On this week’s “Headlines” edition of the Imprint Weekly Podcast, we talk about the new federal dashboard for child welfare data from through the Adoption and Foster Care Analysis and Reporting System. We discuss the dashboard itself and what we hope it evolves to include, and then break down some of the trendlines in this year’s numbers.
We also discuss the latest on President Trump’s spending request for 2026, what made it into the “Big Beautiful” reconciliation bill that now sits with the Senate, and more happening in Washington, D.C. We close with a review of some state headlines around liability insurance in California, a lawsuit in Tennessee, adoptee rights in Georgia, luggage for New York foster youth, and a new report on foster care in Minnesota.
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Reading Room
A Deep Dive on New Federal Foster Care Data
https://imprintnews.org/youth-services-insider/deep-dive-new-federal-foster-care-data/261418
White House Watch
https://imprintnews.org/special-series/white-house-watch
House Reconciliation Bill Proposes Deepest SNAP Cut in History, Would Take Food Assistance Away From Millions of Low-Income Families
House Begins Markup of Reconciliation Bill Today
https://imprintnews.org/youth-services-insider/house-begins-markup-reconciliation-bill-today/261108
Trump 2026 Budget Consolidates or Eliminates Several Youth Programs
AmeriCorps Must Restore Grant Funding and Members to States that Sued over Cuts, Federal Judge Rules
Foster Care Agencies in California’s Central Valley are Facing an Insurance Crisis, and Possibly Closure
The Insurance Cliff Coming for California Foster Care
https://imprintnews.org/youth-services-insider/insurance-cliff-coming-california-foster-care/251572
Tennessee Sued Over Foster Care Conditions Again
Georgia Opens Adoptee Access to Original Birth Certificates
New York to Provide Luggage for Foster Youth
https://imprintnews.org/top-stories/ny-lawmakers-agree-to-bill-for-foster-youth-luggage/261536
Minnesota Foster Youth Publish Groundbreaking Report
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