Nigeria: Nigerian States Should Protect Girls by Ending Child Marriage (Opinion) Human Rights Watch - September 24, 2021 Over 10 million children are out of school in Nigeria and the global pandemic has only made it harder for young people to stay in school. There have been dire consequences for … [Read more...]

US: Proposed Information Collection Activity; Mother and Infant Home Visiting Program Evaluation (MIHOPE): Long-Term Follow-Up, Kindergarten Data Collection (MIHOPE-K) (OMB #0970-0402) (Press release) U.S. Administration for Children and Families - September 24, 2021 The Administration for … [Read more...]

US: Organizations, foster families react to Indian Child Welfare Act challenge Gaylord News - September 21, 2021 Cetan Sa Winyan, director of the American Indian Movement's Indian Territory Oklahoma chapter, said all tribes -- not just the four already petitioning the U.S. Supreme Court -- should … [Read more...]

Sudan: Children in South Sudan Say Hunger is Forcing them into Child Marriage and Crime (Press release) Save the Children - September 23, 2021 Children in South Sudan said hunger was forcing more young people to drop out of school, putting girls at risk of early marriage and sexual exploitation, … [Read more...]

PA: York County child sex abuse reports dropped 30% in 2020 (Includes video) (May require subscription) York Dispatch - September 21, 2021 When many children were home from school during the COVID-19 pandemic in 2020, reports of child sex abuse in York County dropped noticeably. But that doesn't … [Read more...]

US: Sexual assault linked to later brain damage in women, study finds CNN - September 22, 2021 Women who have been sexually assaulted have a higher risk of developing a type of brain damage that has been linked to cognitive decline, dementia and stroke, a new study found. "It could be either … [Read more...]

US: Next Week, Thousands of Foster Youth Will Age Out on the Same Day (Requires subscription) Imprint - September 21, 2021 Champions for young adults in foster care say that as many as 18,000 could be pushed out of the system next week when a federal moratorium on "aging out" during the pandemic … [Read more...]

NY: Harsh audit of St. Lawrence County Department of Social Services was kept from legislators (Includes video) North Country Now - September 20, 2021 A harsh state audit of the St. Lawrence County Department of Social Services that was kept from legislators for months found more than a dozen … [Read more...]

NY: NYC teachers union calls for weekly covid testing for some students as first school closes with at least 16 positive staff cases Chalkbeat New York - September 19, 2021 New York City's teachers union called on Mayor Bill de Blasio to ramp up the frequency of random coronavirus testing in … [Read more...]

US: The misuse of data to support preferred programs: the case of family resource centers (Opinion) Child Welfare Monitor - September 21, 2021 Family resource centers, also called family support centers or family success centers, are becoming the prevention program of choice for child welfare … [Read more...]