Greece: 4,000 Greek Adoptees Can't Celebrate National Genealogy Day on March 12 (Commentary) National Herald - March 11, 2022 Most of us know where we come from and from whom. But there are millions of adoptees from around the world, who do not know who their own parents are, let alone their … [Read more...]

NY: NYC foster youth and advocates call for more funding (Includes video) AMNY - March 10, 2022 Advocates and foster youth in care from the called on the city to institute a baseline $35 million in funding for services in the upcoming budget during a City Council committee hearing Wednesday. A … [Read more...]

NY: Calls to Roll Back Raise the Age Laws Reach NY Statehouse, But Find Little Traction Imprint - March 08, 2022 In a budget hearing last month in the New York state capital, a Finger Lakes Republican senator pushed the state's top child and family services official, Commissioner Sheila Poole, to … [Read more...]

US: Proposed Information Collection Activity; Plan for Foster Care and Adoption Assistance-Title IV-E (OMB #0970-0433) (Press release) Children's Bureau, Administration for Children and Families, HHS. - March 11, 2022 The Children's Bureau (CB), Administration for Children and Families (ACF), U.S. … [Read more...]

US: International Adoptions From Ukraine Put On Hold As War Rages (Includes video) Newsy - March 04, 2022 The CCAI director says if children leave Ukraine for safety reasons, it could increase the timeline of reuniting them with families. Colorado-based Chinese Children Adoption International, or … [Read more...]

Ukraine: UNICEF: For Ukraine's Children, A Frightening New Reality (Press release) (Includes video) UNICEF - March 03, 2022 The crisis in Ukraine, now in its second week, is taking a terrible toll on children's lives and well-being. Children who were playing and going to school are now coping with … [Read more...]

NY: New York City will stop collecting Social Security money from children in foster care (Includes audio) NPR - March 09, 2022 Child welfare officials in New York City say they will stop collecting all of the Social Security checks from children in foster care and using that money to cover the … [Read more...]

US: The US must confront its failures of Native children in foster care (Opinion) Hill - March 08, 2022 The effect of undoing ICWA would be catastrophic. The era of genocidal warfare and forced displacement of Native peoples to reservations and boarding schools may have ended, but the disruption … [Read more...]

US: In child welfare, if the solution is money, the problem is poverty (Opinion) (May require subscription) Youth Today - March 03, 2022 In the beginning, the builders of what would become a system of massive intrusion into families, and, ultimately, the separation of millions of children from … [Read more...]