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US: Child Welfare Ideas from the Experts #4: A National Foster Youth Taxonomy
Chronicle of Social Change – July 25, 2017
The Chronicle of Social Change is highlighting each of the policy recommendations made this summer by the participants of the Foster Youth Internship Program (FYI), a group of 12 former foster youths who have completed congressional internships. Rodgers calls for the creation of a “national foster youth taxonomy” that would serve as the central depot of information on all children who enter foster care. Foster youth who were aging out into adulthood would also be granted an account through which they can access their own personal records. She would also require states to transfer data annually to the federal government for a public report on child well-being and health.
https://chronicleofsocialchange.org/analysis/child-welfare-ideas-experts-4-improving-use-state-data/27564