Dawn J. Post
@dawnjpostesq.bsky.social
Attorney/Reformer/Instructor - children’s rights, foster care, TTI, broken adoptions - www.dawnjpost.com & www.themisyouthlawadvocacy.org
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Today, we're in court with co-counsel — Children's Rights & the Center for Human Rights and Constitutional Law — to fight to keep protections for children held in federal immigration custody. These protections are needed now more than ever.
January 24, 2025 at 5:53 PM
Today, we're in court with co-counsel — Children's Rights & the Center for Human Rights and Constitutional Law — to fight to keep protections for children held in federal immigration custody. These protections are needed now more than ever.
With the current administration’s response to what will happen to children left behind if their parents are deported, proposing foster care as a solution, I am resharing an article I wrote in 2017 during the prior administration. Foster care is not the solution!
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CityViews: Trump Admin. Must Realize Foster-Care is Not an Option at the Border
The secretary of homeland security has said the administration might start separating kids from parents at the border and putting those children in foster-care. A New York City child-welfare expert we...
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January 24, 2025 at 9:01 PM
With the current administration’s response to what will happen to children left behind if their parents are deported, proposing foster care as a solution, I am resharing an article I wrote in 2017 during the prior administration. Foster care is not the solution!
citylimits.org/2017/05/04/c...
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Post said over email. “This legislation ensures that financial support follows the child, providing critical protections against misuse and prioritizing the well-being of vulnerable youth.”
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NY Gov. Approves Law Blocking Payments for ‘Broken’ Adoptions
Other new laws will assist 21-year-olds leaving foster care and identify needs of kids in the system living with a developmental disability.
imprintnews.org
January 10, 2025 at 5:36 PM
Post said over email. “This legislation ensures that financial support follows the child, providing critical protections against misuse and prioritizing the well-being of vulnerable youth.”
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Finally 🎉The Adoption Subsidy Reform bill has been signed by the Governor.
Help support my work at www.themisyouthlawadvocacy.org
Read this article for more context.
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New York Bill Aims to Ensure Adoption Money Follows the Child | The Imprint
A New York bill would ensure that adoptive parents don’t continue to receive payments after their children have been returned to foster care.
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December 24, 2024 at 4:01 PM
Finally 🎉The Adoption Subsidy Reform bill has been signed by the Governor.
Help support my work at www.themisyouthlawadvocacy.org
Read this article for more context.
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Help support my work at www.themisyouthlawadvocacy.org
Read this article for more context.
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Just saw the premiere in NYC - a must watch new doc about the troubled teen industry (TTI). Working with abandoned teens, many who come from these facilities, I can attest, the kids are not alright.
www.thekidsarenotalrightdoc.com
www.thekidsarenotalrightdoc.com
The Kids Are Not Alright Documentary | documentary feature film
The Kids Are Not Alright is a documentary film directed by Mikaela Shwer.
www.thekidsarenotalrightdoc.com
December 7, 2024 at 9:05 PM
Just saw the premiere in NYC - a must watch new doc about the troubled teen industry (TTI). Working with abandoned teens, many who come from these facilities, I can attest, the kids are not alright.
www.thekidsarenotalrightdoc.com
www.thekidsarenotalrightdoc.com
Yet more efforts by a state to avoid accountability for their failure to protect kids in its care.
www.oregonlive.com/politics/202...
www.oregonlive.com/politics/202...
As Oregon considers rolling back child welfare reforms, advocates cry foul
Officials in Gov. Tina Kotek's administration say that stricter child welfare regulations are deterring institutional care providers from serving Oregon foster children.
www.oregonlive.com
December 6, 2024 at 9:42 PM
Yet more efforts by a state to avoid accountability for their failure to protect kids in its care.
www.oregonlive.com/politics/202...
www.oregonlive.com/politics/202...
This Giving Tuesday, let's stand together to support those who need us most—abandoned and discarded youth and adoptees.
Together, we can champion the cause of those often overlooked and build a future grounded in justice, care, and compassion.
www.themisyouthlawadvocacy.org/donations/
Together, we can champion the cause of those often overlooked and build a future grounded in justice, care, and compassion.
www.themisyouthlawadvocacy.org/donations/
December 4, 2024 at 12:32 AM
This Giving Tuesday, let's stand together to support those who need us most—abandoned and discarded youth and adoptees.
Together, we can champion the cause of those often overlooked and build a future grounded in justice, care, and compassion.
www.themisyouthlawadvocacy.org/donations/
Together, we can champion the cause of those often overlooked and build a future grounded in justice, care, and compassion.
www.themisyouthlawadvocacy.org/donations/
While there is a call to action in Utah to address systemic failures in child abuse/neglect investigations, there also needs to be one for the 200+ TTI & RTC facilities & wilderness camps. To do so Utah must prioritize child safety over profit.
kjzz.com/news/local/u...
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Utah's child welfare system under scrutiny as advocates demand changes to protect children
Utah's child welfare system is under scrutiny, with lawmakers and advocates pushing for reforms that prioritize children's safety as much as parental rights.
kjzz.com
November 27, 2024 at 5:00 PM
While there is a call to action in Utah to address systemic failures in child abuse/neglect investigations, there also needs to be one for the 200+ TTI & RTC facilities & wilderness camps. To do so Utah must prioritize child safety over profit.
kjzz.com/news/local/u...
kjzz.com/news/local/u...
