The Imprint Weekly

The Imprint Weekly Podcast offers listeners a regular review of news and trends in America's child welfare and juvenile justice systems, along with other critical services for youth and families. Join Imprint Senior Editor John Kelly for a discussion of the week's major headlines, plus interviews with leaders in the field.

The Imprint Weekly is a news podcast hosted by The Imprint, with 285 episodes on record and a Required Pod Score of 80. PitchCentric scores this show on Booking Probability, Listen Score, and live audience signals refreshed every 24 hours.

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  Episode #248

  How We Count Youth and Family Homelessness in America

  Aug 16, 202659 min

  On the week’s episode, SchoolHouse Connection founder Barbara Duffield joins to discuss the different approaches the U.S. government has for tallying youth and family homelessness. We also discussed recent Trump policy announcements around the McKinney-Vento program and Head Start, and why she thinks these issues would be best handled by the Department of Health and Human Services. Barbara Duffield is the founder and executive director of SchoolHouse Connection. She was the Director of Education for the National Coalition for the Homeless from 1994 to 2003. Reading Room Missing the Point: When Media, Advocates, and Policymakers Use Data That Exclude Children and Youth https://schoolhouseconnection.org/article/hud-pit-count-misses-homeless-children-youth Proposed Head Start Rule Eliminates Critical Protections for Children Experiencing Homelessness https://schoolhouseconnection.org/article/hud-pit-count-misses-homeless-children-youth

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  Episode #247

  Youth Justice Headlines, and Liz Ryan’s New Media Project

  Aug 10, 202641 min

  On this week’s episode, we review some recent headlines on youth justice, including Minnesota raising their floor and some questionable comments on the system by officials in Mississippi and New Mexico. Liz Ryan joined to talk about her new project aimed at helping journalists and newsrooms with reporting on a complicated system. Liz Ryan served as administrator of the Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention for President Joe Biden. Before that she founded the Campaign for Youth Justice and the Youth First Initiative. Reading Room The Youth Justice Style Guide https://youthjusticestyleguide.substack.com/p/welcome-to-the-youth-justice-style Summer 2026 Teen Takeover Coverage & What Media Can Learn https://reportforyouthjustice.org/#blog Ending Punishing Surveillance: Youth Justice Reformers Lay Out Plan for Probation Reforms https://imprintnews.org/top-stories/ending-punishing-surveillance-youth-justice-reformers-lay-out-plan-for-probation-reforms/276321 New Minnesota Law Bars Prosecution of Children 12 and Younger https://imprintnews.org/top-stories/new-minnesota-law-bars-prosecution-of-children-12-and-younger/276312 Raising the Floor on Prosecuting Youth https://imprintnews.org/podcast/raising-the-floor-prosecuting-youth-ricky-watson Mississippi Lawmakers Pass Youth Court Overhaul, Approve $29.5M in New Spending https://www.wlbt.com/2026/07/17/mississippi-lawmakers-pass-youth-court-overhaul-approve-295m-new-spending/ Hearing Held on Juvenile Justice, but Prosecutors not Invited https://www.kob.com/new-mexico/hearing-held-on-juvenile-justice-but-prosecutors-not-invited/ Scott Administration Proposes Indefinite Pause on Juvenile Justice Reform https://www.wcax.com/2026/08/04/scott-administration-proposes-indefinite-pause-juvenile-justice-reform/ Snohomish County says State Legally Liable for Juvenile Detention Center Claims https://myedmondsnews.com/2026/07/snohomish-county-claims-state-legally-liable-for-juvenile-detention-center-abuse/ Michigan Justices Find 50-Year Sentence for Juvenile Murderer ‘Unconstitutionally Excessive’ https://www.mlive.com/news/2026/08/michigan-justices-find-50-year-sentence-for-juvenile-murderer-unconstitutionally-excessive.html

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  Episode #246

  The Playbook for Supporting Young Adults in Foster Care

  Aug 2, 202642 min

  For three years, a collaborative effort was made to develop core principles and concepts around how best to support young adults as they prepared to exit the foster care system. That effort culminated in the publishing of Improving Outcomes for Young Adults and the Systems that Serve Them: A Playbook of Best Practices. On this week’s episode we were joined by Natalie Clark and Sarah Goad, two of the many people who worked on the playbook. We talked about how people with lived experience drove the discussions that produced playbook, what core ideas they settled on, and what comes next. Natalie Clark is the co-founder and co-executive director of the 1999 Collective. Sarah Goad, is the child welfare manager for the Michigan Department of Health and Human Services. Reading Room Improving Outcomes for Young Adults and the Systems that Serve Them: A Playbook of Best Practices https://issuu.com/youthvillages/docs/improving_outcomes_for_young_adults_and_the_system?fr=sNzAzMzg0Njg5NjA The Playbook for Helping Foster Youth Become Adults https://imprintnews.org/opinion/a-playbook-of-best-practices/276160 The National Collaborative for Transition-Age Youth https://youthvillages.org/collaborative Creating Extended Foster Care That Works for All https://cdn.intelligencebank.com/us/share/LONz/GLvrW/kMvb1/original/Creating+Extended+Foster+Care+That+Works+for+All

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  Episode #246

  InnerViews – Beyond Aging Out: Building a Life, Finding Your Voice & Pursuing Justice

  Jul 26, 202655 min

  What happens after you “age out” of foster care? InnerViews host Ivory Bennett sits down with Leigh-Anna Faith, a former foster youth, law student, and advocate, for a candid conversation about navigating adulthood without a traditional safety net. From education and housing instability to mental health, advocacy, and finding community, Leigh-Anna reflects on turning lived experience into a commitment to justice. Together, they explore what young people leaving care truly need—not simply to survive, but to build lives where they can thrive.

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  Episode #245

  Liberating L.A.’s System-Involved Girls

  Jul 19, 202648 min

  There are dozens of girls incarcerated in Los Angeles’ juvenile justice facilities, and virtually everyone agrees they don’t need to be there. On this episode, we talk to Jessica Nowlan of Reimagine Freedom and Lisa Small of the Liberty Hill Foundation about the Liberation Fund and other efforts to rethink the way Los Angeles supports system-involved girls. Jessica Nowlan is the president and CEO of Reimagine Freedom. Lisa Small is Director of Youth and Transformative Justice at the Liberty Hill Foundation. Reading Room $4 Billion Dollars in Sexual Abuse Settlement, But Girls Are Still Locked Up in L.A. https://imprintnews.org/justice/juvenile-justice-2/4-billion-settlement-does-not-help-incarcerated-girls/260720 Liberation Fund: A Beacon of Hope and Advocacy https://www.libertyhill.org/news/newsletter/foundations-digest/liberation-fund-a-beacon-of-hope-and-advocacy/ Youth Activists Rally to Support Girls and Young Women Abused in Detention https://imprintnews.org/justice/juvenile-justice-2/youth-activists-rally-to-support-girls-and-young-women-abused-in-detention/173343 California’s Santa Clara County Aims to Keep Girls Out of Juvenile Lockups https://imprintnews.org/justice/juvenile-justice-2/californias-santa-clara-county-aims-to-keep-girls-out-of-juvenile-lockups/237692

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