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Young women and girls of color-especially those involved in public systems like child welfare and juvenile justice-face a unique and alarming trajectory that puts them at risk of poor outcomes in life. To uplift organizations, programs and practices that interrupt that trajectory, CSSP instituted the
Accelerating Change Award.
Innovative initiatives with evidence of strong results serving or advocating on behalf of this population are invited to apply. Awardees will receive national recognition, a small honorarium and the opportunity to become a part of the Accelerating Change Network, an intensive learning community of high-performing initiatives doing similar work across the country. Applications are due on
May 8, 2017.
"It's time we change the narrative about young women and girls of color," said Tashira Halyard, CSSP senior associate and lead for our
Alliance for Racial Equity in Child Welfare. "So many cisgender and transgender young women who experience negative outcomes like homelessness, juvenile justice and criminal justice involvement have a history of foster care, which means they've experienced some kind of trauma. Rather than perpetuating an abuse-to-prison pipeline, we need to support these young women as crucial to our nation's future."
This award celebrates the most compelling and creative interventions making a difference in young women and girls' everyday lives.
Interested organizations can find more information
here, including the online application. After the initial review of applications by CSSP's Accelerating Change Award team, finalists will be contacted early June to arrange an interview via conference call.
Last year, CSSP awarded five recipients our inaugural
Accelerating Change Award. The awardees each demonstrated a commitment to serving diverse populations of young women and girls of color through innovative programming that supports their well-being and success.
The inaugural cohort for the Accelerating Change Award are:
Access the full press release
here.
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Anti-Immigrant Policies are Scaring Eligible Families Away from the Safety Net
The recent ris
e of anti-immigrant policies and deportations are causing many el
igible families to decline enrollment and
in some cases, unenroll from various social service
programs. As many as 17 organizations reported seeing legally eligible families drop from enrollment, including Medicaid, Children's Health Insurance Program
(CHIP), SNAP, free school lunches and the Women, Infants and Children (WIC) program. Experts expect the change in policy and general anti-immigrant sentiment to have the greatest impact on low-income and Latino children and families. Read more
here
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Dividing Families: The Department of Homeland Security's Plan to Separate Children from Parents
In recent news, the Department of Homeland Security is consid
ering separating children apprehended at the U.S border from their parents to deter families from attempting to enter the United States. As highlighted in CSSP's recent brief,
Healthy, Thriving Communities: Safe Spaces for Immigrant Children and Families
, separating childr
en from their parents as they seek refuge in the United States exacerbates the trauma associated with an already emotionally and physically stressful time. For more details, read CSSP's recent
blog post
.
Access the fact sheet
here.
Trump Administration Could Target Central American Teens
Up to 150,000 unaccompanied minors have turned themselves over to immigration authorities after crossing the U.S. border with Mexico in order to avoid deportation to their home countries. Many of these children could qualify for political asylum given the violence they may face at home and in the past, many have been allowed to stay in the U.S. while they went through the immigration court process. However, leaked memos from the Trump administration suggest that unaccompanied minors may face a variety of new barriers to political asylum. Read about it
here
D.C. Mayor Bowser Creates a Task Force on Missing Children After a Public Outcry
In the wake of public outcry regarding the recent disappearance of teenage girls in the District, D.C. Mayor Muriel E. Bowser announced a new task force as well as a variety of resources dedicated to addressing the issue. Mayor Bowser's announcement comes after the recent call by members of the Congressional Black Caucus for the FBI to assist D.C. police in their investigation of missing children. Further, Delegate Eleanor Holmes Norton announced plans to introduce legislation requiring the U.S. Department of Justice to publish detailed demographic characteristics of missing children, namely race, gender and sexual orientation. Read the full story
here.
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I am a black girl and...
The conversation around black girls and their experiences with public systems has started to gained national attention. In an effort to shine a spotlight on the unique experiences of black girls in the Pittsburgh region, Public Source supported black girls in sharing their unique identities from their own perspectives in the video project, "I am a black girl and..." Watch the compelling video
here.
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The Racial Implications of Proposals to Restrict Medicaid, Children's Health Insurance Program (CHIP) and the Affordable Care Act (ACA)
A range of proposals are being considered to restructure the foun
dations of
health insurance coverage for low-income children and families and the consequences of change are likely to be very significant to their well-being
.
In a new series of briefs
, the Center for the Study of Social Policy(CSSP) highlights the potential impacts of these proposed changes and offers several concrete, actionable strategies that policymakers at the federal and state level can take to ensure children and families continue to have quality health care and health insurance through Medicaid, CHIP and the ACA.
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The Alliance for Racial Equity in Child Welfare has formed the Social Service Administrators Racial Equity Network to facilitate information sharing and strategy building among a community of child welfare and social service administrators committed to achieving equity for children and families involved with the child welfare system.
Through this network, child welfare and social service administrators dissect the range of effective policies and system improvement strategies that promote racial equity and improved outcomes for children and families of color. The network includes thought leaders and administrators from social service and human service systems, as each of these broader systems provides critically important supports and services.
Please contact
Precious Graham at the Center for the Study of Social Policy if you're interested in joining this network.
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Established in 2004, the
Alliance for Racial Equity in Child Welfare provides national leadership in support of improved outcomes for children and families of color involved with the nation's child welfare system. The Alliance is guided by a coalition of national organizations, state and local leaders, judges, researchers, practitioners, policymakers, advocates and parents, as well as alumni and youth who have directly experienced the child welfare system.
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