PA: DHS adopts recommendation to monitor contractors working near children Progress - December 01, 2020 Continuing his fight to protect children from abuse, Auditor General Eugene DePasquale on Tuesday said the Pennsylvania Department of Human Services has adopted his recommendation to better … [Read more...]

US: Now we have proof that kids are paying the price of Covid (Includes video) CNN - December 02, 2020 Nine months into the pandemic, the US still has not figured out how to get all of its kids safely back into classrooms, and now we are starting to see the cost of the cumulative individual and … [Read more...]

US: Community Health Needs Emerge for Families Managing Opioid Use Patient Engagement HIT - December 01, 2020 Investing in community health programs and designing opioid use disorder (OUD) public health interventions with families in children in mind will be important for closing key gaps in care, … [Read more...]

US: 'We're not projects': Transracial adoptees insist on being seen Christian Science Monitor - December 01, 2020 Transracial adoption is often understood in dichotomous terms - a fairy tale or nightmare, an act of grace or, in one of the most extreme takes, a form of genocide. But to the backdrop … [Read more...]

US: A Biden Administration Could Mark a Return to Evidence-Based Homelessness Policies (Opinion) Urban Institute - December 01, 2020 Housing subsidies have been shown to end homelessness for families, keep families housed, increase food security, improve adult and child well-being, and decrease … [Read more...]

US: CBPP Announces Sharon Parrott as New President (Press release) Center on Budget and Policy Priorities - December 01, 2020 The Board of Directors of the Center on Budget and Policy Priorities (CBPP), a research and policy institute that informs and shapes federal and state policies to reduce … [Read more...]

US: Court reinstates ex-PSU president Spanier's conviction, jail sentence on Sandusky-related charges Patriot-News - December 01, 2020 Saying his civil rights weren't violated, a federal appeals court Tuesday reinstated former Penn State University President Graham Spanier's child endangerment … [Read more...]

US: Identifying Homeless Students Challenging Due to Limited Transportation Services Nationwide School Transportation News - December 01, 2020 An underreported consequence of parked school buses during COVID-19 school closures is that students experiencing homelessness are falling through the … [Read more...]

US: Our Immigration Policy Has Done Terrible Damage to Kids (Opinion) Scientific American - December 01, 2020 Over the past four years of the Trump administration, thousands of migrant children were separated from their parents, stuck in squalid tent camps on our southern border, and made victims … [Read more...]

US: QAnon beliefs, promise of child custody help hang over deadly shooting NBC News - December 01, 2020 There is no evidence that Hallett was involved in child trafficking, though his purported legal advice sometimes did encourage people to abduct their own children, according to … [Read more...]