US: KFF COVID-19 Vaccine Monitor: Parents and the Pandemic Kaiser Family Foundation - August 11, 2021 One way for parents to protect their children from the risk of COVID-19 is to get vaccinated themselves. The latest KFF COVID-19 Vaccine Monitor finds 61% of parents say they have personally … [Read more...]

US: Children's Rights Names Shereen White As its First Policy Director Imprint - August 10, 2021 Children's Rights, a national nonprofit perhaps best known for suing states to improve public systems serving children, has named Shereen White as its first policy director. White currently serves as a … [Read more...]

US: Here's why a former Catholic Charities head opposes excluding LBGTQ adoptive parents (Opinion) National Catholic Reporter - August 10, 2021 The recent Supreme Court decision in Fulton v. City of Philadelphia affirms that Catholic Social Services of Philadelphia can continue to discriminate … [Read more...]

US: Legal Group Backs US Review Of Indigenous Boarding Schools Associated Press - August 10, 2021 The American Bar Association's policymaking body has voted in favor of a resolution supporting the U.S. Interior Department as it works to uncover the troubled legacy of federal boarding schools that … [Read more...]

US: Senators Burr, Feinstein Introduce Legislation to Ensure Medicaid Access for Vulnerable Foster Care Children (Press release) Office of U.S. Senator for North Carolina Richard Burr - August 10, 2021 Today, Senators Richard Burr (R-NC) and Dianne Feinstein (D-CA) introduced the Ensuring Medicaid … [Read more...]

US: The Open Hearts Foundation Grants $120,000 In Continued Efforts Of Emergency Relief Fund (Press release) Open Hearts Foundation - August 10, 2021 The Open Hearts Foundation, co-founded by award winning actress and philanthropist, Jane Seymour, OBE, announced its continued investments totaling … [Read more...]

NJ: Big shift in NJ foster care - 70% of kids placed with 'kin' within a month (Includes video) WKXW - August 08, 2021 When kids in New Jersey need to be taken from their homes due to unfortunate circumstances such as abuse and neglect, their next stop isn't what most people may think of as a … [Read more...]

NY: Lawsuit alleges sex assault ring at Buffalo group home for foster children (Includes video) Buffalo News - August 09, 2021 A Buffalo human services agency with a mission to protect children was named as a defendant in a Child Victims Act lawsuit that alleges a sexual assault ring operated … [Read more...]

NY: Outreach campaign to ensure eligible New Yorkers register for advanced payments of Federal Child Tax Credit Niagara Frontier Publications - August 09, 2021 Gov. Andrew Cuomo recently announced a statewide outreach campaign to ensure all eligible New Yorkers register to receive advanced … [Read more...]

US: Analysis: 15 percent of US coronavirus cases are now children Hill - August 09, 2021 Recent reports show that children are accounting for 15 percent of COVID-19 cases in the U.S. as the delta variant causes an uptick in cases around the country. Also: Children and COVID-19: State-Level Data … [Read more...]