by Renee Moseley | Dec 5, 2023 | Child Care Licensing, Industry Expertise, Licensing and Permitting, News
Investigation: Vermont’s “Antiquated” Child Care System Puts Children at Risk According to an investigative report by the VTDigger, Vermont’s “antiquated” foster care system places kids at risk; “the primary system, called SSMIS, for inputting and warehousing basic...
by Renee Moseley | Nov 14, 2023 | Child Care Licensing, Industry Expertise, Licensing and Permitting, Modernization, News
Audit: States Lose Track of Thousands of Foster Children Annually The Department of Health and Human Services published a report earlier this year entitled State Agencies Did Not Always Ensure That Children Missing From Foster Care Were Reported to the National Center...
by Renee Moseley | Nov 8, 2023 | Child Care Licensing, Industry Expertise, Licensing and Permitting, News
Report: Minnesota’s Child Protection System A special report from the Star Tribune investigates Minnesota’s child protection system; the investigation followed the 2022 death of Eli Hart, killed by his mother after being put back in her care. According to the...
by Renee Moseley | Nov 1, 2023 | Child Care Licensing, Industry Expertise, Licensing and Permitting, News
State Child Care Agencies Address Loss of ARPA Funds for Industry Federal funds from the American Rescue Plan to help support the child care industry ended on Sept. 30. Without those funds, researchers in June projected the closure of 70,000 programs, along with the...
by Renee Moseley | Oct 17, 2023 | Child Care Licensing, Industry Expertise, News
State CIOs Share Use Cases for Generative AI At the National Association of State Chief Information Officers’ annual conference state CIOs shared some of their use cases for generative artificial intelligence. Colorado deputy CIO Julia Richman, for example, shared...
by Renee Moseley | Sep 26, 2023 | Child Care Licensing, Industry Expertise, Licensing and Permitting, News
A plan from the Washington state Department of Children, Youth and Families outlines how to end short-term stays in hotels and other locations for foster children by December 2024. The plan comes after advocacy organizations sued Washington for placing youth in...