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  • Una oportunidad para padres y madres de Arizona de avanzar en sus estudios

    Emily Bregel

    October 20, 2021 |

    La Estrella de Tucsón |

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    Response Location: United States, Arizona

    Madres solteras y cuido de los niños pequeños para estudiar y poder ascender laboralmente. Una ley que debería ayudar y un programa piloto que ya lo hace a pequeña escala y ha demostrado resultados

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  • Después de un fracaso, nuevo impulso abre puertas a la educación temprana en Tucsón

    Emily Bregel

    October 20, 2021 |

    La Estrella de Tucsón |

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    Response Location: United States, Tucson, Arizona

    Una iniciativa para invertir en educación temprana en Tucson fracasó en las urnas. A pesar de esa limitación, un consorcio público-privado ha logrado expandir el acceso a programas como Head Start.

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  • Arizona program gives low-income parents a chance at career advancement

    Emily Bregel

    September 21, 2021 |

    Arizona Daily Star |

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    Response Location: United States, Tucson, Arizona

    Single mothers in Arizona are getting access to wraparound services that give them an opportunity for social and economic mobility. The Pathways for Single Mothers provides comprehensive services that include childcare, transportation, tuition, and an emergency fund.

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  • Flexible, individualized services found to keep families together

    Emily Bregel

    March 08, 2018 |

    Arizona Daily Star |

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    Response Location: United States, Tucson, Arizona

    For families involved with child protective services, a one-size-fits all mentality has been replaces with comprehensive and individualized services in some counties across the United States. Service providers in Pittsburgh and Alabama are focusing on in-home services, which have found to be cheaper and often more effective.

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  • Baked-in biases challenged by child welfare workers in Pennsylvania

    Emily Bregel

    March 08, 2018 |

    Arizona Daily Star |

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    Response Location: United States, Tucson, Arizona

    Implicit biases, among other systemic factors, can lead to a disparately punitive approach to child welfare and services for people of color, especially African Americans. Allegheny County has enlisted the help of consultants to help train caseworkers about implicit bias and to track the data about racial differences in treatment by child services agencies. So far, the effort has improved the "disparity between how often black and white children are removed from their homes improved by 28 percent," along with other disparities.

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  • Less trauma, disruption when relatives get support to raise kids

    Emily Bregel

    March 08, 2018 |

    Arizona Daily Star |

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    Response Location: United States, Tucson, Arizona

    For many children who would otherwise be placed in foster care, staying with relatives is a better option. However, kinship foster families do not always qualify for the same financial assistance as traditional foster homes. Pittsburgh-based non-profit A Second Chance helps get kinship foster families licensed and financially prepared to care for children.

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