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...]

Canada: Sixties Scoop survivors call for federal inquiry and apology CBC News - August 02, 2021 Former Canadian senator Murray Sinclair and a group representing survivors of the Sixties Scoop are calling for a federal inquiry into the actions and policies of governments that led to thousands of … [Read more...]

Canada: Board approves merger of child protection services (Includes video) Today's Farmer - July 29, 2021 An agreement to merge child protection services in Brant, Haldimand and Norfolk has been approved by both boards involved and is now in the hands of the Ministry of Children, Community and … [Read more...]

NY: Non-Parent Relatives & Family Friends Caring For Children Gain Legal Standing In NYS Harlem World Magazine - August 01, 2021 Non-parent relatives and family friends--disproportionately African American and mostly grandparents. Raising nearly 200,000 children in New York now have legal … [Read more...]

PA: Pennsylvania families can help to save lives (Opinion) (Requires free registration) (May require subscription) Lancaster Online - July 30, 2021 We walk alongside families to provide temporary housing and tangible support to these children while Bethany staff work to reunite them with family … [Read more...]

US: End The Cycle Of Crises For Unaccompanied Immigrant Children (Opinion) Forbes - August 01, 2021 For the past decade, conditions in northern Central America have propelled the migration of vulnerable and often traumatized children to the U.S. border. Many of them arrive seeking refuge as they … [Read more...]

US: 'One disaster after another': How a family court judge failed families (Includes video) NBC News - July 30, 2021 Kress' experience in Younge's courtroom had unsettled her. Disturbed by her treatment, she said she would sit outside courtroom 5A and approach other parents about their … [Read more...]

US: Challenges Abound in Repairing America's Foster Care System (Opinion) NNPA Newswire - July 30, 2021 "For children in foster care, we need to follow the science," Dr. Wilborn insisted. According to the Children's Defense Fund, children in foster care represent the most vulnerable youth in … [Read more...]