Communities across Mississippi are reeling from the fallout of the largest single-state worksite immigration raid in U.S. history that led to the arrest of nearly 700 people. As we mourn with the children left standing in parking lots and shelters crying for parents who were taken by Immigration and Customs Enforcement, and with the families and neighbors
We have all heard the labels, and sometimes used them ourselves: Foster youth. Special needs kid. Delinquent. Homeless youth. Such labels are convenient shorthand, but they don’t reflect all that we need to know about the young person in front of us. They generalize what we think we know about youth in similar circumstances while
Some of her closest colleagues, mentees, friends, and family members shared reflections about MaryLee’s fervent passion for tackling injustice, her kind leadership, and the lasting impact she has made on numerous people throughout her lifetime.
More than a year ago, CSSP convened a symposium titled, Using Evidence to Advance More Equitable Outcomes for Children, Youth and Families, with two critical goals: (1) to explore the relationship between evidence and achieving more equitable outcomes, and (2) to lift up the value of recognizing often overlooked evidence necessary for advancing equity.
Family Specialists are the linchpin of the Development Understanding and Legal Collaboration for Everyone (DULCE) intervention; without their work, families would not experience the transformative healthcare and approach to well-being cultivated by the program. DULCE is an innovative intervention based in the pediatric care setting. Clinical sites proactively address social determinants of health, promote the
Almost everything I learned about being queer, I learned on the Internet. YouTube was the first place I saw someone come out. Tumblr opened my eyes to an extensive LGBTQ+ community, filled with people expressing themselves unabashedly. Dozens of Google searches and blog posts educated me on the importance of sexual health for everyone, not
Nearly two years after President Lincoln issued the Emancipation Proclamation, General Gordon Granger and Union soldiers traveled to Galveston, Texas, to bring the news that the Civil War had ended, and all enslaved people were free. While the 13th Amendment formally abolished slavery in the United States in January of 1865, June 19th marked the
We at CSSP were saddened and continue to mourn the passing of MaryLee Allen, our friend and inspirational colleague who shaped supports and opportunities for the nation’s children and families for more than 40 years at the Children’s Defense Fund. MaryLee was quite literally irreplaceable in the contributions she made to the nation’s child welfare system.
Today, the Center for the Study of Social Policy, with our partners at Manatt Health, are excited to release a new resource, Fostering Social and Emotional Health through Pediatric Primary Care: A Blueprint for Leveraging Medicaid and CHIP to Finance Change, which is designed as a practical guide for advancing action in the pediatric primary
The more things change the more they stay the same. The Trump administration and its divisive policies reflect the natural evolution of our shared national history. Racism is embedded in every fiber of our national narrative…but we continually imagine (and often claim) to live in a post-racial world. We are a country divided—one torn between