Ukraine: Child poverty reduction should be prioritized as COVID-19 pandemic unfolds - UNICEF together with the Ministry of Social Policy launched Child Poverty Report (Press release) UNICEF - October 13, 2021 Children in Ukraine are more likely to live in poverty than adults as the poverty rate … [Read more...]

NY: Amid Division Over Critical State Audit, St. Lawrence County Approves Outside Review of Embattled Social Services Department Imprint - October 18, 2021 After months of escalating concerns about its child protection and foster care services, local lawmakers in St. Lawrence County, New York, are … [Read more...]

US: Lesbian Rejected as Foster Parent Sues Federal Government Advocate - October 18, 2021 A Tennessee woman has sued the federal government because child services agency with a government contract rejected her as a foster parent simply because she is a lesbian. Kelly Easter of Nashville filed her … [Read more...]

US: Nonprofit Lucks Out With $1 Million Windfall From 'Celebrity Wheel of Fortune' (Requires subscription) Imprint - October 18, 2021 Sunday night was not the first time that national child welfare provider Youth Villages learned that it was about to receive a $1 million gift. But it was the first … [Read more...]

US: Opinion: America's 'troubled teen industry' needs reform so kids can avoid the abuse I endured (Opinion) (Includes video) (May require subscription) Washington Post - October 18, 2021 An estimated 120,000 young people are housed in congregate-care facilities at any given time across the … [Read more...]

Afghanistan: Tahir Foundation contributes IDR 10 billion in support of UNICEF's humanitarian response in Afghanistan UNICEF - October 14, 2021 Tahir Foundation announced today a IDR 10 billion (approx. USD 700,000) grant supporting UNICEF's response to the humanitarian crisis in Afghanistan. Tahir … [Read more...]

US: Pregnant at 15, married at 16: She's speaking out to end child marriages (Includes video) NBC News - October 15, 2021 Chloe's story is not as uncommon as it might seem. From 2000 to 2018, nearly 300,000 minors under the age of 18 were legally married in the U.S., according to a recent estimate … [Read more...]

US: For thousands of Indigenous children, Native American boarding schools erased their culture or worse (Opinion) (Includes video) (May require subscription) Tennessean - October 14, 2021 Imagine being a child taken in handcuffs from your home and transported thousands of miles to a cold … [Read more...]

US: Navigating Foster Care During The Pandemic (Commentary) WAMU - October 14, 2021 According to the American Academy of Pediatrics, nearly 140,000 children lost a caregiver or parent due to pandemic-related causes. So where do those children go? Well, some of them could end up in the foster care … [Read more...]

Australia: WA ECEC professionals urged to take note of new mandatory reporting requirements Sector - October 18, 2021 The Western Australian Government recently passed legislation to extend mandatory reporting requirements to early childhood education and care (ECEC) professionals, out-of-home … [Read more...]