US: Kids are feeling extra stressed during the pandemic. A new video program teaches them how to manage their emotions (Includes video) NBC News - January 26, 2022 Even before the pandemic, the rates of children reporting emotional distress were rising, with more than 1 in 3 U.S. high school … [Read more...]

NY: New York Governor Gives Adoptive Parents 'Full Rights' to Decide if Children May Have Contact with Birth ParentsImprint - January 25, 2022 Supporters and opponents of the Preserving Family Bonds Act, vetoed by Democratic Gov. Kathy Hochul on the final day of the year, remain deeply divided … [Read more...]

US: Child abuse report: Deaths of Black children up in pandemic (Includes audio) Associated Press - January 25, 2022 The latest national child welfare report shows an increase in the number of Black children who died, even though fewer abuse-related fatalities were investigated in the yearlong … [Read more...]

US: & Canada: Forced adoptions to promote assimilation decimated Indigenous families, left deep scars Oregonian - January 16, 2022 Rose Anne, who would be raised by a Glenside, Pennsylvania, dentist and his wife, became a child of the country's American Indian adoption era, a decadeslong … [Read more...]

US: Kids in Foster Care Belong in Families, Not Modern Day Orphanages (Opinion) Imprint - January 12, 2022 During the Great Depression, at the height of the "orphanage era" of child welfare in the United States, 144,000 children lived in those settings. By the 1950s, the system had begun a … [Read more...]

US: The Child Welfare System Fails to Provide Affirming Care and Protection to Transgender Youth (Opinion) Imprint - January 12, 2022 Despite the national legalization of same-sex marriage in 2015 and legal protections for LGBTQ+ folks in the workforce in 2020, many LGBTQ+ youth still face … [Read more...]

US: 1 in 100 kids lose legal ties to their parents by the time they turn 18. This new bill aims to help PBS - December 30, 2021 When the Clinton administration passed the Adoption and Safe Families Act (ASFA) in 1997, it intended to drastically reduce the number of children stuck for long periods … [Read more...]

US: COVID-19 has taken many children's parents. Their relative caregivers face host of hurdles (Includes video) USA Today - December 31, 2021 The COVID-19 pandemic has left tens of thousands of children without a parent or primary caregiver. Stepping into that void are grandparents, aunts, cousins … [Read more...]

Uganda: Orphanhood declines with rise in HIV antiretroviral therapy and male circumcision (Press release) Columbia University Mailman School of Public Health - December 29, 2021 Researchers at Columbia University Mailman School of Public Health found marked decreases in orphanhood particularly … [Read more...]

US: What you need to know about the adoption process (Includes video) In The Know - December 29, 2021 While adoption takes time and patience, there are a few important things to know that will help in the beginning of the adoption journey. From the cost of adoption to all the different ways you … [Read more...]

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