts 'culture of life' with new laws
JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — Mississippi Gov. Tate Reeves said bills he signed Wednesday are designed to improve foster care, speed up adoptions and help private organizations provide aid to pregnant women in the state that brought the U.S. Supreme Court case that upended abortion rights nationwide. ...
Woman tied to Arizona polygamous leader accused of threats
PHOENIX (AP) — A woman believed to be one of the 20 wives of a polygamous sect leader jailed in Arizona faces federal charges for allegedly sending threatening emails to child welfare workers in a bid to get her two daughters released from state foster care. The indictment of...
Georgia Medicaid insurer denied psychotherapy for thousands
ATLANTA (AP) — A newspaper finds that the insurance company that manages medical care for many Georgia children has denied or partially denied more than 6,500 requests for psychotherapy between 2019 and mid-2022. The Atlanta Journal-Constitution reports that many of the requests...
