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2022 Criminal Justice Research Findings from the Vera Institute

2022 Criminal Justice Research Findings from the Vera Institute The Vera Institute of Justice, an independent nonprofit national research and policy organization hired by Justice Matters, recently presented…

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2024 Annual Review with Judge Klepper & Danielle Packer

2024 Annual Review with Judge Klepper & Danielle Packer The Citizen Review Board and Douglas County CASA submitted questions for Judge Paul Klepper and panel attorney Danielle Packer…

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A Placed Called Home

A Placed Called Home A Place Called Home is both David’s powerful personal account through the lens of a child surviving it daily. And as the go-to child…

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ADD/ADHD | What Is Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder?

Others ADD/ADHD | What Is Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder? Here’s everything you need to know about Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) in children. Thomas E. Brown, PhD, discusses…

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Addressing Poverty to Keep Families Together with Sarah Winograd

Addressing Poverty to Keep Families Together with Sarah Winograd Sarah Winograd’s journey as a “professional volunteer” led to the realization that poverty was a driving factor in the…

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ADHD and Complex Trauma

ADHD and Complex Trauma The Inattentive, Impulsive and Hyperactive Child: Is Childhood Trauma Buried Amongst ADHD? Read online

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America’s boys and men are falling behind… mentoring can help

America’s boys and men are falling behind… mentoring can help An excellent new article in the Wall Street Journal by Rachel Wolfe has drawn new attention to the…

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Anatomy of Doubt from “This American Life”

Anatomy of Doubt from “This American Life” A story about doubt: how it germinated, spread, and eventually took hold of an entire community, with terrible consequences. A collaboration…

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Are ACEs as Determinative as We Think?

Are ACEs as Determinative as We Think? From “Psychotherapy Networker”, two trauma experts weigh in on connection, community and the tyranny of diagnosis. Read here

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Article Summary for “However Kindly Intentioned”

Article Summary for “However Kindly Intentioned” Link to the full article can be found here. Read it here

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Beautiful Boy

Beautiful Boy Based on the best-selling pair of memoirs from father and son David and Nic Sheff, Beautiful Boy chronicles the heartbreaking and inspiring experience of survival, relapse,…

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Between the World and Me by Ta-Nehisi Coates

Between the World and Me by Ta-Nehisi Coates A book-length letter from Ta-Nehisi Coates to his son, Samori. In it, Coates explains to Samori what it means to…

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Building Hope for Family Healing and Recovery

Building Hope for Family Healing and Recovery Building Hope for Family Healing and Recovery – National Center for Substance Abuse and Child Welfare This webinar introduced the National…

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CASA on the Go Podcast

CASA on the Go Podcast Provided by Texas CASA, this continuing education podcast connects CASA volunteers with engaging and relevant training designed to help strengthen advocacy for children…

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Caught with Kai Wright, WNYCS Studios Podcast

Caught with Kai Wright, WNYCS Studios Podcast All kids make mistakes. But depending on your zip code, race, or just bad luck, those mistakes can have a lasting…

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Changing the Face of Foster Care, Children’s Bureau Podcast

Changing the Face of Foster Care, Children’s Bureau Podcast How can child welfare agencies, Federal partners, judicial and legal entities, and community organizations shift both the perception and…

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Congratulations, You’re On Your Own: Life After Foster Care

Congratulations, You’re On Your Own: Life After Foster Care Through telling their stories and by hearing from professionals in the field, the film explains how children enter the…

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Creative Resilience: Using Expressive Arts to Support Clinicians, Social Workers, and Educators

Creative Resilience: Using Expressive Arts to Support Clinicians, Social Workers, and Educators June 11 12:00 pm - 1:00 pm Burnout is real—and for those in helping roles, it’s…

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Disproportionality and Poverty

Disproportionality and Poverty Poverty intersects with other social determinants, such as racism and classism, creating structural vulnerabilities and evidence indicates impoverished children are disproportionality affected by maltreatment. Poverty,…

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Dopesick

Dopesick The story of how one company triggered the worst drug epidemic in American history. Look into the epicenter of America’s struggle with opioid addiction, from a distressed…

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Dopesick by Beth Macy

Dopesick by Beth Macy Chronicles America’s more than twenty-year struggle with opioid addiction, from the introduction of OxyContin in 1996, through the spread of addiction in distressed communities…

