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CAI’s Amy Harfeld, National Policy Advocate Quoted in The Imprint on NYC Keeping SSI Benefits of Foster … – University of San Diego Website
Monday, April 29, 2024TOPICS: Faculty and Staff, Politics and Law Share This Post Amy Harfeld, National Policy Advocate and Senior Staff Attorney, Children’s Advocacy Institute SAN DIEGO (April 25, 2024) – University of San Diego (USD) School of Law Children’s Advocacy Institute’s (CAI) Amy Harfeld, National Policy Advocate and Senior Staff Attorney was quoted by The Imprint in an article entitled, “Are Disabled Kids in NYC Foster Care Receiving the Social Security Benefits They Deserve?” According to the article, years after promised reforms, advocates complain New York City still unfairly
Read MoreYouth Advocacy Centre taking legal action against Queensland government over watch house crisis – ABC News
A youth advocacy body is preparing to take legal action against the Queensland government for failing to protect young people in the state’s watch houses. Youth Advocacy Centre CEO Katherine Hayes revealed on Monday police are investigating at least one sexual assault committed against a child while they were being held in an adult watch house. Ms Hayes has also revealed children as young as 11 are being kept in watch houses with two 14-year-old boys held for 28 and 30 days. Last week, 56 First Nations children were being
Read MoreYouth advocates are taking Queensland government to court over watch house crisis – ABC News
A youth advocacy body is preparing to take legal action against the Queensland government for failing to protect young people in the state’s watch houses. Youth Advocacy Centre CEO Katherine Hayes revealed on Monday police are investigating at least one sexual assault committed against a child while they were being held in an adult watch house. Ms Hayes has also revealed children as young as 11 are being kept in watch houses with two 14-year-old boys held for 28 and 30 days. Last week, 56 First Nations children were being
Read MoreProtecting the young and vulnerable: Family & Youth’s Children’s Advocacy Center stands as a champion for children … – American Press
Protecting the young and vulnerable: Family & Youth’s Children’s Advocacy Center stands as a champion for children Published 12:57 pm Sunday, April 28, 2024 Child abuse happens in all communities and with every socio-economic status, according to Patra Minix, director of the Children’s Advocacy Center. (Metro Creative Services) April is Child Abuse Prevention Month and experts at Family & Youth are using this time as an opportunity to stress the importance of families and communities working together to prevent child abuse and neglect. “We have to create awareness in order
Read MoreThe American Families Plan is an opportunity to sustain poverty reduction — Columbia University Center on Poverty … – Center on Poverty and Social Policy
We project that these policies will reduce the national poverty rate in 2022 by nearly one-quarter (23%) and the child poverty rate by nearly half (47.4%), relative to the projected poverty rates for 2022 without the American Families Plan. This could sustain the progress made towards reducing poverty in the United States projected under the American Rescue Plan beyond 2021. Our analysis projects annual poverty rates for 2022 before and after accounting for the following policies: An expansion of the Earned Income Tax Credit for workers without children An expansion
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