Why is it important for teachers to know about adoption Adoption can be a wonderful outcome for children who are not able to live with their birth parents. However, when adopted children join their new family, they bring life experiences that might include maltreatment and/or trauma. As a result, … [Read more...]
Canada: Ottawa backed away from commitment to approve child welfare lawsuit, lawyer says CBC News - January 25, 2020 Ottawa is balking at a pledge to consent to the certification of a proposed class action lawsuit over First Nation child welfare - less than two months after the justice and … [Read more...]
2019 Kids Count Data Book State Trends in Child Well-Being This 30th edition of the Data Book examines how America’s child population has changed, demographically and geographically. … [Read more...]
US: New National Map of Family-Based Recovery Programs Available Chronicle of Social Change - July 05, 2019 One of the many changes within the Family First Prevention Services Act is a provision allowing children to stay with their parent in a residential substance abuse treatment program. And … [Read more...]
New Zealand: Poverty impacts child protection system contact Phys.org - July 02, 2019 A child's chance of entering the child protection system is intrinsically linked to the deprivation of the area in which they live, University of Otago research has … [Read more...]
Lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) youth are overrepresented in the homeless population. According to a growing body of research and study, a conservative estimate is that one out of every five homeless youth (20 percent) is LGBT-identified. This is greatly disproportionate to the … [Read more...]
US: Lawsuit accuses U.S. government of holding migrant children in 'deplorable' conditions Los Angeles Times - June 26, 2019 A team of attorneys asked a U.S. District Court in California to issue a temporary restraining order against the federal government Wednesday afternoon, arguing that … [Read more...]
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