Mar 25, 2014
By Rricha Mathur, First Focus Policy Research Associate and Program Manager, and Shadi Houshyar, First Focus Vice President of Child Welfare Policy The current federal child welfare financing structure is out-of-date and ineffective. It has not had a significant overhaul since 1996 and fails to recognize best practice findings from the field or to incentivize...
Mar 11, 2014
This chart authored by John Sciamanna details the federal budget in key children’s and child welfare areas. Federal Fiscal Year 2015 President’s Request
Mar 7, 2014
By Shadi Houshyar, Vice President, Child Welfare Policy, First Focus, and Carrie Fitzgerald, Senior Policy Advisor for Health, First Focus On February 19, Pennsylvania Governor Tom Corbett submitted his Healthy Pennsylvania Medicaid Waiver proposal to Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Sebelius. While the proposal affirms Pennsylvania’s commitment to ensuring access to coverage for all...
Mar 5, 2014
By Shadi Houshyar, Vice President, Child Welfare Policy, First Focus Yesterday, the White House released President Obama’s FFY 2015 budget proposal. Though some historical tables will be released later this month, the proposal released yesterday highlights several new initiatives important to children, including one specifically aimed at improving behavioral health outcomes for foster children. Foster youth...
Jan 22, 2014
The Honorable Ernestine Gray is the Chief Judge for Orleans Parish Juvenile Court in New Orleans, Louisiana. She has served the people of New Orleans as a juvenile court judge since 1984. The SPARC team interviewed Judge Gray for this podcast in January 2014, focusing on her insights on opportunities for progress on child abuse...
