WASHINGTON, March 30 -- The House Appropriations Subcommittee on Labor, Health and Human Services, Education and Related Agencies released the following testimony by Sarah Font, professor at the Brown School of Social Work at Washington University in St. Louis, from a March 26, 2026, hearing entitled "Advancing Permanency in Child Welfare: Leveraging Federal Funding for Adoption Programs": * * * Thank you for the invitation to speak to the Committee on a topic of great importance: the adoption  more

LOS ANGELES, California, March 25 -- California State University issued the following news release: * * * Cal State LA professor collaborates on national project to prevent substance use among youth in foster care A Cal State LA professor is helping launch a national collaborative effort to prevent substance use among youth in foster care by working directly with the adults and advocates who support them. Carly B. Dierkhising, professor in the School of Criminal Justice and Criminalistics, i  more