US: Soaring rhetoric, tepid recommendations: A new report suggests a child welfare establishment group fighting with itself (Opinion) NCCPR Child Welfare Blog - June 07, 2021 After years of ignoring, or impeding, racial justice in child welfare, the group calling itself "Children's Rights" now … [Read more...]

US: Telehealth still handy for behavioral health care services (Commentary) (Requires subscription) Standard-Journal - June 05, 2021 Telehealth, healthcare services provided virtually, has given behavioral healthcare and related services a boost. Also: Telehealth: Delivering Care Safely During … [Read more...]

US: A Role for Philanthropy in Juvenile Justice Reform (Commentary) Pew Charitable Trusts - June 04, 2021 Although they are extreme, these stories illustrate two fundamental problems with many state juvenile systems. Supervision and incarceration are regularly used for youth who have committed … [Read more...]

US: ACF's Fiscal Year 2022 Budget Request (Press release) Administration for Children and Families, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services - June 04, 2021 I am pleased to present the FY 2022 President's Budget request for the Administration for Children and Families (ACF). ACF programs … [Read more...]

Canada: Canadian Indigenous Chief: 'Nobody Can Deny Residential Schools Were The Genocide Of Our People' (Includes audio) KUOW - June 03, 2021 Indigenous Canadians are mourning the loss of 215 children whose remains were found in a mass grave at a former residential school in British Columbia. The … [Read more...]

China: Three Kids? We Can Hardly Afford One Say Chinese Parents (Commentary) (Includes video) Zenger News - June 06, 2021 Hoping to rejuvenate the aging population and arrest the declining birth rate, Chinese President Xi Jinping recently allowed couples to have three children. China's recent … [Read more...]

International: Social Sector Accreditor Alliance-COA Makes Five Critical Hires (Requires subscription) Imprint - June 03, 2021 An organization that accredits and helps strengthen organizations in the social sector across the United States and Canada has announced a set of critical new … [Read more...]

Russia: Number of international adoption cases decreases amid pandemic - Russian Supreme Court RAPSI - June 06, 2021 The COVID-19 pandemic has had a significant impact on the judicial practice in cases of international adoption: the number of such cases has significantly decreased, and already … [Read more...]

South Africa: Parents urged to play active role in children's lives South African Government News Agency - June 04, 2021 The Department of Social Development has called on all parents to play an active role in the lives of their children. The call comes as the country observes the National Child … [Read more...]

NY: State Legislature acts to combat child marriages, wage theft (May require subscription) Newsday - June 03, 2021 The State Legislature raised the legal age for marriage to 18 years old to combat coerced child weddings, acted to continue to regulate commercial fishing off Long Island and … [Read more...]