Children’s Monitor Highlights
Snippets from CWLA’s weekly breakdown of federal policy and its impact on children and families
Newsletter Excerpts
Panels Discuss Predictive Analytics In Child Protection and Child Welfare
On Thursday, May 17 the American Enterprise Institute (AEI) focused on, Preventing Harm to Children through Predictive Analytics. A somewhat formal definition of predictive analytics would define it as a practice of taking data and
Senators Examine Child Welfare-Juvenile Justice Link
On Tuesday, the Senate Judiciary Committee, as part of National Foster Care Month held a hearing, Supporting Youth in the Foster Care and Juvenile Justice Systems. In opening the hearing Chairman Charles Grassley (R-IA) said
Mathmatica Hold Panel Discussion on Evidence
On Wednesday, May 17, Mathematica, a policy research think tank, hosted a National Foster Care Month briefing, Welfare Through Prevention: An Evidence-Based Perspective. The presentation including remarks by Kimberly Boller, Mathematica, Matthew Stagner, Mathematica, Becky
House Subcommittee Discusses Substance Use and Evidence
On Wednesday, May 17 the House Ways and Means Subcommittee on Human Resources held their own hearing on the substance-abuse issue and the relationship to child welfare. It follows last week’s Senate Finance Committee hearing
House Passes Negotiated CAPTA Safe Care, Senate Next
On Wednesday, May 11, the House of Representatives passed the Infant Plan of Safe Care Improvement Act, H.R. 4843, by a vote of 421 to zero. Late last year a Reuters investigation examined the care
Davis-Young Amendment Prioritizes Parent-Incarceration Drug Treatment
The House adopted an amendment offered by Congressman Danny Davis (D-IL) and Congressman Todd Young (R-IN), (and endorsed by CWLA), that will allow Justice Department funded substance abuse treatment diversion grants to focus on parents
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