US: The problems with the US foster care system (Opinion) (May require subscription) Lancaster Online - June 13, 2021 The American foster care system was designed to help children in poor living conditions, children without parents or relatives to care for them and children from abusive … [Read more...]

US: HELP Committee Advances Legislation to Curb Child Abuse and Neglect (Press release) Office of U.S. Senator for Alaska Lisa Murkowski - June 12, 2021 During a Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) Committee Executive Session, U.S. Senator Lisa Murkowski (R-AK) voted in favor of S. 1927, … [Read more...]

US: 'People of Praise leaders failed me': Christian group tied to Justice Amy Coney Barrett faces reckoning over sexual misconduct (May require subscription) Washington Post - June 11, 2021 In December, Katie Logan called the police in this Minneapolis suburb to unearth a buried secret: Her high … [Read more...]

US: Missoula organization examines laws through "Safe Community Challenge" (Includes video) KPAX - June 11, 2021 One Missoula-based organization told MTN News it is undertaking the first comprehensive analysis of state laws surrounding child marriage, sex crimes, and others that it says have to do … [Read more...]

US: Suicide attempts rose among adolescent girls during pandemic, ER data suggest (Includes video) CNN - June 11, 2021 The United States saw a significant rise in suspected suicide attempts among teen girls during the pandemic, a new study from the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention … [Read more...]

US: 'I'm going to tase this kid': Government shelters are turning refugee children over to police (Includes video) Reveal - June 08, 2021 An investigation by Reveal from The Center for Investigative Reporting has found that a number of the government's shelters have been turning to police to … [Read more...]

Canada: First Nations child welfare case gets underway in Federal Court today Canadian Press - June 14, 2021 Ottawa's legal challenge of two rulings involving First Nations children taken from their families by an underfunded child-welfare system will be heard in Federal Court today. The federal … [Read more...]

DE: Delaware bill could waive tuition for youth aging out of foster care (Includes video) WMDT - June 10, 2021 More financial aid for Youth Aging out the foster care system, that's the mission behind Delaware's House Bill 123 if passed. "It's a wonderful opportunity for them to say we want a … [Read more...]

NY: New York May Soon Bar the Shackling of Children in Family Court Imprint - June 10, 2021 Now, after nearly a decade of advocacy by Kramer's organization and others - and a growing national consensus that courts should eliminate the use of "hardware restraints" on youth during hearings - New … [Read more...]

US: Opinion: Supreme Court case to determine LGBTQ+ rights in foster care (May require subscription) (Includes video) Tulsa World - June 11, 2021 This month, the Supreme Court stands poised to rule on Fulton v. City of Philadelphia, a pivotal case involving LGBTQ+ rights. In March 2018, the city … [Read more...]