Canada: Are the feds really 'fighting Indigenous kids in court'? Here's what we know (Opinion) (Includes video) Global News - June 16, 2021 Two weeks after the remains of 215 Indigenous children were discovered at the site of a former B.C. residential school, the government is back in court to … [Read more...]

NY: No Evidence of Pandemic Child Abuse Surge in New York City, But Some See Other Crises For Child Welfare System Imprint - June 15, 2021 According to state and city data provided to The Imprint by the Administration for Children's Services on Tuesday, after years of increasing recruitment … [Read more...]

US: States should use funds from the American Rescue Plan to aid foster youth (Opinion) (Includes video) Washington Examiner - June 16, 2021 While most attention toward the American Rescue Plan has centered on expenditures for public schools, transportation, vaccine distribution, and even the … [Read more...]

US: Sens. Brown, Blunt, Durbin and Reps. Beatty, Wagner Introduce Bipartisan Bill to Improve Housing Services for Survivors of Human Trafficking (Press release) U.S. Senate Committee on Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs - June 15, 2021 Today, U.S. Senators Sherrod Brown (D-OH), Chairman of the … [Read more...]

Canada: B.C. ombudsperson labels youth confinement in jail 'disturbing,' calls for changes Canadian Press - June 15, 2021 British Columbia's use of solitary confinement among youth inmates is "disturbing" and the province needs to change its practices to follow international standards, the … [Read more...]

International: Africa: Prioritize Education to Safeguard Children's Rights (Opinion) Human Rights Watch - June 16, 2021 Despite important progress over the past decades to ensure wide ratification and implementation of the African Charter on the Rights and Welfare of the Child, many African … [Read more...]

International: Canadian mass grave prompts investigation into U.S. boarding schools Indian Country Today - June 15, 2021 Researchers say that most of the more than 350 U.S. Indian boarding schools - more than double the 130 or so schools in Canada - have cemeteries associated with them. Unlike … [Read more...]

CT: Nonprofit service providers left out of Lamont's group home deal call it an injustice Connecticut Post - June 14, 2021 The nonprofit community agencies that contract with the state to provide a wide array of social services were quick to applaud nearly $200 million in new funding for … [Read more...]

NY: How New York State will use $9B in federal funds to support students as schools reopen in fall (Includes video)Staten Island Advance - June 14, 2021The New York State Education Department (NYSED) recently shared how it plans to use funds from the federal government to support students next … [Read more...]

US: Lieff Cabraser and Sauder Schelkopf Announce Filing of Class Action Sexual Abuse Lawsuit on Behalf of Nation's Most Vulnerable Children Against Devereux Foundation (Press release) Lieff Cabraser and Sauder Schelkopf - June 14, 2021 On June 14, 2021, Lieff Cabraser and Sauder Schelkopf filed a … [Read more...]