NY: Lawsuit alleges sex assault ring at Buffalo group home for foster children (Includes video) Buffalo News - August 09, 2021 A Buffalo human services agency with a mission to protect children was named as a defendant in a Child Victims Act lawsuit that alleges a sexual assault ring operated … [Read more...]

NY: Outreach campaign to ensure eligible New Yorkers register for advanced payments of Federal Child Tax Credit Niagara Frontier Publications - August 09, 2021 Gov. Andrew Cuomo recently announced a statewide outreach campaign to ensure all eligible New Yorkers register to receive advanced … [Read more...]

US: Analysis: 15 percent of US coronavirus cases are now children Hill - August 09, 2021 Recent reports show that children are accounting for 15 percent of COVID-19 cases in the U.S. as the delta variant causes an uptick in cases around the country. Also: Children and COVID-19: State-Level Data … [Read more...]

US: Biden administration sued over substandard conditions at emergency sites for migrant teens CBS News - August 09, 2021 Lawyers representing children in U.S. immigration custody asked a federal court on Monday to order the release of migrant teenagers from two emergency housing sites in Texas … [Read more...]

Canada: One day in the life of a Quebec youth protection social worker (Includes video) CTV News - August 09, 2021 Most days, Zoe Hurtado is in her car more than she's at her desk. As a social worker in Quebec's overburdened youth protection system, she's often driving her young clients to and … [Read more...]

PA: PA Educators: Use ARP Funds to Support Student Mental Health (Includes audio) Public News Service (PNS) - August 09, 2021 For many young people, the social isolation of the pandemic has had negative effects, and as Commonwealth students prepare to return to the classroom, educators want … [Read more...]

PA: Foster mom charged in sexual relationship with Waynesburg teen pleads to lesser charges Observer-Reporter - August 07, 2021 The former foster mother accused of having a sexual relationship with a Greene County teenage boy over several years pleaded guilty Friday to lesser charges after the … [Read more...]

Australia: Data reveals only 14 per cent of child sexual abuse claims before Family Court believed to be true by judges ABC News (Australian Broadcasting Corporation) - August 09, 2021 Legal experts have raised concerns abused children could be slipping through the cracks of Family Court … [Read more...]

NJ: Governor Murphy Signs Legislation to Allow Caregivers to Make Alternative Child Care Arrangements for Their Children (Press release) Office of Phil Murphy, Governor for New Jersey - August 05, 2021 Governor Phil Murphy today signed legislation, A4640/S2886, amending New Jersey's standby … [Read more...]

NY: Albany group gets grant toward tiny home community (Includes video) Albany Democrat-Herald - August 05, 2021 A tiny house project in Albany for up to 27 homes is one step closer to reality with the award of a $600,000 state grant. Each home will be limited to one to two people: a single adult, … [Read more...]