US: Administration for Children and Families seeks input on review process for foster care prevention services National Association of Counties - July 21, 2021 On July 15, the Department of Health and Human Services' Administration for Children and Families (ACF) published a request for public … [Read more...]

US: New Study Suggests Ending Group Care for Foster Youth Imprint - July 21, 2021 A study of life in institutions and group homes revealed firsthand testimony of poor nutrition, upended education and excessive use of psychiatric drugs, and urged an end to their use to house foster youth. A team of … [Read more...]

US: Olivia Golden Stepping Down at Center for Law and Social Policy Imprint - July 21, 2021 Olivia Golden, who has run the poverty-fighting Center for Law and Social Policy since 2013, is stepping down early next year. Before coming to the Center for Law and Social Policy, Golden served as … [Read more...]

International: With more than a million children orphaned by COVID, faith-based groups look to mobilize support Religion News Service - July 21, 2021 More than a million children around the world may have been orphaned by COVID-19, losing one or both parents to the disease or related causes. The … [Read more...]

PA: Thousands of Philly foster youth are still waiting for pandemic relief money Billy Penn at WHYY - July 20, 2021 Thousands of young people in Philly who spent time in foster care have not yet received their share of federal stimulus money for food and housing. Advocates blame overly stringent … [Read more...]

US: Military to Remove 'Stepchild' Designation from New ID Cards After Complaints Stars and Stripes - July 20, 2021 The new military dependent ID cards issued to military spouses' children from previous partners will be changed to remove the designation of "stepchild," the Pentagon said Friday … [Read more...]

US: Murkowski, Sullivan Introduce Legislation to Combat Teen Dating Violence (Press release) Office of U.S. Senator for Alaska Lisa Murkowski - July 20, 2021 U.S. Senators Lisa Murkowski and Dan Sullivan, both R-Alaska, introduced Bree's Law, S. 2364. The legislation-named after Breanna (Bree) … [Read more...]

International: For every two COVID-19 deaths, one child loses a caregiver. We must do more to address the orphans crisis (Commentary) World Bank - July 20, 2021 The COVID crisis will leave many unwanted legacies. Our estimates of the toll on children left behind, just released in the Lancet, are … [Read more...]

International: Parents sue a Utah treatment center after their daughter from Bermuda died by suicide Salt Lake Tribune - July 20, 2021 Child welfare officials from Bermuda flew the 17-year-old more than 2,600 miles to a youth treatment facility in Utah, where she died by suicide nearly two years … [Read more...]

NY: New York To Tap Federal Funds For Parents and Kids Legal Costs in Child Welfare Cases Imprint - July 19, 2021 Aiming to "enhance the quality of legal representation for children and parents in child welfare proceedings," New York state officials have released a plan to draw on newly available … [Read more...]