US: The Child Welfare System Fails to Provide Affirming Care and Protection to Transgender Youth (Opinion) Imprint - January 12, 2022 Despite the national legalization of same-sex marriage in 2015 and legal protections for LGBTQ+ folks in the workforce in 2020, many LGBTQ+ youth still face … [Read more...]

US: 1 in 100 kids lose legal ties to their parents by the time they turn 18. This new bill aims to help PBS - December 30, 2021 When the Clinton administration passed the Adoption and Safe Families Act (ASFA) in 1997, it intended to drastically reduce the number of children stuck for long periods … [Read more...]

US: COVID-19 has taken many children's parents. Their relative caregivers face host of hurdles (Includes video) USA Today - December 31, 2021 The COVID-19 pandemic has left tens of thousands of children without a parent or primary caregiver. Stepping into that void are grandparents, aunts, cousins … [Read more...]

Uganda: Orphanhood declines with rise in HIV antiretroviral therapy and male circumcision (Press release) Columbia University Mailman School of Public Health - December 29, 2021 Researchers at Columbia University Mailman School of Public Health found marked decreases in orphanhood particularly … [Read more...]

US: What you need to know about the adoption process (Includes video) In The Know - December 29, 2021 While adoption takes time and patience, there are a few important things to know that will help in the beginning of the adoption journey. From the cost of adoption to all the different ways you … [Read more...]

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US: Top Stories of 2021: A Big Year for Parental Rights Imprint - December 29, 2021 This year saw fervent discussion and some action on protecting the rights of parents who find themselves involved with the child welfare system. Early legal counsel, the termination of parental rights, and ideas … [Read more...]

PA: Sometimes, finding foster care or adoptive parents for children can be a family affair Philadelphia Inquirer - December 26, 2021 Philadelphia is well ahead of the national average in kinship placement. Fifty-one percent of children put into dependent care and 57% of youngsters in family foster … [Read more...]

International: Gender Inequality, the Real Driver of Sex Trafficking (Opinion) Psychology Today - December 26, 2021 It is a stark fact of life: Most sex traffickers and their clients are men, while the vast majority of those who are sex trafficked are women and girls. That makes sex trafficking a … [Read more...]

International: $17 trillion: That's how much the pandemic could take away from today's kids (Includes audio) NPR - December 27, 2021 17 trillion dollars. That's how much the pandemic could cost today's children in terms of lost earnings over a lifetime. The number comes from a new report by the … [Read more...]

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US: States send kids to foster care and their parents the bill - often one too big to pay (Includes audio) NPR - December 27, 2021 An NPR investigation found that it's common in every state for parents to get a bill for the cost of foster care. And the investigation found that two federal laws … [Read more...]