US: U.S. Must Provide Mental Health Services to Families Separated at Border New York Times - November 06, 2019 A federal judge has ruled that the government must provide mental health services to thousands of migrant parents and children who experienced psychological harm as a result of the Trump … [Read more...]

International: 13 Children's Rights That Still Aren't Universal-But Should Be (Commentary) Reader's Digest - November 08, 2019 According to World Vision, millions of children around the world are denied their childhoods, and experience slavery, human trafficking, child marriage, abuse or other … [Read more...]

Mexico: Child welfare agency visit Matamoros migrant camp (Includes video) Brownsville Herald - November 07, 2019 The Mexican agency responsible for family welfare has visited migrant tent camps in Matamoros, where an official threatened to take children away from families who are refusing to … [Read more...]

US: National adoption agency urges families to adopt older foster kids WTMJ - November 06, 2019 Kimberly Offutt is the National Foster Care Adoption Director with Bethany Christian Services. She says the doors to the foster care system close to children once they reach the age of 18 leaving them … [Read more...]

CT: Connecticut Makes Move From Institutions to Families Chronicle of Social Change - October 30, 2019 In response to a large influx of children into state care in the late 1990s resulting from tragedies that spawned fear within the agency, Connecticut developed a sprawling system of institutional … [Read more...]

NY: $10M Lawsuit Claims Two NYC Hotels Allowed Sex Trafficking To Take Place (Includes video) International Business Times - October 30, 2019 An explosive $10 million lawsuit claims that a 10-year-old girl was raped, tortured and beaten as she was sex trafficked at two New York City motels. It is … [Read more...]

NY: Zero Abuse Project to hold seminar in Newburgh about New Rights for sexual abuse survivors Mid Hudson News - October 30, 2019 The Zero Abuse Project, a nonprofit dedicated to stopping child sexual abuse and providing assistance to survivors, will host an event with State Senator Skoufis … [Read more...]

US: Are Child Abuse Pediatricians Getting It Wrong? (Commentary) Medpage Today - October 30, 2019 In the decade since "child abuse pediatrician" became a board-certified subspecialty, the field has seen its share of controversy. Justina Pelletier was taken from her parents and institutionalized in … [Read more...]

US: Maltreatment in Childhood Ups Risk for Physical Pain in Young Women HealthDay News - October 30, 2019 Sarah J. Beal, Ph.D., from the University of Cincinnati College of Medicine, and colleagues assessed pain symptoms among young adult women with a documented history of child maltreatment … [Read more...]

US: Political Cornflakes: US breaks record for detaining unaccompanied kids at border CNN - October 30, 2019 The U.S. Border patrol detained 76,020 unaccompanied children during the fiscal year that ended Sept. 30, which was higher than any year on record - including a surge in 2014. It also set … [Read more...]