Shadi Houshyar

VP, Child Welfare Policy@First Focus. Child advocate, food blog junkie. Avid traveler, mom to two busy 4 year olds and baby girl. Views expressed are my own.

[Bob Casey @SenBobCasey]

Of the 12 million Syrians displaced from their homes half are children. We cannot turn our back on them. https://t.co/x4tPHK4Ab9

[Shadi Houshyar @ShadiHoushyar]

Via @nprnews: Odds Of Abuse And Mistreatment Add Up Over Children's Lives http://t.co/vO9EMvnZi2

[Shadi Houshyar @ShadiHoushyar]

Obama creates group to help border-crossing kids http://t.co/ILnBltRQ2Y via @usatoday

[Ways and Means Committee @WaysandMeansGOP]

Great testimony from a former foster care youth & @DrPhil on overmedication of youth in foster care #FosterCareMonth

[Shadi Houshyar @ShadiHoushyar]

Foster care: US moves to phase out group care for foster kids http://t.co/MLa1NM1l7S

[Atlantic @atlantic]

“#Immigration is a women’s issue, a family issue.”-@ChiFdn4Women’s @k_sujata at @ILWomen4CIR Mother’s Day bfast http://t.co/EdKopev04u @NIJC

[Adrianna McIntyre (@adrianna.bsky.social) @onceuponA]

Economists found that the 1993 expansion of EITC improved objective measures of health: http://t.co/6HXtPaOnwY

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Via @nprnews: Foster Kids Can Be Torn Between Worlds On Mother's Day http://t.co/oPk0wvN5rl

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ACA gives former foster kids healthcare to age 26, though they may not know it - Miami-Dade - http://t.co/mb3tLFGrMv http://t.co/zu4aMe3foC

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In ACA Foster Youth Provision, Texas Faces Tough Task - http://t.co/0k6loMBBdA - Powered by KAMR NBC4 and KCIT FOX14: http://t.co/basHDPgnr9

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GOP Lawmakers Say Yes To $310 Billion For Business, But $12 Million For At-Risk Kids? Nope http://t.co/KwOuWxBQIh via @HuffPostPol

[Ashley R. Harris @AshrHarris]

Using existing cps worker assessments to support universal trauma screening for all kids @19NCCAN #19NCCAN

[Mike Odeh 🇵🇸 @mikeyodeh]

WOW! 20K+ former foster youth in CA potentially eligible for Medicaid http://t.co/bnC5ASjSCQ | Check out http://t.co/ZMDYWIaIfq #ProKidCA

[PolicyLab at Children's Hospital of Philadelphia @PolicyLabCHOP]

Co-Director David Rubin serves on federal Commission to Eliminate Child Abuse & Neglect Fatalities http://t.co/BjsRtDshw5 #preventchildabuse

[Shadi Houshyar @ShadiHoushyar]

The Motherhood Penalty http://t.co/WGvOIrhn2q

[PolicyLab at Children's Hospital of Philadelphia @PolicyLabCHOP]

Keep in mind - wider economic trends, like recessions, can lead to an increase of abuse or neglect http://t.co/0xwLswYwrD #preventchildabuse

[Christine Vestal @christinevestal]

Former foster youths can get special Obamacare coverage — if states can find them. http://t.co/XqloBWQr4e @ShadiHoushyar #Stateline

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States Enroll Former Foster Youth in #Medicaid: http://t.co/5a4xIqmg3H in @PewStates #ChildWelfare #InvestInKids

[WKKF @WK_Kellogg_Fdn]

Dental screenings of kids in primary care settings help identify kids who need treatment
http://t.co/x3xVRfllXj #healthequity #dentalhealth

[Shadi Houshyar @ShadiHoushyar]

Lululemon’s “dumpy” new image problem http://t.co/lMc3e27vY4 via @Salon