IN THIS ISSUE Policy Spotlight: Foster Care Hackathon Court Opinions: In re Interest of Sebastian D. & Lillian-Jo D., In re Interest of Abbie L. Legislative Actions: 2016 Child Welfare Legislative Bills and Interim Studies Announcements: Free CLE Webinar, Volunteers needed: Camp Catch-Up, Appleseed Blog POLICY SPOTLIGHT Foster Care Hackathon May is National Foster Care […]
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Warning: This blog contains spoilers about this season of The Fosters After a long hiatus, we are back blogging about the hit Freeform show, “The Fosters.” Since we last left you, there have been many changes with our favorite T.V. foster family. On a show that deals with almost every topic you could imagine
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IN THIS ISSUE Policy Spotlight: The Family First Act Court Opinions: In re Interest of Jackson E., In re Interest of My’Kyng K., In re Interest of Alec S. Legislative Actions: 2016 Child Welfare Legislative Bills Announcements: Appleseed Blog POLICY SPOTLIGHT The Family First Act The Family First Act is proposed federal legislation that may
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IN THIS ISSUE Policy Spotlight: H.R. 4472 – Modernizing the Interstate Placement of Children in Foster Care Act Court Opinions: In re Interest of Tavian B., In re Interest of Precious H. & Blut Law La H., In re Interest of Miah T. & DeKandyce H. Legislative Actions: 2016 Child Welfare Legislative Bills Announcements: Camp
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IN THIS ISSUE Policy Spotlight: 104th Legislative Session Court Opinions: In re Interest of Dante S. Legislative Actions: 2016 Child Welfare Legislative Bills Announcements: Introduced Legislation Chart, Appleseed Blog POLICY SPOTLIGHT The 2nd session of the 104th Nebraska Legislature began on January 6, 2015. Here are a few of the bills that Nebraska Appleseed
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IN THIS ISSUE Policy Spotlight: Recent Education Reforms Protect Foster Youth Court Opinions: In re Interest of Gavin S. and Jordan S., In re Interest of Grace H. Legislative Actions: 2015 Child Welfare Interim Studies Announcements: Appleseed Blog POLICY SPOTLIGHT Recent Education Reforms Protect Foster Youth This month, President Obama signed into law the Every
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IN THIS ISSUE Policy Spotlight: Memorial March to Honor Lost Children Court Opinions: In re Interest of Mya C. Legislative Actions: 2015 Child Welfare Interim Studies Announcements: Ethics CLE, Appleseed Blog POLICY SPOTLIGHT Memorial March to Honor Lost Children Last Wednesday, advocates for Native American children led the 13th annual Memorial March to Honor Our
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IN THIS ISSUE Policy Spotlight: Letting Kids Be Kids: The Implementation of the Strengthening Families Act in Nebraska Court Opinions: In re Interest of Joseph S. et al., In Re Interest of Enyce J. Legislative Actions: 2015 Child Interim Studies Announcements: Through the Eyes of the Child Initiative Lecture Series 2015, Appleseed Blog POLICY SPOTLIGHT Letting
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In This Issue Policy Spotlight: Implementing the Strengthening Families Act in Nebraska Court Opinions: No cases this issue Legislative Actions: 2015 Child Welfare Interim Studies Announcements: Good Apple Awards, Appleseed Blog Policy Spotlight Implementing the Strengthening Families Act in Nebraska This month, a group of Nebraska stakeholders including youth, foster parents, and other advocates convened
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Over the last couple weeks on ABC Family’s “The Fosters,” Callie has been designing an app to help foster youth for her independent study class in school. Last week Callie finally pitched her new app, “Fost & Found” to her friends at Girls United (GU), a group home for youth in foster care. The app
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