Leonard Burton Selected as Next President of the Center for the Study of Social Policy
Washington, DC (February 15, 2023)—The Board of Directors of the [...]
Listen to Families and Keep It Simple: Expand the CTC Now
Right now, the stakes could not be higher for families [...]
ASFA 25 Years Later: Time for Repeal
Since 1997, the rights of more than two million children’s parents have been terminated by courts across the United States. The legal severing of these familial bonds was enabled by the bipartisan passage of the Adoption and Safe Families Act (ASFA)¹, which ties federal funding to a requirement that, with limited exceptions, states terminate the rights of parents whose children have been in foster care for 15 of the most recent 22 months.
Brackeen v. Haaland and the Threat to the Indian Child Welfare Act of 1978
The creation and enforcement of ICWA was a step toward righting the egregious wrongs of our past as a nation and affirms the tribal sovereignty of First Nations. Brackeen v. Haaland puts this critically important law at significant risk and is a step backward and any ruling against ICWA would be detrimental to the health, well-being, and sanctity of Native children, families, and communities and to our country and society as a whole.
A Much Anticipated Reversal of the Trump Administration’s Racist Public Charge Rule
The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) has recently issued a [...]
New Census Data Confirms the Powerful Impact of the Child Tax Credit
On September 13, the Census Bureau released its 2021 data [...]
Benefits of a Universal Intervention in Pediatric Medical Homes
On July 18, Academic Pediatrics, the official journal of the [...]
Advancing Racial Equity and Supporting Community Power: Lessons Learned from Building Healthy Communities
Photo used with permission from The California Endowment This blog, [...]
CSSP Condemns Supreme Court Decision in Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization
On Friday, June 24, 2022, the Supreme Court struck down Roe [...]
Advancing DULCE’s Strength-Based Approach
DULCE, Developmental Understanding and Legal Collaboration for Everyone, is a [...]