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Evicted by Matthew Desmond

Evicted by Matthew Desmond In Evicted, Princeton sociologist and MacArthur “Genius” Matthew Desmond follows eight families in Milwaukee as they each struggle to keep a roof over their…

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Extraordinary Attorney Woo

Extraordinary Attorney Woo Brilliant attorney Woo Young-woo tackles challenges in the courtroom and beyond as a newbie at a top law firm and a woman on the autism…

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Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close

Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close Oskar is convinced that his father, who died in the 9/11 attacks on the World Trade Center, has left a message for him…

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Foster Village Lawrence

Foster Village Lawrence Learn more about Village Lawrence, a new non-profit supporting relative and foster homes in Lawrence and the surrounding communities Youtube Video

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Getting Curious podcast: Who Does America’s Child Welfare System Serve?

Getting Curious podcast: Who Does America’s Child Welfare System Serve? Each year, more than 250,000 children in America are removed from their families by judicial means—and more than…

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Hope’s Boy by Andrew Bridge

Hope’s Boy by Andrew Bridge From the moment he was born, Andrew Bridge and his mother Hope shared a love so deep that it felt like nothing else…

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How To Be An Antiracist: A Memoir by Ibram X. Kendi

How To Be An Antiracist: A Memoir by Ibram X. Kendi Despite the nature of its title, Kendi has gifted us with a book that is not only…

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How to Work with Courts: Testifying in Court (part 2)

How to Work with Courts: Testifying in Court (part 2) June 24 12:00 pm - 1:00 pm Hosted by the Kansas Office of Judicial Administration, this webinar series…

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How We Fight for Our Lives: A Memoir by Saeed Jones

How We Fight for Our Lives: A Memoir by Saeed Jones In powerful poetry and prose, Saeed Jones recounts his experiences growing up as a young, black, gay…

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However Kindly Intentioned: Structural Racism and CASA

However Kindly Intentioned: Structural Racism and CASA Published by the City University of New York Law Review, this article explores CASA and systemic racism. You can find a…

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I Am Jazz

I Am Jazz Although assigned male at birth, Jazz is a transgender female and has been living as a girl since kindergarten. Jazz’s family has stood side-by-side with…

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I’m Possible: A Story of Survival, a Tuba, and the Small Miracle of a Big Dream by Richard Antoine White

I’m Possible: A Story of Survival, a Tuba, and the Small Miracle of a Big Dream by Richard Antoine White From the streets of Baltimore to the halls…

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ICWA Active Efforts Support Toolkit

Others ICWA Active Efforts Support Toolkit The Indian Child Welfare Act (ICWA) Active Efforts Support Toolkit (IAST) was developed by the National Center on Substance Abuse and Child…

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ICWA for CASA Volunteers in Kansas

ICWA for CASA Volunteers in Kansas This presentation about the history, purpose, and application of the Indian Child Welfare Act for CASA Volunteers in Kansas was recorded in…

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IEP Meeting Tips for Kids of Color

IEP Meeting Tips for Kids of Color Meeting with the school to plan your child’s Individualized Education Program (IEP) can be intimidating. This is true for any parent…

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In The Dream House by Carmen Maria Machado

In The Dream House by Carmen Maria Machado This memoir, which tells the story of Machado’s abusive relationship with another woman, is an act of personal and formal…

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Institute of Child Psychology Webinars

Institute of Child Psychology Webinars The Institute of Child Psychology was founded to educate parents and professionals on issues pertaining to children’s mental health, and to promote the…

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It’s Time to Stop Confusing Poverty With Neglect

It’s Time to Stop Confusing Poverty With Neglect If we truly care about children and families, it’s time to stop confusing poverty with neglect and devote ourselves to…

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Joe Bell

Joe Bell The true story of a small town, working class father who embarks on a solo walk across the U.S. to crusade against bullying after his son…

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Juneteenth: Faith & Freedom

Juneteenth: Faith & Freedom The story of Juneteenth highlights how hope has endured from 1865 to today. In doing so, it paints an important picture of freedom and…

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Kansas Children’s Service League’s Upcoming Trainings

Kansas Children’s Service League’s Upcoming Trainings KCSL offers regular trainings, so we have linked their site in order for you to peruse what’s upcoming. Bookmark this page if…

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Kansas City’s Montgall Avenue: Black Leaders and the Street They Called Home by Margie Carr

