NY: JCCA opens new youth mental health and preventive care facility in Downtown Brooklyn (Includes video) Brooklyn Paper - December 07, 2023 The Jewish Child Care Association has opened a new state-of-the-art clinical location in Downtown Brooklyn to help clients and their families with … [Read more...]

NY: Chenango County Celebrates National Adoption Month Evening Sun - November 24, 2023 On Monday, November 20, 12 local children were adopted and joined their families at an adoption ceremony held at the Chenango County Courthouse. Chenango County Judge Frank B. Revoir, Jr., presided over the … [Read more...]

NY: Yes, for most children, there is a 'better alternative' to foster care (Opinion) (Includes video) Times Union - November 27, 2023 Imagine that you run a small software firm. One of your engineers just stopped by for his annual performance review. You ask what he accomplished in the past … [Read more...]

US: When foster care kids are sex trafficked, some states fail to figure it out Ohio Capital Journal - November 24, 2023 Foster care children are especially vulnerable to sex trafficking, and a 2014 federal law requires state authorities to screen missing children when they are found to … [Read more...]

US: Mentor Foster Care Celebrates National Adoption Month this November (Press release) Mentor Foster Care - November 21, 2023 MENTOR Foster Care, a provider of foster care services and part of the Sevita family, is celebrating National Adoption Month this November. National Adoption Month … [Read more...]

US: Adoption Tech Fails: Investigation Reveals Inadequate Support for Prospective Parents Parent Herald - November 17, 2023 The introduction of an artificial intelligence (AI) tool, "Family-Match," aimed at streamlining the adoption process in the foster care system, has been met with mixed … [Read more...]

NY: Syracuse family celebrates National Adoption Awareness Day (Includes video) Spectrum News 1 - November 17, 2023 National Adoption Day is observed the Saturday before Thanksgiving every year. It's a day to celebrate and raise awareness for the nearly 114,000 children waiting to be adopted … [Read more...]

NY: Governor Hochul Announces $29.8 Million in State Funding for Adoption-related Services (Press release) Office of Kathy Hochul, Governor for New York - November 14, 2023 Governor Kathy Hochul today announced an additional $7 million in state funding to support a broad range of … [Read more...]

NY: Local nonprofit transforms empty spaces into homes (Includes video) WIVB - November 13, 2023 A local organization is dedicated to transforming empty spaces into homes and changing Western New Yorkers' lives along the way. UPward Design for Life is a nonprofit that fully furnishes empty … [Read more...]