US: Senators Burr, Feinstein Introduce Legislation to Ensure Medicaid Access for Vulnerable Foster Care Children (Press release) Office of U.S. Senator for North Carolina Richard Burr - August 10, 2021 Today, Senators Richard Burr (R-NC) and Dianne Feinstein (D-CA) introduced the Ensuring Medicaid … [Read more...]

US: The Open Hearts Foundation Grants $120,000 In Continued Efforts Of Emergency Relief Fund (Press release) Open Hearts Foundation - August 10, 2021 The Open Hearts Foundation, co-founded by award winning actress and philanthropist, Jane Seymour, OBE, announced its continued investments totaling … [Read more...]

NJ: Big shift in NJ foster care - 70% of kids placed with 'kin' within a month (Includes video) WKXW - August 08, 2021 When kids in New Jersey need to be taken from their homes due to unfortunate circumstances such as abuse and neglect, their next stop isn't what most people may think of as a … [Read more...]

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...]