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...]

US: National Adoption Month, 2023 (Press release) Executive Office of the President - November 03, 2023 A Proclamation: Children are the kite strings that hold our Nation's ambitions aloft, and every one of them deserves to grow up in a safe and loving home. This National Adoption Month, we … [Read more...]

NY: In New York, More Data Needed to Help Students in Foster Care, Experts Say Imprint - October 24, 2023 For New Yorker Anthony Robinson, certain experiences stand out about attending school while in foster care, beginning at age 10 - illustrating how he felt unseen and unsupported. Among them is … [Read more...]

US: When Foster Parents Don't Want to Give Back the Baby ProPublica - October 16, 2023 It has become harder and harder to adopt a child, especially an infant, in the United States. Adoptions from abroad plummeted from 23,000 in 2004 to 1,500 last year, largely owing to stricter policies in Asia … [Read more...]