Rhode Island KIDS COUNT - News, Research and Policy Information
December 12, 2014
Updated Child Welfare Fact Sheet on Young Children in the Child Welfare System

Rhode Island KIDS COUNT recently released an updated Child Welfare Fact Sheet: Focus on Young Children in the Child Welfare System. The Fact Sheet provides data and information on child abuse and neglect, the importance of positive early experiences and evidence-based home visiting, and makes recommendations on how to improve the quality of care for all young children involved in the child welfare system. 


To see additional publications in the Rhode Island KIDS COUNT Child Welfare Fact Sheet series, please click here.

Senator Whitehouse Introduces Reauthorization of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention Act
US Capitol Rhode Island Senator Sheldon Whitehouse and Iowa Senator Chuck Grassley introduced a bipartisan bill to reauthorize the federal Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention Act (JJDPA).

The bill includes the new science about child and adolescent development and contains added protections for kids charged as adults, strengthens protections for youth who commit status offenses, and enhances policies aimed at reducing racial and ethnic disparities in the juvenile justice system. The legislation also includes new provisions promoting trauma-informed care and specialized programming for girls. The full bill can be viewed here, and a media release about the reauthorization can be viewed here.
RIte Care Celebrated at Annual Children's Health Luncheon
RIte Care Results was released at Rhode Island KIDS COUNT's annual Celebration of Children's Health Luncheon. The report documents ways that RIte Care has improved the health of children, pregnant women, and parents.
 

All Rhode Island children and youth in foster care have RIte Care health insurance. 

 

The Luncheon also celebrated RIte Care's 20th Anniversary. Covering Kids Awards were presented to community leaders and elected officials for their ongoing commitment to children's health coverage. To learn more, please see the presentation, media release, and event pictures. 

New National Reports on Child Welfare

 

The Annie E. Casey Foundation released a policy report, Sustaining Momentum - Improving Educational Stability for Young People in Foster Care, which describes policy wins achieved by efforts to help states implement the federal Fostering Connections to Success and Increasing Adoptions Act of 2008. 

A report by Child Trends, Federal, State, and Local Spending to Address Child Abuse and Neglect in SFY 2012, summarizes results from a national survey of states. The report found that, across the United States, child welfare agency spending decreased by 8% between state fiscal years 2010 and 2012 -- representing the first decrease in spending that has been found since the survey began in 1996. The report found that funding for the Rhode Island child welfare system declined by 18% between 2010 and 2012.
In This Issue
 
starUpdated Child Welfare Fact Sheet on Young Children in the Child Welfare System
starSenator Whitehouse Introduces Reauthorization of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention Act
starRIte Care Celebrated at Annual Children's Health Luncheon
starNew National Reports on Child Welfare
 
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