US: Numbers of unaccompanied minors at border setting record Catholic News Service - July 26, 2021 In early June, Republican Gov. Greg Abbott, ordered child care regulators in Texas to take away licenses from facilities that provide shelter and other services to migrant children who crossed the … [Read more...]

US: University of Chicago Examines Connection Between Poverty and Child Welfare (Includes video) WTTW - July 26, 2021 Families living in poverty are more likely to be involved with the child welfare system, and in more than 60% of cases nationwide, authorities find children being neglected, not … [Read more...]

New Zealand: New Zealand pandemic policies pushed 18,000 children into poverty, study shows (Includes video) Guardian - July 26, 2021 An additional 18,000 New Zealand children were pushed into poverty in the first year of the Covid-19 pandemic, according to new research, despite child welfare … [Read more...]

PA: Dwell Orphan Care Receives Grant Funding (Press release) Dwell Orphan Care - July 24, 2021 Dwell Orphan Care recently received substantial grant funding as a result of the Williamsport Lycoming Community Fund Capacity Building Grant Fund at the First Community Foundation Partnership of … [Read more...]

PA: Biden's child tax credit will spread wealth. But 13K Philly kids stand to miss out (Includes audio) WHYY - July 23, 2021 The Advanced Child Tax Credit, along with other expanded tax benefits in the American Rescue Plan Act, could reduce child poverty by one-third in Philadelphia, and deep … [Read more...]

PA: Grant funds will revamp Westmoreland's human services department, hire new director Tribune-Review - July 23, 2021 Although human services account for 35% of Westmoreland's $339 million annual budget, it has been several years since any one person oversaw operations for child welfare, aging, … [Read more...]

US: As Olympians compete for gold in Tokyo, USA Gymnastics may never recover from Larry Nassar (Includes video) (Opinion) Indianapolis Star - July 23, 2021 It all came to a head on Aug. 4, 2016, when IndyStar published the first installment of the series "Out of Balance." The investigation found … [Read more...]

International: 3 ways churches can help families seeking int'l adoptions (Opinion) Christian Post - July 25, 2021 Families who adopt internationally, in fact, are heroes, and heroes that, as the church, we have the opportunity to support. They model the upside-down world of Jesus in how they love … [Read more...]

NY: Foster care children in New York to receive more health services (Includes video) Troy Record - July 22, 2021 The New York State Office of Children and Family Services and the New York State Department of Health recently announced a more comprehensive set of health services to further support … [Read more...]

NY: New York state raises age of legal consent to 18, banning child marriage NBC News - July 22, 2021 New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo signed a bill Thursday that raises the age of consent to be married to 18 - effectively banning child marriage. The bill, called Nalia's Law, is named after a survivor … [Read more...]