Foster Care Prevention

What The Atlantic Gets Wrong About Masculinity

“American manhood is a fragile and precarious thing, shattered by the slightest deviation from ever-shifting norms — eating the wrong taco, tasting tofu, not eating meat, or maybe eating too much meat.” —The Atlantic, “The Masculinity Scam” Reading these lines from The Atlantic, I controlled my eye-rolling enough to read the rest of the hit-piece...

A Unified Standard: Ensuring All Children Are Given Active Efforts for Prevention and Reunification

Child Protective Services is required to undertake efforts designed to prevent the separation of families. Under current law, however, CPS is required to meet a higher standard for these efforts when a child qualifies as a member of a Native American tribe, effectively creating a two-tiered prevention system. Key points: Under current law, CPS applies...

America’s Promise to Veterans Shouldn’t End Behind Bars

The 250th birthday of the United States has been a time of celebration and reflection across the nation. It’s a moment to honor our proud history, our values, our freedoms, and the men and women in uniform who, across generations, have bravely fought to preserve them. However, in 1999, just two years before America deployed...