Daniel Heimpel

Demanding A Better Education For Children In Foster Care

Daniel Heimpel | Posted 08.14.2011

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Daniel Heimpel

The education of children in foster care is one step in a long, needed march towards a future where we put all children first.

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On the Road to Educational Equality

Daniel Heimpel | Posted 07.24.2011

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Daniel Heimpel

Town Hall at Harvard Law School highlights the intersection of foster care and education.

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Fighting To Give Foster Children The Support They Deserve

Daniel Heimpel | Posted 05.25.2011

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Daniel Heimpel

The chain of responsibility for children in the foster care system culminates with us, and by virtue of our Democratic process, those who represent us.

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The Future of Foster Care: Are We Too Cheap to Keep Children Safe?

Daniel Heimpel | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Fostering Media Connections, Abuse, Disproportionality, Orphan, Bias, Racism, Harvard Law School, Elizabeth Bartholet, Maltreatment, Daniel Heimpel, Foster Care, Neglect, Impact News
Daniel Heimpel

If making children safe truly requires changing the overarching ideology, then juvenile judges, social workers, children's rights attorneys and social scientists cannot do it alone.

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Responsibility Lost

Daniel Heimpel | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: IV-E Waiver, Orphan, Child Welfare, Dcfs, Garrett Therolf, Trish Ploehn, Zev Yaroslavsky, Daniel Heimpel, Child Death, Foster Care, La Impact, Los Angeles News
Daniel Heimpel

Los Angeles Times' reckless coverage of child deaths threatens the very children we trust it intends to protect.

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From Country Music to Media: Young Superstars Give Foster Youth Power

Christine James-Brown | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Foster Children, Child Welfare, Youth, Children, Jimmy Wayne, Media, Daniel Heimpel, Cwla, Families, Foster Care, School, Country Music, Impact News
Christine James-Brown

Over the years, I met those who have found that "greatness" within and used it to change lives, including country music sensation Jimmy Wayne and award-winning journalist Daniel Heimpel.

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Shining A Light On The U.S. Foster Care System (VIDEO)

C-SPAN | Posted 11.17.2011

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Huffington Post blogger Daniel Heimpel, founder and project director of Fostering Media Connections, was interviewed on "C-SPAN's Washington Journal" ...

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Protecting Foster Care Children: The Power Of The Powerless

Daniel Heimpel | Posted 11.17.2011

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Daniel Heimpel

The story of Suahmirs Rivera is one of powerlessness turned inner strength. A strength he's now using to defend 1,400 former foster youth who fear being cast into the street because of one of budget cuts.

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Of Bricks And Boomerangs: Social Worker's Tuitions And California's Prisons

Daniel Heimpel | Posted 11.17.2011

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Daniel Heimpel

To save money the UC System was about to raise undergraduate tuition by 32 percent, in addition to hiking fees for professional degrees.

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Invest In Child Care, Invest In The Future

Daniel Heimpel | Posted 11.17.2011

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Daniel Heimpel

Shortsighted budgeting has befallen most public entitlements, including foster care. This despite years of research that has consistently shown that investing in children is met with positive returns.

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