United Kingdom: Care review maintains stance that children's services over-investigate families despite Ofsted pushback Community Care - October 15, 2021 The children's social care review has maintained its position that children's services open too many investigations into families, despite … [Read more...]

US: LGBTQ families file foster parent lawsuit (Includes video) Associated Press - October 14, 2021 A new lawsuit filed says the federal government is funding organizations that illegally discriminate against potential LGBTQ foster parents who are wanting to care for refugee children. According to … [Read more...]

Australia: Child safety laws pass WA Parliament (Press release) Government of Western Australia - October 14, 2021 The Children and Community Services Amendment Bill 2021 has today passed State Parliament, delivering on the McGowan Government's commitment to require ministers of religion to report … [Read more...]

US: ACL Awards Two Research Grants on Parenting with a Disability (Press release) United States Administration for Community Living - October 13, 2021 ACL's National Institute on Disability, Independent Living, and Rehabilitation Research (NIDILRR) has awarded two new research grants to help … [Read more...]

US: Feinstein, Merkley, Colleagues Urge Biden Administration to Raise the Standard of Care for Migrant Children (Press release) Office of Dianne Feinstein, U.S. Senator for California - October 13, 2021 Senator Dianne Feinstein (D-Calif.) joined Senator Jeff Merkley and a group of their colleagues … [Read more...]

US: Recently Merged National Human Services Organizations Set New Identity (Requires subscription) Imprint - October 13, 2021 At the beginning of 2021, the Alliance for Strong Families and Communities and the Council on Accreditation announced a merger, combining the nation's largest trade … [Read more...]

US: Stolen souls and broken promises: Boarding schools are a continuing crisis of colonialism (Opinion) Indian Country Today - October 13, 2021 The relationship between the United States and Indigenous populations has been built on broken promises for the theft of Native land, culture, and … [Read more...]

International: Towards Ending Child Marriage: Global trends and profiles of progress UNICEF - October 13, 2021 Child marriage is widely recognized as a violation of human rights and a hindrance to national development. In committing to the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), the international … [Read more...]

US: Medicaid Managed Care for Foster Care Children and Youth: A Natural Experiment with Little Transparency (Commentary) Georgetown University Center for Children and Families - October 12, 2021 There's a natural experiment underway involving a highly vulnerable population: children and youth in … [Read more...]

US: New Accountability Report Says States Underspending Adoption Savings (Requires subscription) Imprint - October 12, 2021 Thirteen years ago, Congress passed a law that included an enticement to states to spend more money on the front and back end of child welfare. A recent report by the … [Read more...]