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Governor Kay Ivey has awarded a $50,000 grant to allow parents who have had drug-related issues to retain or regain custody of their children provided that they adhere to certain guidelines.
The grant would enable the Dallas County Family Drug Court to conduct screening and undertake other measures to ensure that people who have had substance abuse problems remain drug free as part of a requirement to keep their children at home with them.
“Children in most cases want to be in the home with their parents, and the Dallas County Family Drug Court is willing to make that happen under certain conditions,” Gov. Ivey said. “The rules in this program are fairly simple: If you wish to have children in your home, you must remain drug free.”
Written by Rachel Berliner
Tuesday, February 23rd, 2021 at 7:00 p.m. EST.
Co-hosted with the Stamford JCC (Stamford, CT). This webinar is free and open to the public.
Speakers:
Jane Faherty, Director of Jumpstart, Stamford JCC and Educational Advocate (Stamford, CT)
Special Guest: Dr. Rebecca Etkin, Ph.D., Anxiety Disorders Program at Yale Child Study Center (New Haven, CT)
Topics for discussion
• The slippery slope of anxiety and avoidance: what to watch out for
• Strategies for helping your child feel less anxious and more confident in the virtual classroom and beyond
• Parent-child power struggles: how to strategize for maximum benefit
• How to manage the transition back into school and “normal life”
Helping Parents and Children Navigate Anxiety During COVID and Beyond Date: Tuesday, February 23rd, 2021 at 7:00 p.m. EST. Register here on Zoom: http://bit.ly/BA6422 Co-hosted with the Stamford JCC (Stamford, CT). This webinar is free and open to the public. Speakers: Attorney Lawrence Berliner, Special Education Law Jane Faherty, Director of Jumpstart, Stamford JCC and […]
February 2, 2021
States spend only about a fifth of their combined federal and state dollars under the Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) block grant on basic assistance for families with children, our analysis of the latest data from fiscal year 2019 shows, and several states spend less than a tenth. States are using their considerable flexibility under TANF, the primary cash assistance program for families with the lowest incomes, to divert funds
away from income support for families and toward other, often unrelated state budget areas, as they have increasingly done since TANF’s creation in 1996. By changing course and redirecting the funds back towards cash assistance, states could improve academic, health, and economic outcomes for children in families in poverty, research shows.