US: Kids are feeling extra stressed during the pandemic. A new video program teaches them how to manage their emotions (Includes video) NBC News - January 26, 2022 Even before the pandemic, the rates of children reporting emotional distress were rising, with more than 1 in 3 U.S. high school … [Read more...]

PA: Child deaths and injuries from abuse in Philadelphia and Pa. rose sharply in 2020 (Includes audio) KYW - February 14, 2022 Tazmir Ransom lived a short, painful life and died at his mother's hand in 2020, his undernourished, 7-year-old body covered in bruises and bite marks. Ransom was one of … [Read more...]

NY: D.A. Bragg Announces Takedown of Husband-and-Wife Sex Trafficking Operation (Press release) Office of Alvin Bragg, Jr., District Attorney for Manhattan, New York County - February 09, 2022 Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg, Jr., today announced the indictment of Kareem Mitchell, 38, … [Read more...]

US: Kids with disabilities more likely to be exposed to violence, CDC says (May require subscription) Washington Post - February 06, 2022 Traumatic events can affect any child's health, raising their risk of certain diseases and negative outcomes later in life. A new report from the Centers for … [Read more...]

US: Kids are feeling extra stressed during the pandemic. A new video program teaches them how to manage their emotions (Includes video) NBC News - January 26, 2022 Even before the pandemic, the rates of children reporting emotional distress were rising, with more than 1 in 3 U.S. high school … [Read more...]

NY: New York Governor Gives Adoptive Parents 'Full Rights' to Decide if Children May Have Contact with Birth ParentsImprint - January 25, 2022 Supporters and opponents of the Preserving Family Bonds Act, vetoed by Democratic Gov. Kathy Hochul on the final day of the year, remain deeply divided … [Read more...]

US: Child abuse report: Deaths of Black children up in pandemic (Includes audio) Associated Press - January 25, 2022 The latest national child welfare report shows an increase in the number of Black children who died, even though fewer abuse-related fatalities were investigated in the yearlong … [Read more...]

US: & Canada: Forced adoptions to promote assimilation decimated Indigenous families, left deep scars Oregonian - January 16, 2022 Rose Anne, who would be raised by a Glenside, Pennsylvania, dentist and his wife, became a child of the country's American Indian adoption era, a decadeslong … [Read more...]

US: Kids in Foster Care Belong in Families, Not Modern Day Orphanages (Opinion) Imprint - January 12, 2022 During the Great Depression, at the height of the "orphanage era" of child welfare in the United States, 144,000 children lived in those settings. By the 1950s, the system had begun a … [Read more...]