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...]

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...]