NY: & OH: & FL: Adoption STAR Releases Video Message About Working During a Pandemic (Press release) Adoption STAR, Inc. - May 29, 2020 "We're still here and we're still doing great work," reports Adoption STAR Associate Director, Michael Hill in his video message. "As the weeks and months … [Read more...]

NY: Opinion: Don't Leave the Vulnerable with Less Defense in NYC Courtrooms City Limits - May 28, 2020 COVID-19 has upended every aspect of public life. It has also exposed and exacerbated the racial and economic disparities that have long existed in this city. Our legal systems are no different … [Read more...]

PA: County's furloughed employees are returning to work Express - May 29, 2020 Half of the 50 full- and part-time county employees who were furloughed at the beginning of the pandemic are back at work, Clinton County Chief Clerk Jann Meyers announced at Thursday's meeting of the … [Read more...]

US: Child Abuse in the Time of COVID-19 (Press release) Miles and Associates - May 28, 2020 This three-article series--examining Child Abuse, Suicide, and Domestic Violence--shares the expert insight of mental health professional Dr. Linda Miles, with content primarily drawn from an interview … [Read more...]

US: Foster Parent Expert Advises Support Groups, Online Training to Cope With Anxious Kids During COVID-19 Youth Today - May 28, 2020 John DeGarmo is the founder and director of the Foster Care Institute. He and his wife Kelly have been foster parents for nearly 20 years and had more than 60 … [Read more...]

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US: HRC Partners with More Than 100 Child Welfare Orgs in New Report (Press release) Human Rights Campaign (HRC) - May 28, 2020 The Human Rights Campaign Foundation released Change-Makers in Child Welfare 2020 -- a report highlighting the HRC Foundation's All Children - All Families (ACAF) … [Read more...]

US: You Tuber Gave Up Adopted Chinese Son With Autism After Monetizing Him (Includes video) Huffington Post - May 28, 2020 A popular parenting YouTuber has come under fire after permanently placing her autistic son -- whom she adopted from China in October 2017-- with another family. Myka … [Read more...]

US: Child Welfare Policymakers Need to Learn User Centered Design (Opinion) Chronicle of Social Change - May 27, 2020 The American child welfare system is one of our nation's greatest civil rights crises. It fails to meet its fundamental obligation: to protect abused and neglected children. … [Read more...]

India: DCW halts child marriage, girl's aunt gives information to Delhi Women's Commission by phone CyclicMint - May 29, 2020 The side effects of child marriage have been continuously explained to the people of the society through films and serials. Governments have also enacted strict laws to … [Read more...]

CT: We must do better for Connecticut's invisible kids (Opinion) CT Mirror - May 24, 2020 As the depth and breadth of the current public health crisis began unfolding back in March, one of the earliest story lines to catch fire was how many abused and neglected children would go unnoticed, due to … [Read more...]