Kansas City’s Montgall Avenue: Black Leaders and the Street They Called Home by Margie Carr Our own Margie Carr wrote Kansas City’s Montgall Avenue: Black Leaders and the…

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Kansas foster care providers working to address children’s mental health needs

Kansas foster care providers working to address children’s mental health needs Amid a statewide mental health crisis, vulnerable children and teens in the state foster care system have…

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Loving

Loving The story of Richard and Mildred Loving, a couple whose arrest for interracial marriage in 1960s Virginia began a legal battle that would end with the Supreme…

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Lunch & Learn: CASA Info Session @ 6 Mile Chophouse & Tavern

Lunch & Learn: CASA Info Session @ 6 Mile Chophouse & Tavern June 26 12:00 pm - 1:00 pm 4931 W 6th St Lawrence, KS 66049 United States…

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Mad Honey by Jodi Picoult

Mad Honey by Jodi Picoult Mad Honey tells the story of two women who have fled abusive pasts to make a new life in the small town of…

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Maid

Maid After fleeing an abusive relationship, a young mother finds a job cleaning houses as she fights to provide for her child and build them a better future.…

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Maid: Hard Work, Low Pay and a Mother’s Will to Survive by Stephanie Land

Maid: Hard Work, Low Pay and a Mother’s Will to Survive by Stephanie Land In her unstinting memoir — a portrait of working-class poverty in America — Land…

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Making High-Impact Court Decisions for High-Risk Youth

Making High-Impact Court Decisions for High-Risk Youth June 15 11:30 am - 12:45 pm As concern about youth crime and violence increases, many judges and court leaders are…

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Mindspring Mental Health Alliance Webinars

Mindspring Mental Health Alliance Webinars Mindspring provides free mental health education opportunities to the public through webinars on a wide variety of mental health topics. All webinars are…

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Missing From Care: Preventing and Responding to Sex Trafficking of Youth

Missing From Care: Preventing and Responding to Sex Trafficking of Youth 1in 6 of the children reported missing who had run away were likely child sex trafficking victims.…

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National CASA Webinars

National CASA Webinars National CASA has shared all their archived webinars from 2023. Find the list here, with links to connect you to the webinars. Find the list…

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National Child Welfare Workforce Institute’s Webinars

National Child Welfare Workforce Institute’s Webinars A consistently updated list of upcoming webinars curated by the National Child Welfare Workforce Institute on various topics in the realm of…

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Neurobiological Development in the Context of Childhood Trauma

Neurobiological Development in the Context of Childhood Trauma Neurobiological systems may be particularly susceptible to deleterious impact of childhood trauma, and the impact of childhood trauma on development…

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No Visible Bruises by Rachel Snyder

No Visible Bruises by Rachel Snyder Snyder highlights an epidemic of unacknowledged violence. Fifty women a month are shot and killed by their partners, and she explores the…

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NSAW: Integrating Adolescent Brain Development Into Child Welfare Practice with Older Youth

Others NSAW: Integrating Adolescent Brain Development Into Child Welfare Practice with Older Youth The curriculum, Integrating Adolescent Brain Development into Child Welfare Practice with Older Youth, was created…

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Opeeka Podcast

Opeeka Podcast Opeeka believes the goal of using technology is to make life easier, more productive as well as increasing health & wellness. Opeeka’s mission is to keep…

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Orphan Train by Christina Baker Kline

Orphan Train by Christina Baker Kline Moving between contemporary Maine and Depression-era Minnesota, Orphan Train is a powerful novel of upheaval and resilience, of second chances, and unexpected…

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Paper Tigers

Paper Tigers Follows the year in the life of a high school that has radically changed it’s approach to disciplining its students, becoming a model for how to…

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Reaching “Unreachable” Teens & Tweens

Reaching “Unreachable” Teens & Tweens Kate Sample, MA, LPC, has spent most her clinical career as a therapist working with at-risk tweens and teens in residential, school, community,…

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Reveal Podcast: Cashing in on Troubled Teens

Reveal Podcast: Cashing in on Troubled Teens How the country’s biggest psychiatric hospital chain is profiting off kids trapped in a broken child welfare system. Listen here

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SAMHSA’s Concept of Trauma and Guidance for a Trauma-Informed Approach (Paper/Article) – July 2014

