US: These Children Fled Afghanistan Without Their Families. They're Stuck in U.S. Custody. (Includes video) Propublica - March 25, 2022 Seven months after the fall of Kabul, shelters in the U.S. caring for children evacuated without their parents are experiencing unprecedented violence while … [Read more...]

US: Pandemic Assistance Won't Count Against Foster Youth This Tax Season (Requires subscription) Imprint - March 24, 2022 Current and former foster youth will not have to pay federal income tax on coronavirus pandemic assistance payments, the Internal Revenue Service made clear in a letter to a … [Read more...]

US: Relatives Raising Children: Why is it so Difficult? (Opinion) Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Culture of Health Blog - March 24, 2022 Life is harder than it has to be for families where grandparents or other relatives step up to care for children when their parents can't. Our family-supportive … [Read more...]

Ukraine: One month of war leaves more than half of Ukraine's children displaced United Nations News - March 24, 2022 "The war has caused one of the fastest large-scale displacements of children since World War Two," said UNICEF chief Catherine Russell. This includes more than 1.8 million who have … [Read more...]

Ukraine: 'Very chaotic' for perhaps 180,000 'traumatized' orphans in Ukraine Baptist Press - March 18, 2022 The nearly 200,000 orphans in Ukraine are especially traumatized by Russia's invasion that has displaced millions of civilians, according to a Southern Baptist adoption and orphan care … [Read more...]

US: & Ukraine: Former WA Rep. Matt Shea, accused of domestic terrorism, working to secure adoptions for Ukrainian children in Poland (May require subscription) Seattle Times - March 16, 2022 Former Washington state Rep. Matt Shea, the far-right Republican who was found by a House-commissioned … [Read more...]

US: 7 Ways Meaningful Investment in Child Care and Pre-K Can Help Families (Commentary) Center for Law and Social Policy Blog - March 16, 2022 In outlining an economic package in his State of the Union address, President Biden mentioned the urgency of providing child care for most children from … [Read more...]

US: Angelina Jolie lauds passage of Violence Against Women Act, says 'We need to do more' (Includes video) NBC News - March 16, 2022 Actress and UN special envoy for refugees Angelina Jolie told NBC News on Wednesday that the updated Violence Against Women Act that just became law was "a long time … [Read more...]

US: The Veiled Epidemic: Confronting Mental Health Challenges in the Foster Care System Imprint - March 16, 2022 Data suggests that 80% of the nearly 420,000 foster youth in the nation suffer from significant mental health issues. In addition to all of life's surmounting pressures, abuse, neglect, … [Read more...]

US: How to Support a Child on the Transgender Spectrum (May require subscription) New York Times - March 15, 2022 Children and teens who do not identify with their assigned gender can face higher rates of depression, suicide and self harm than other kids do. Research shows that they have better … [Read more...]