On the latest episode of The Imprint Weekly Podcast, Anthony Pierro of Strategies for Youth discusses the importance of youth-specific training for law-enforcement. Click the link below to listen to the full episode now. https://imprintnews.org/podcast/getting-police-think-differently-about-kids

The case stems from a July 2025 directive to take immediate custody of newborns with fetal alcohol syndrome or substance-exposure with “no exceptions.” Reported by Source New Mexico.  https://imprintnews.org/foster-care/new-mexico-supreme-upholds-policy-to-remove-all-drug-exposed-newborns/275286

“Together, we can make sure foster youth enter adulthood with assets, opportunity and a stronger path to independence,” First Lady Melania Trump said.  https://imprintnews.org/top-stories/melania-trump-urges-governors-and-businesses-to-donate-to-trump-accounts-for-foster-youth/275296

Renata Simril, CEO of the LA84 Foundation, on the benefits of play in youth detention: "Play brings young people back to life. It gives them belonging. It gives families a reason to cheer." https://imprintnews.org/opinion/inside-a-juvenile-camp-i-saw-why-play-belongs-in-youth-justice/275132

On this week's episode of The Imprint Weekly Podcast, David Muhammad provides a working definition of what a High Risk, Hard to Reach youth is. Tune in now: https://imprintnews.org/podcast/high-risk-hard-reach

Christopher Baker-Scott says education is the path to success, but that doesn't have to mean college. Click the link below to listen to more from this discussion on The Imprint Weekly Podcast.  https://imprintnews.org/podcast/the-sun-keeps-rising-with-christopher-baker-scott

On this episode of The Imprint Weekly Podcast, Sixto Cancel talks about the loss of culture many youth in foster care experience. Click the link below to listen to the full episode now.  https://imprintnews.org/podcast/fashion-forward-experience-foster-youth-sixto-cancel-sharon-mcdaniel

Alex Adams, Trump's top child welfare official, reflects on the difference between leadership at the state and federal level. Listen to this week's podcast episode now: https://imprintnews.org/podcast/recent-trump-administration-action-alex-adams

What happens today when a youth dies at a juvenile justice facility? Click the link below to listen to more of this discussion from The Imprint Weekly Podcast.

A class-action suit alleged that youth cycled in and out of emergency placements like shelters & offices. Progress has been slow, but is improving, lawyers said. https://imprintnews.org/top-stories/six-years-after-landmark-settlement-new-mexico-makes-limited-progress-on-child-welfare-reforms/273759

On this week’s podcast, The Imprint’s Nancy Marie Spears sits down with Suzette Brewer to discuss her recent series examining the use of sterilization on Indigenous women.  https://imprintnews.org/podcast/dark-past-sterilization-bright-future-birth-justice

Today is #LocalNewsDay — a national day of action to support the local news. Sign up for one of The Imprint’s regional newsletters to stay up-to-date on local child welfare reporting in California, Georgia, Minnesota, New York and Texas.  Subscribe: https://imprintnews.org/the-imprint-newsletters

Marsha Levick on Juvenile Law Center's strategic decision to go "wholesale" rather than "retail" in its approach to social change. Tune in to this discussion on the latest episode of The Imprint Weekly Podcast.  🎧 https://imprintnews.org/podcast/civil-rights-system-involved-youth-marsha-levick

Marsha Levick on the origin story of the Juvenile Law Center Click the link to listen to more from this week's episode of The Imprint Weekly Podcast. 🔗 https://imprintnews.org/podcast/civil-rights-system-involved-youth-marsha-levick

OPINION: When Congress passed the Family First Prevention Services Act, it made a simple but profound promise: that we would invest in keeping families safely together, not just in responding after a child has already entered foster care. https://bit.ly/imprintoped

In this podcast episode, Maddy Day describes her recent work on developing an estimate of how many former foster youth graduate from a four year college. Click the link below for the full episode.  https://imprintnews.org/podcast/college-stability-homelessness-foster-care-maddy-day

Maddy Day discusses how most of the education policy on foster care is directed at the child welfare system and not the schools. Listen to the full Imprint Weekly Podcast episode now: https://safecampaudio.org/episode/college-stability-after-homelessness-or-foster-care-with-maddy-day/

Maddy Day talks about how early burnout as a child welfare worker led her focus on education policy. Click the link below to listen to more of this discussion on The Imprint Weekly Podcast.  https://imprintnews.org/podcast/college-stability-homelessness-foster-care-maddy-day

Numerators and denominators: Alex Adams says there's multiple ways to come at ensuring a home for every child in foster care. Listen to more: https://safecampaudio.org/episode/trumps-top-child-welfare-official-an-interview-with-alex-adams/ Thanks to iFoster for sponsoring this podcast episode.

Alex Adams, Trump's top child welfare official, on the important of distilling policy aims into one unifying goal Thanks to iFoster for sponsoring this episode of The Imprint Weekly Podcast. Tune in: https://safecampaudio.org/episode/trumps-top-child-welfare-official-an-interview-with-alex-adams/

Don't forget to sign up for tomorrow's webinar! The Imprint team will give an inside look at this year’s most impactful stories, share with you what we’re digging into next and answer questions from our readers.  Register now: https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_2K60T6-hS2iQCWK-Vc9EYA

Barry Cooper of the BRO Experience describes his own formative years as a young man in Brooklyn, NYC Listen to the full conversation from this week's podcast episode: https://imprintnews.org/podcast/from-barber-chair-bro-experience-barry-cooper

Vinny Schiraldi talks about the limits of data as a forward strategy in communicating about justice reform. Click the link to listen to more from this episode of The Imprint Weekly Podcast: https://imprintnews.org/podcast/life-times-vinny-schiraldi-part-two

Vinny Schiraldi describes one way that media coverage led to changes in how his agency could operate. Click the link below to listen to part two of The Life and Times of Vinny Schiraldi.  https://imprintnews.org/podcast/life-times-vinny-schiraldi-part-two

Author and researcher Gretchen Sisson on the wide variety of circumstances that count as an open adoption Click the link below to hear more from Sisson on The Imprint Weekly Podcast ⬇️ https://imprintnews.org/podcast/dobbs-abortion-adoption-gretchen-sisson

Relinquished author Gretchen Sisson on the life changes that prompt a woman's decision to put a child up for adoption. Listen to this episode from The Imprint Weekly Podcast for more: https://imprintnews.org/podcast/dobbs-abortion-adoption-gretchen-sisson

Join Imprint reporters on Nov. 6 for Trump, Kids & Families: Inside White House Watch, where we take an inside look at The Imprint's coverage of the many changes at the federal level under the new administration. Register today: https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_jEyQQz_3R4Giv3J_LkZS5w

🎧 Journalist and author Claudia Rowe discusses the current media attention to child welfare and youth justice. Click the link below for more from this episode of The Imprint Weekly podcast.  https://imprintnews.org/podcast/wards-of-the-state-author-journalist-claudia-rowe

Anyone using AI in child welfare should be testing for bias, says Michael Tanana of Lyssn. Click the link below for the full discussion⬇️ https://imprintnews.org/podcast/a-i-and-child-welfare-with-michael-tanana

On the latest Imprint Weekly Podcast episode, Michael Tanana discusses the research that led to the founding of Lyssn. Click the link to listen to the rest of the episode now. https://imprintnews.org/podcast/a-i-and-child-welfare-with-michael-tanana