International: How to adopt Afghan refugee children (Commentary) (Includes video) Today - August 20, 2021 The Taliban's takeover of Afghanistan has left thousands of refugees with no place to turn, many of them children. "No one chooses to become a refugee. Refugees are human beings like all of us … [Read more...]

Iran: Iran Reports Increase In Child Marriages Radio Free Europe and Radio Liberty's Radio Farda - August 20, 2021 Iranian officials have reported an increase in the overall number of child marriages last year compared to 2019. According to the Statistics Center of Iran, the marriage rate of girls … [Read more...]

PA: Editorial: Foster care makes the key difference in a kid's life Tribune-Review - August 19, 2021 Pennsylvania has between 13,000 and 15,000 children in the child welfare system at any given time, according to the Pennsylvania State Resource Family Association. In Westmoreland County, there is … [Read more...]

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PA: Philadelphia Department of Human Services Increases Payment for Pandemic Cash Assistance (Press release) City of Philadelphia Department of Human Services, Office of Children and Families - August 18, 2021 Today the Philadelphia Department of Human Services (DHS) is announcing an increase in … [Read more...]

US: Military Families: Additional DOD Actions Could Better Support Military Foster and Adoptive Families U. S. Government Accountability Office - August 19, 2021 The Department of Defense offers programs and services that can help active-duty servicemembers who foster or adopt a child. But, most … [Read more...]

US: U.S. families mid-adoption are trying to get Afghan children out (Includes video) Associated Press - August 18, 2021 It's unclear how many among the throngs of people trying to flee Afghanistan include potential adoptive children. Mary King, executive director of Frank Adoption Center in Wake … [Read more...]

International: One billion children at 'extremely high risk' of the impacts of the climate crisis - UNICEF (Press release) UNICEF - August 19, 2021 Young people living in the Central African Republic, Chad, Nigeria, Guinea, and Guinea-Bissau are the most at risk of the impacts of climate change, … [Read more...]

CT: State admits liability in case of Groton foster care abuse Day - August 18, 2021 The state of Connecticut admitted last month that it was partially liable for the abuse and neglect endured by a baby boy while he was in a foster home in Groton. The boy, referred to in court records by his … [Read more...]

NY: 'No recourse': Abuse survivors have fewer legal options after Child Victims Act expires Press-Republican - August 18, 2021 With the deadline to file lawsuits under New York's Child Victims Act expiring last Saturday, attorneys representing some of the survivors of sexual abuse say victims now … [Read more...]

NY: How the Pandemic Became an Unplanned Experiment in Abolishing the Child Welfare System (Opinion) New Republic - August 18, 2021 Some experts feared the worst: that removed from the watchful eyes of the Child Welfare System, children were suffering. Pediatricians, government officials, and … [Read more...]