Perhaps start by taking at look at Masters Ranch - these are the “coffin beds” the boys sleep in.
November 25, 2024 at 4:58 PM
Perhaps start by taking at look at Masters Ranch - these are the “coffin beds” the boys sleep in.
One has to wonder about the double standard that often exists when it comes to adoptive families particularly when the same agency is investigating that may have placed the child there in the first place.
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www.koamnewsnow.com/news/crime/w...
Wyandotte teacher, husband arrested for abusing disabled child
WYANDOTTE, Okla. (KOAM) - Jennifer Enyart, a special education teacher at Wyandotte Schools, and her husband Keith Enyart have been arrested on federal charges of child abuse involving their mentally
www.koamnewsnow.com
November 22, 2024 at 8:31 PM
One has to wonder about the double standard that often exists when it comes to adoptive families particularly when the same agency is investigating that may have placed the child there in the first place.
www.koamnewsnow.com/news/crime/w...
www.koamnewsnow.com/news/crime/w...
Reposted by Dawn J. Post
#CTA for anyone able! Please support the important work @dawnjpostesq.bsky.social is doing to advocate for #adoptees and survivors of the #troubledteenindustry through her new nonprofit by sharing and donating:
www.themisyouthlawadvocacy.org
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Themis Youth Law & Advocacy | Protecting Forgotten Children and Youth
www.themisyouthlawadvocacy.org
November 22, 2024 at 4:54 PM
#CTA for anyone able! Please support the important work @dawnjpostesq.bsky.social is doing to advocate for #adoptees and survivors of the #troubledteenindustry through her new nonprofit by sharing and donating:
www.themisyouthlawadvocacy.org
www.themisyouthlawadvocacy.org
Adoptees are often called liars and manipulators. I believe this is part due to misconceptions about RAD as well as the stigma and stereotypes applied to foster children. Help support my work at Themis Youth Law & Advocacy.
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https://www.motherjones.com/criminal-justice/2024/11/taylor-cadle-polk-county-false-reporting/
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November 21, 2024 at 5:31 PM
Adoptees are often called liars and manipulators. I believe this is part due to misconceptions about RAD as well as the stigma and stereotypes applied to foster children. Help support my work at Themis Youth Law & Advocacy.
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Learn more about abandoned adoptees and the troubled teen industry as well as the launch of my non-profit Themis Youth Law & Advocacy - your donations can help children and teens who have left behind.
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Left Behind in Jamaica: Dawn Post on a Residential Care Tragedy
Podcast Episode · The Imprint Weekly · 11/04/2024 · 51m
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November 20, 2024 at 3:16 PM
Learn more about abandoned adoptees and the troubled teen industry as well as the launch of my non-profit Themis Youth Law & Advocacy - your donations can help children and teens who have left behind.
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In general adoptive parents claim that they should not have oversight post adoption as biological parents don’t. I believe that if you receive an adoption subsidy there should be reporting requirements like any other benefit. This is one of the reasons why.
www.fox35orlando.com/news/florida...
www.fox35orlando.com/news/florida...
Florida woman charged with murder, abuse in death of adopted daughter, 13
www.fox35orlando.com
November 18, 2024 at 7:55 PM
In general adoptive parents claim that they should not have oversight post adoption as biological parents don’t. I believe that if you receive an adoption subsidy there should be reporting requirements like any other benefit. This is one of the reasons why.
www.fox35orlando.com/news/florida...
www.fox35orlando.com/news/florida...
Now imagine if that 23 million had been invested in foster care in the first place.
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www.oregonlive.com/politics/202...
Oregon spent $23M on legal fees to defend state foster care system before reaching settlement
The five-year litigation battle ended with a settlement earlier this year.
www.oregonlive.com
November 15, 2024 at 6:12 PM
Now imagine if that 23 million had been invested in foster care in the first place.
www.oregonlive.com/politics/202...
www.oregonlive.com/politics/202...
Sadly, trash bags are the standard everywhere in the US when it comes to foster kids. Imagine the message that they internalize ….
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NYC foster kids would get luggage for belongings instead of trash bags under new bill
There were 6,337 children in foster care at the end of 2023.
gothamist.com
November 15, 2024 at 5:27 PM
Sadly, trash bags are the standard everywhere in the US when it comes to foster kids. Imagine the message that they internalize ….
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Sadly, these reports are no longer as shocking as they once were.
“Another 175 youth spent more than seven years in hospitals beyond their discharge dates because they had nowhere else to go.”
www.post-gazette.com/news/state/2...
“Another 175 youth spent more than seven years in hospitals beyond their discharge dates because they had nowhere else to go.”
www.post-gazette.com/news/state/2...
Pa. counties struggle to find care for abused, neglected youth
HARRISBURG — Finding placement for vulnerable youth suffering from difficult combinations of physical, mental and behavioral challenges has...
www.post-gazette.com
November 15, 2024 at 3:50 AM
Sadly, these reports are no longer as shocking as they once were.
“Another 175 youth spent more than seven years in hospitals beyond their discharge dates because they had nowhere else to go.”
www.post-gazette.com/news/state/2...
“Another 175 youth spent more than seven years in hospitals beyond their discharge dates because they had nowhere else to go.”
www.post-gazette.com/news/state/2...