In Pursuit of Non-reformist Reforms with David Kelly
06/13/21 • 43 min
On this week’s podcast, we discuss the decline in reunifications during the early pandemic, a potential legal counsel law in Congress, a new national campaign to connect current and former foster youth with pandemic assistance, and juvenile justice reforms in Michigan and New York.
David Kelly, a former official in the Children’s Bureau during the Obama and Trump administrations, joins to talk about his federal career and what he sees on the horizon for child welfare.
Reading Room
Families in Limbo: Coronavirus Hobbles Reunifications from Foster Care
https://bit.ly/3vgscRO
AP Analysis: COVID Prolonged Foster Care Stays for Thousands
https://bit.ly/3xiqT6y
Senate Bill May Require Legal Counsel for Parents, Children in Child Welfare Cases
https://bit.ly/3g9GyiH
Federal Guidance on Foster Youth Pandemic Relief: A Breakdown
https://bit.ly/3lj19lL
“Check for Us” National Campaign
www.checkforus.org
A Teenager Didn’t Do Her Online Schoolwork. So a Judge Sent Her to Juvenile Detention.
https://bit.ly/3zlYyOj
After Grace’s Story, Michigan Will Study Its Juvenile Justice System
https://bit.ly/2ThbX9T
Attorney David Kelly Leaves the Children’s Bureau
https://bit.ly/3vvREUx
On this week’s podcast, we discuss the decline in reunifications during the early pandemic, a potential legal counsel law in Congress, a new national campaign to connect current and former foster youth with pandemic assistance, and juvenile justice reforms in Michigan and New York.
David Kelly, a former official in the Children’s Bureau during the Obama and Trump administrations, joins to talk about his federal career and what he sees on the horizon for child welfare.
Reading Room
Families in Limbo: Coronavirus Hobbles Reunifications from Foster Care
https://bit.ly/3vgscRO
AP Analysis: COVID Prolonged Foster Care Stays for Thousands
https://bit.ly/3xiqT6y
Senate Bill May Require Legal Counsel for Parents, Children in Child Welfare Cases
https://bit.ly/3g9GyiH
Federal Guidance on Foster Youth Pandemic Relief: A Breakdown
https://bit.ly/3lj19lL
“Check for Us” National Campaign
www.checkforus.org
A Teenager Didn’t Do Her Online Schoolwork. So a Judge Sent Her to Juvenile Detention.
https://bit.ly/3zlYyOj
After Grace’s Story, Michigan Will Study Its Juvenile Justice System
https://bit.ly/2ThbX9T
Attorney David Kelly Leaves the Children’s Bureau
https://bit.ly/3vvREUx
Previous Episode
Transformation Points: Redesigning Child Welfare to Help Youth and Families Thrive
We were joined for this discussion by Jerry Milner, former head of the US Children’s Bureau; Kelley Fong, a researcher who has done some amazing work on abuse and neglect reporting; Brian Blalock, head of New Mexico’s child welfare system; Sixto Cancel, the founder of the nonprofit Think of Us; and Barret Johnson of the child welfare tech company Binti, who discussed how improved technological infrastructure can help usher in such endeavors.
Next Episode
Freedom to Discriminate: Breaking Down Fulton v. City of Philadelphia
On this week’s podcast, we discuss New York’s new legal path to visits for parents whose rights have been terminated; trends in juvenile incarceration; and the return of early child welfare legal advocacy to the city that birthed it.
Christina Remlin, the lead counsel for Children’s Rights, helps us break down the decision in the recent SUpreme Court case over the right of faith-based child welfare providers to choose who they will work with based on religious beliefs.
Reading Room
A Better Future for Minnesota Families: How to Improve Support for Parents in Crisis and Youth in Foster Care
www.bit.ly/MNFamilies
New York Legislature Passes Bill Allowing Parent-Child Contact After Termination of Rights
https://bit.ly/3czeRxl
Census of Juveniles in Residential Placement
https://www.ojjdp.gov/ojstatbb/ezacjrp/
Biennial Juvenile Incarceration Census Data Released
https://bit.ly/3q7ltsI
Early Child Welfare Legal Help Comes Back to The City That Invented It
https://bit.ly/3iJKkB2
Supreme Court Says Philadelphia Violated Catholic Child Welfare Group’s First Amendment Rights
https://bit.ly/3iLjit7
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