International: The Conrad N. Hilton Foundation Announces CAMFED, the Campaign for Female Education, as the 2021 Recipient of the Hilton Humanitarian Prize (Press release) Conrad N. Hilton Foundation - August 04, 2021 The Conrad N. Hilton Foundation is pleased to announce that CAMFED, the Campaign … [Read more...]

$500 million in assistance to renters in NJ Gov. Phil Murphy signed legislation today providing $500 million in assistance to many renters who are behind in their payments due to the coronavirus, in addition to $250 million to help pay off their past-due utility … [Read more...]

BLOG: Kinship Care and New Jersey’s Revised Kinship Legal Guardianship Act Kinship care – placing children with relatives rather than non-relative foster parents – is associated with significant benefits for children and youth, including improved mental and behavioral health. Specifically, … [Read more...]

Netizens offer to help Korean-American adoptee gymnast find birth family Some netizens here have volunteered to help Olympic gymnast Yul Moldauer, born in Seoul and adopted by American parents, search for his birth family. The 25-year-old U.S. gymnast has made waves in Korea for his Korean … [Read more...]

US: National Resource Center Reframes How Local Governments Can Serve Dual-Status Youth Imprint - August 03, 2021 As the U.S. emerges from more than a year of uprising over racial injustice and the over-policing of youth and people of color, state and local governments looking to better serve … [Read more...]

International: If we want to change the world for the better, girls' education is a good place to start (Opinion) Hill - August 03, 2021 The COVID-19 pandemic has changed many aspects of society as we knew it, and, critically, how we educate our children. If we want to change the world for the … [Read more...]

US: Congress must take steps to ensure availability of therapeutic residential care (Opinion) Child Welfare Monitor - August 03, 2021 Around the country, there is a lack of appropriate placements for the most traumatized and hard-to-place foster youth-a shortage that has reached crisis proportions … [Read more...]

US: American Rescue Plan Act Allows States to Expand Mobile Crisis Intervention Services for Children and Youth Through Medicaid (Commentary) National Academy for State Health Policy Blog - August 02, 2021 Mobile crisis intervention services (MCIS) can support appropriate responses to youth … [Read more...]

US: Black children most likely to be investigated by CPS, study says Youth Today - August 02, 2021 For a lot of children in the U.S, especially Black kids, a common part of childhood - alongside the typical birthday parties, playground games and first days of school - are frequent encounters with … [Read more...]

US: Judges Toss Class Actions Against Ohio, West Virginia Imprint - August 02, 2021 Federal judges have dismissed two nascent lawsuits filed over the treatment of relative caregivers in Ohio and of foster youth in West Virginia, with litigators in both cases vowing to … [Read more...]