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DC mothers accused of child neglect to get cash as part of poverty study
A group of low-income black mothers living in Washington DC who have been accused of child neglect will receive cash as part of a study to determine whether providing needy moms with extra income could prevent their children from being placed in foster care.
A dozen black mothers randomly selected by researchers from Harvard Law School’s Access to Justice Lab will receive $500 a month through October — and then a lump sum payment of about $3,000, The Washington Post reported.
The women selected have been investigated by the district’s Child and Family Services Agency for alleged child neglect, the report said.
Another 12 mothers will be paid $50 to $60 for participating in a 20-minute survey and up to an hour-long interview with the Mother’s Outreach Network, which is distributing the funds.
“For this particular problem, folks are in a form of legal jeopardy,” Jim Greiner, the faculty director at Harvard’s Access to Justice Lab, said of parents accused of child neglect.
“There’s a lot of strong feelings on both sides — and what we think should happen in that case is evidence,” he said. “Let’s actually look at what happens when you take steps to alleviate poverty.”
Greiner said the Mother Up program will be limited to black mothers whom the Child and Family Services Agency investigated for child neglect and found the accusations to be substantiated, but still allowed their children to remain in the home.
The Mother Up program is still in the “pre-planning” phase, but will now start enrolling eligible mothers to receive the funds.
Greiner acknowledged there may be backlash to the program from those who think “it’s a terrible idea because it’s going to provide a monetary incentive to neglect children.”
But, he said, others “think that the underlying problem is poverty, in which case, providing money is a fantastic idea because it’ll directly alleviate the problem.”
One such advocate, Clare Anderson, a senior policy research fellow at the University of Chicago’s Chapin Hall, said decades of research have proven that when families have less access to money, clothing, housing, food, legal support and health care, they are more likely to face child welfare investigations.
Another study, she said, shows that nearly 85% of families investigated by child welfare agencies have incomes below 200% of the federal poverty line — which was $49,720 for a family of three in 2023.
“There’s this societal narrative that child abuse and neglect is an individual action by an individual doing harm to a child,” Anderson told the Washington Post.
“The evidence shows us that policy choices are contributing significantly to the activation and deployment of CPS in the lives of families.”
Robert Matthews, the director of DC’s Child and Family Services, also said he has “no doubt that poverty plays a huge role in how most of the families come to CFSA’s attention.”
Last year, the department separated 10 children from their families due to neglect — making it the most cited reason a child was removed from their home, the Washington Post reports, citing the agency’s report to the DC city council.
Of the children currently in foster care in DC, a majority are black, it reports.
“The system is penalizing families for being poor,” said Melody Wood, executive director of Mother’s Outreach Network.
“We also want to combat negative narratives about black women, black mothers in particular, whose children are involved in the system,” she noted.
WASHINGTON – Thousands are expected gather in Washington, D.C. for a “No Kings” march and rally.
Here’s everything you need to know:
What is the No Kings protest?
What we know:
Organized locally by area chapters of Indivisible and allied grassroots groups, the event aims to draw protesters to downtown Washington and surrounding counties to oppose policies of the Trump administration and to voice broader concerns about civil rights and democratic norms.
No Kings protest details
Timeline:
The march will kick off at 10 a.m., with participants gathering at Memorial Circle near Arlington Cemetery, with additional access from the Blue Line or nearby parking at the Fashion Centre at Pentagon City, according to the event organizers. There is no public parking in the immediate area, but participants can be dropped off at the circle.
From there, the procession will head across the Memorial Bridge into Washington, D.C., passing the Lincoln Memorial and continuing on to the Washington Monument.
At the conclusion of the march, participants can walk to a downtown rally, from 1:30 p.m. to 4 p.m.
Other ‘No Kings’ rallies in the DMV
Dig deeper:
In addition to the main rally in downtown D.C., several other demonstrations tied to “No Kings 3” are scheduled around the DMV this Saturday.
In Arlington, Virginia, activists are organizing a march across the Memorial Bridge beginning at 10 a.m., with protesters expected to continue into West Potomac Park before joining larger crowds in the District proper, for example.
There are hundreds of “No Kings” events scheduled to take place this Saturday throughout the DMV. You can click here to find a list of all of them.
How to watch No Kings march and rally in DC
What you can do:
FOX 5 DC will be covering No Kings in D.C. all day on FOX LOCAL and in the liveplayer at the top of this story.
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‘Strong smell’ shuts down flights at major DC-area airports for the second time this month
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A reported “strong smell” at a key air traffic control center disrupted flights Friday evening at major airports across the Washington, D.C., region for the second time in two weeks.
The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) temporarily halted flights at Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport (DCA), Washington Dulles International Airport (IAD), Baltimore/Washington International Airport (BWI), Charlottesville–Albemarle Airport (CHO) and Richmond International Airport (RIC), the agency told FOX Business in an email.
The FAA said the disruptions were due to a “strong smell” at the Potomac Terminal Radar Approach Control (TRACON) center, which manages airspace in the region.
GROUND STOP LIFTED AT MAJOR DC-AREA AIRPORTS AFTER CHEMICAL ODOR DISRUPTS AIR TRAFFIC CONTROL
An FAA air traffic control tower at Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport in Arlington, Va. (Samuel Corum/Bloomberg via Getty Images / Getty Images)
It was not immediately clear what caused the smell.
Ground stops at Dulles, Reagan National and BWI remained in effect until around 8 p.m. ET before being lifted, according to the FAA’s website.
NEWARK AIR TRAFFIC CONTROLLERS LOST RADAR, RADIO COMMUNICATIONS WITH PLANES FOR OVER A MINUTE, SPARKING CHAOS
The FAA said the disruption was due to a “strong smell” at the Potomac Terminal Radar Approach Control (TRACON) center. (Flightradar24)
As of 8:30 p.m., Reagan National was experiencing ground delays, while BWI continued to see departure delays.
Earlier this month, a ground stop was similarly issued at several airports in the Washington, D.C., region after a chemical odor was detected at the TRACON center.
FATAL LAGUARDIA COLLISION RENEWS FOCUS ON RUNWAY INCURSION RISKS ACROSS US
Transportation Secretary Sean P. Duffy speaks at a news conference at Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport. (Heather Diehl/Getty Images / Getty Images)
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The temporary ground stop March 13 similarly affected DCA, IAD, BWI and RIC, Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy said at the time.
Duffy said the smell came from an overheated circuit board, which has since been replaced.
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