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Families Are Still Being Separated at the Border, Months After “Zero Tolerance” Was Reversed - ProPublica

November 27, 2018

Immigration lawyers say border agents are again removing children from their parents. The explanation? They’re protecting kids from criminal dads and moms. Immigration advocates say it’s zero tolerance by another name.…

Education Department to reopen dismissed ‘mass filer’ complaints - Politico

November 21, 2018

The agency’s civil rights office plans to reopen complaints that were dismissed earlier this year because they were from so-called mass filers, spokesperson Liz Hill confirmed to Morning Education.…

Beleaguered Kansas Child Welfare Hit with Class-Action Lawsuit - Chronicle of Social Change

November 20, 2018

Kansas Development of Children and Families (DCF) has been hit with a class-action lawsuit that accuses the agency of inappropriate practices when it comes to frequency of placements in foster care.…

L.A. County Marks Progress in Combating Commercial Sexual Exploitation of Children - The West Ranch Beacon

November 19, 2018

The First Responder Protocol, which was initiated in 2014, is the first of its kind and has become a national model. Conceived with the support of the county agencies, survivors, and the National Center for Youth Law, the protocol defines key steps for law enforcement,…

Government could hold migrant families indefinitely in unlicensed detention centers under new plan - Reveal

November 19, 2018

Migrant families could be held indefinitely in unlicensed detention centers under a new federal plan that also would end critical court protections for immigrant children, according to new court records.…

Hundreds of Trafficked Girls, Thousands of Child Welfare Referrals - Chronicle of Social Change

November 16, 2018

In Los Angeles, 85 percent of the youth picked up by law enforcement in sex trafficking raids have a history with child protective services, according to a new report that provides details on how the county serves exploited youth in the wake of new California…

NCYL in the news

Families Are Still Being Separated at the Border, Months After “Zero Tolerance” Was Reversed - ProPublica

Education Department to reopen dismissed ‘mass filer’ complaints - Politico

Beleaguered Kansas Child Welfare Hit with Class-Action Lawsuit - Chronicle of Social Change

L.A. County Marks Progress in Combating Commercial Sexual Exploitation of Children - The West Ranch Beacon

Government could hold migrant families indefinitely in unlicensed detention centers under new plan - Reveal

Hundreds of Trafficked Girls, Thousands of Child Welfare Referrals - Chronicle of Social Change

Kansas Is Sued Over Foster Care That’s Bounced Several Children Between 100 Homes - KCUR-FM

‘We are making these children homeless’: Kansas is harming foster kids, lawsuit says - Kansas City Star

Human trafficking officials tell supes protocols are working - The Signal

L.A. County Officials Highlight Success of Fight Against Sex Trafficking - My News LA