SafeCamp Spotlights: Ivory Bennett

On this week’s episode we talk about some cases over the right to foster and adopt, Washington’s new policy on newborns exposed to drugs, and some recent award-nominated work by The Imprint. 

Ivory Bennett, host of Ivory Bennett: The Podcast and new program manager for the Youth Voices Rising program, joins to discuss her plan to take on tough conversations on the show. 

Reading Room

Adults Being Treated for Substance Use Disorder Can Be Foster Parents, Feds Confirm
https://bit.ly/45Ka0Tx

Massachusetts Bans Catholic Couple from Fostering Children Due to Beliefs on Gender, Sexuality, Lawsuit Claims
https://bit.ly/3s9g899

Lawsuit Against Oregon’s Anti-Discrimination Policy Re-Ups Movement to Shield Religious Child Welfare Providers
https://bit.ly/457myUP

Drug-Exposed Babies Put 'In a Very Dangerous Position' by State's New Policy, Critics Worry
https://bit.ly/446DOZ8

Novel Implementation of State Reporting Policy for Substance-Exposed Infants
https://bit.ly/3ZmJ5JA

The Darkest Part of the Tunnel
Nell Bernstein reports on how California’s youth prisons got shut down, and what comes next as county juvenile justice systems take over.
https://imprintnews.org/special-series/the-darkest-part-of-the-tunnel

High Stakes, Silent Systems
An investigation on sexual and reproductive health in foster care.
https://imprintnews.org/special-series/high-stakes-silent-systems