SAMHSA’s Concept of Trauma and Guidance for a Trauma-Informed Approach (Paper/Article) – July 2014 Trauma is a widespread, harmful and costly public health problem. It occurs as a…

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Situational Awareness Training

Situational Awareness Training In partnership with Convene Training, LLC the Kansas CASA Association hosted a Situational Awareness Safety training on June 26, 2024. This training was recorded and…

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So You Want to Talk About Race by Ijeoma Oluo

So You Want to Talk About Race by Ijeoma Oluo Oluo guides readers of all races through subjects ranging from intersectionality and affirmative action to “model minorities” in…

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Stamped from the Beginning by Ibram X. Kendi

Stamped from the Beginning by Ibram X. Kendi In this deeply researched and fast-moving narrative, Kendi chronicles the entire story of anti–Black racist ideas and their staggering power…

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Strengthening Your Families Webinars

Strengthening Your Families Webinars The Center for Adoption Support and Education (C.A.S.E.) in conjunction with their adoption advocacy partner, The Jockey Being Family Foundation, offers 600 FREE registrations…

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Suicide Prevention Trainings

Suicide Prevention Trainings The Kansas Suicide Prevention Headquarters offers multiple trainings and webinars to help equip people with suicide prevention information. Sign up for self-paced trainings or live…

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Supporting Children, Staff, and School at Times of Crisis and Loss

Supporting Children, Staff, and School at Times of Crisis and Loss Presented by Dr. David Schonfeld, MD. Supporting Children, Staff, and School at Times of Crisis and Loss.…

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Symposia: Torn Apart & Prosecuting Poverty (LPE Project)

Symposia: Torn Apart & Prosecuting Poverty (LPE Project) The Law and Political Economy (LPE) Project brings together a network of scholars, practitioners, and students working to develop innovative…

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The Age of Overwhelm: Strategies for the Long Haul by Laura van Dernoot Lipsky

The Age of Overwhelm: Strategies for the Long Haul by Laura van Dernoot Lipsky Whether we are overwhelmed by work or school; our families or communities; caretaking for…

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The Anxious Generation: How the Great Rewiring of Childhood Is Causing An Epidemic of Mental Illness by Jonathan Haidt

The Anxious Generation: How the Great Rewiring of Childhood Is Causing An Epidemic of Mental Illness by Jonathan Haidt In The Anxious Generation, social psychologist Jonathan Haidt lays…

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The Body Keeps the Score: Brain, Mind, and Body in the Healing of Trauma by Bessel van der Kolk M.D.

The Body Keeps the Score: Brain, Mind, and Body in the Healing of Trauma by Bessel van der Kolk M.D. A pioneering researcher and one of the world’s…

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The Body Keeps the Score: Healing Trauma Through Somatics

The Body Keeps the Score: Healing Trauma Through Somatics A discussion with Bessel van der Kolk, MD and Peter A. Levine, PhD about the concepts included in van…

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The Child Catcher: A Fight for Justice and Truth by Andrew Bridge

The Child Catcher: A Fight for Justice and Truth by Andrew Bridge The Child Catcher chronicles the author’s role in the longest-running, most bitterly fought mental health lawsuit…

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The Color of Law by Richard Rothstein

The Color of Law by Richard Rothstein Details how federal housing policies in the 1940s and ’50s mandated segregation and undermined the ability of black families to own…

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The Glass Castle

The Glass Castle A successful New York writer tries to reconcile her well-ordered life of privilege with her nomadic childhood ruled by a quixotic, unstable father. Also available…

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The Glass Castle by Jeannette Walls

The Glass Castle by Jeannette Walls Walls has written a stunning and life-affirming memoir about surviving a willfully impoverished, eccentric, and severely misguided family. Copies also available in…

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The Language of Flowers by Vanessa Diffenbaugh

The Language of Flowers by Vanessa Diffenbaugh The story of a woman whose gift for flowers helps her change the lives of others even as she struggles to…

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The Rage of Innocence: How America Criminalizes Black Youth by Kristin Henning

The Rage of Innocence: How America Criminalizes Black Youth by Kristin Henning Drawing upon 25 years of experience representing black youth in Washington D.C.’s juvenile court, Kris Henning…

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The Spirit Catches You and You Fall Down by Anne Fadiman

