Latest News as of August 7, 2025

National Adoption Association receives 2025 Power of Associations Summit Award for the Ujima Collective

LINTHICUM, MD — The National Adoption Association (NAA) has been recognized with a 2025 Power of Associations Summit Award by the American Society of Association Executives (ASAE) for its successful Ujima Collective, a national systems change program.

A Researcher Took an Inside Look at Psychiatric Drug Prescribing for Foster Youth and One State’s Attempts at Oversight: Here’s What She Learned

By Michael Fitzgerald

A recent investigation by The Imprint, Medicated in Foster Care: Who’s Looking Out?, revealed that states have failed to adequately monitor the use of psychiatric medication on foster youth. Dozens of young people with histories of trauma described how their pain and anguish was muffled but not healed by a broad category of drugs known as psychotropics, many of which cause long-lasting and harmful side effects.

https://imprintnews.org/top-stories/a-researcher-took-an-inside-look-at-psychiatric-drug-prescribing-for-foster-youth-and-one-states-attempts-at-oversight-heres-what-she-learned/262001

The Value of Work Integrity: Empowering Former Foster Youth Through Responsibility and Purpose

By Tori Hope Petersen

The recent legislative changes within President Donald Trump’s tax-and-spending cuts package introduce work requirements to maintain eligibility for the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP). Despite efforts to exempt them, these new rules apply to former foster youth. 

While controversial, these requirements can serve as a catalyst for teaching foster youth the necessary, lifelong value of hard work and responsibility, potentially guiding them toward stability and purpose. 

https://imprintnews.org/opinion/empowering-foster-youth-through-responsibility/262545