Links to Facts and Happenings in Child Protection and Public Health

This is a snapshot of changes being made to the safety net for child protection, public health and education. Please take a few minutes and show your support for those programs and policies you know to be of value to the weakest and most vulnerable among us.

Across the country, legislators are dusting off atrocious policies our movement buried years ago:

• Unsafe youth detention centers are being reopened or expanded.
• Bills that let children stand trial as adults are being introduced across the country. In Nebraska, legislators are even trying to get 12-year-old children tried as adults.
• Mandatory minimum sentences that have long proven to increase recidivism are creeping back into juvenile codes.

President’s Budget Request: Leaked Passback:

• New: A 64-page HHS restructuring proposal outlines sweeping cuts to US public health.
• Leaked: Administration Plans to Request Massive Cuts to HHS – CWLA
• Action Center – Tell Congress to Fully Fund Human Services

Head Start:

• Addressing Issues with the Payment Management System: A Guide for Head Start and Early Head Start Grant Recipients
• Take Action for Head Start
• Act Now: Sign This Letter to President Trump to Save Head Start – NHSA
• Head Start Advantage: Investments That Work – NHSA
• National Call to Action – NHSA
• Head Start Fact Sheets – NHSA
• Head Start Collaboration Offices | HeadStart.gov
• Update: Parent Advocacy Groups and a Coalition of Head Start Providers File Lawsuit to Stop Trump Administration’s Dismantling of Head Start | American Civil Liberties Union

Juvenile Justice:

• Exclusive: US Justice Dept grant cuts valued at $811 million, people and records say | Reuters
• Hundreds of Justice Dept. grants canceled by Trump administration – The Washington Post
• National CASA/GAL federal funding terminated
• TERMINATION NOTICE | Justice and Joy National Collaborative

Child Welfare News Sources:

• Subscribe to Child Welfare Wonk
• Child Welfare News | Substack

Other Resources:

• Newsletter Signup, Legal Center for Foster Care & Education
• 7 Ways USED Supports Students in Foster Care_4.22.25 v.2.docx
• Action Center – Higher Education Reconciliation Cuts
• ACF Regional Map (10 Regions)
• How Kids Are Harmed by Trump’s Budget Cuts, ProPublica
• Child Welfare Liability Insurance National Survey – Deadline 5/9
• Defend the Spend notification

We hope to see you next Tuesday, May 6 at 1:00pm ET for the next CWLA Connect Call. Have a great weekend.

Riva Reed

Associate Director, Membership & Conferences

Child Welfare League of America

727 15th Street, NW, Suite 1200

Washington, DC 20005

Cell: 202.961.5147 | www.cwla.org

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