The Spirit Catches You and You Fall Down by Anne Fadiman When three-month-old Lia Lee arrived at the county hospital emergency room in Merced, California, a chain of…

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The Spirit of Jim Thorpe

The Spirit of Jim Thorpe Jim Thorpe was one of the greatest athletes the world has ever known — a legend in the NFL, MLB, NCAA, and in…

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The Sum of Us by Heather McGhee

The Sum of Us by Heather McGhee Heather C. McGhee’s specialty is the American economy–and the mystery of why it so often fails the American public. As she…

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The Trials of Gabriel Fernandez

The Trials of Gabriel Fernandez A boy’s brutal murder and the public trials of his guardians and social workers prompt questions about the system’s protection of vulnerable children.…

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Three Little Words: A Memoir by Ashley Rhodes-Courter

Three Little Words: A Memoir by Ashley Rhodes-Courter An inspiring true story of the tumultuous nine years Ashley Rhodes-Courter spent in the foster care system, and how she…

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Throwaway Kids: Part 1: WE ARE SENDING MORE FOSTER KIDS TO PRISON THAN COLLEGE

Throwaway Kids: Part 1: WE ARE SENDING MORE FOSTER KIDS TO PRISON THAN COLLEGE The Kansas City Star has examined what happens to kids who age out of…

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Till

Till The true story of Mamie Till-Mobley’s relentless pursuit of justice for her 14-year-old son, Emmett Till, who was brutally lynched in 1955 while visiting his cousins in…

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To the End of June

To the End of June An unforgettable portrait that takes us deep inside the lives of foster children in their search for a stable, loving family. This narrative…

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Torn Apart by Dorothy Roberts

Torn Apart by Dorothy Roberts An award-winning scholar exposes the foundational racism of the child welfare system and calls for radical change. Available at Lawrence Public Library

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Trauma Stewardship: An Everyday Guide to Caring for Self While Caring for Others

Trauma Stewardship: An Everyday Guide to Caring for Self While Caring for Others This book is written for anyone who is doing work with an intention to make…

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Understanding Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorders: Child Welfare Practice Tips

Understanding Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorders: Child Welfare Practice Tips The National Center on Substance Abuse and Child Welfare (NCSACW) developed this technical assistance tool for child welfare professionals…

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We Got This: Equity, Access, and the Quest to Be Who Our Students Need Us to Be by Cornelius Minor

We Got This: Equity, Access, and the Quest to Be Who Our Students Need Us to Be by Cornelius Minor In We Got This Cornelius Minor describes how…

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What Colleges Need to Know About Cannabis

What Colleges Need to Know About Cannabis This presentation will review current science related to cannabis use, with an emphasis on findings relevant on college campuses. Lessons learned…

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What My Bones Know: a Memoir of Healing From Complex Trauma by Stephanie Foo

What My Bones Know: a Memoir of Healing From Complex Trauma by Stephanie Foo A searing memoir of reckoning and healing from an acclaimed journalist and former This…

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What The Adoption Of One Kansas City Mother’s Child Says About Race In The Child Welfare System

What The Adoption Of One Kansas City Mother’s Child Says About Race In The Child Welfare System Samantha Mungai, an immigrant from Kenya, left her child alone while…

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What’s Not on the Test: The Overlooked Factors That Determine Success

What’s Not on the Test: The Overlooked Factors That Determine Success A look at why the lives of high school graduate and GED test takers’ lives vary so…

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Why Mandatory Reporting Doesn’t Keep Children Safe

Why Mandatory Reporting Doesn’t Keep Children Safe Learn about the history of mandatory reporting and whether or not it helps reduce child abuse and neglect. Find the article…

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Will & Harper

Will & Harper When Will Ferrell’s good friend Harper comes out as a trans woman, they take a road trip to bond and reintroduce Harper to the country…

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Winter’s Bone

Winter’s Bone Seventeen-year-old Ree Dolly sets out to track down her father who put their house up for his bail bond and then disappeared. If she fails to…

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Winter’s Bone by Daniel Woodrell

Winter’s Bone by Daniel Woodrell When Ree Dollys father skips bail, the 16-year-old knows if he doesn’t show up, her family will lose their home. Her goal had…

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Zipcode Destiny: The Persistent Power Of Place And Education

Zipcode Destiny: The Persistent Power Of Place And Education The stories we tell about ourselves — stories of success and stories of failure — often have their beginnings…

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