Transition age youth—age 14 to 21—are older youth in the foster care system transitioning to permanency with a caregiver or aging out of the system to adulthood. Transition age youth often struggle with this life transition due to unique circumstances with being a foster child.
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Report: 2021 State of Child Welfare: Navigating the Uncertainty of the Pandemic to Strengthen the System – December 2021
In an effort to improve Pennsylvania’s child welfare system, our 12th annual State of Child Welfare – a five-year analysis of how Pennsylvania fares with practices around child safety, placement and permanency – raises concerns about the need to strengthen the child welfare system as it uses data from 2020 – only the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic – that shows decreases in child protective services reporting and the number of children placed in foster care statewide.
Fact Sheet: Putting Families First: Implementing the Family First Prevention Services Act in Pennsylvania – September 2021
The Family First Prevention Services Act (FFPSA) is historic child welfare legislation enacted in February 2018 as part of the Bipartisan Budget Act. This fact sheet provides an update on the state Family First Prevention Services Act plan, promoting the use of front-end, evidence-based services and aims to prevent out-of-home placements for children.
Fact Sheet: Unacknowledged Protectors: Consequences and Costs of Turnover in the Child Welfare Workforce – April 2021
Front-line workers, those we think of as essential in our communities and across the Commonwealth, include the child welfare caseworkers who hold high-stress, low-reward jobs to help the children and families they serve. However, high rates of turnover in this field create long-term consequences in practice, policy and state and county budgets.
Kinship Care in Pennsylvania: Creating an Equitable System for Families – February 2021
Family connections that help children and youth thrive, provide identity and security, and tie them to culture and traditions are necessary for the heathy development of every child. This report makes recommendations for ensuring that when children or youth must be removed from the home, they remain with kin — family or friends they know […]
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“People are really taking a chainsaw to a program where maybe a scalpel would be the correct tool,” said Kati Brillhart, PPC VP of government & external affairs. “There is simply not a trillion dollars of fraud and waste and abuse in the Medicaid program.”
Senate passes Trump’s Medicaid cuts, as critics fear thousands in Pittsburgh could lose coverage
The Trump administration’s signature tax and domestic policy bill makes historic cuts to Medicaid. Pittsburgh-area adv...
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