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...]
Volume 17 Issue 1: Winter 2019
2019 Kids Count Data Book State Trends in Child Well-Being
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...]
Volume 16 Issue 3: August 2019
US: New National Map of Family-Based Recovery Programs Available
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
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...]
LGBT Homeless Youth
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
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...]
US: Exclusive: Homeland Security watchdog finds ‘egregious’ conditions at ICE facilities in 2018
US: Exclusive: Homeland Security watchdog finds 'egregious' conditions at ICE facilities in 2018 CNN - June 06, 2019 The Department of Homeland Security inspector general found expired food and dilapidated bathrooms during unannounced visits to four immigrant detention facilities in 2018, … [Read more...]
US: “I have spent a lot of time crying”: Migrant children describe life at Homestead shelter (Includes video)
US: "I have spent a lot of time crying": Migrant children describe life at Homestead shelter (Includes video) CBS News - May 31, 2019 The girl from Guatemala worries not only about herself, but others around her at the nation's largest facility for unaccompanied migrant children, in Homestead, … [Read more...]
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