US: DDCF awards $4.5 million for Native communities across United States Philanthropy News Digest - July 09, 2020 The Doris Duke Charitable Foundation has announced grants totaling more than $4.5 million to support health and well-being, cultural preservation, and social welfare in Native … [Read more...]

US: A Blueprint for How State Leaders Can Achieve Better Results (Commentary) Route Fifty - July 08, 2020 Now, more than ever, governors and other state leaders are relying on data and evidence to make decisions to protect citizens during the worst public health crisis in generations. In … [Read more...]

US: From a Moment to a Movement: Envisioning a Child Welfare System We Have Yet to See (Commentary) Chronicle of Social Change - July 08, 2020 The current Black Lives Matter uprisings have the nation activated. Many white people are now realizing police brutality and how it disproportionately … [Read more...]

US: Police Review Boards, Not Just Cops, Need Training in Youth Trauma (Opinion) Crime Report - July 08, 2020 The exact number of youths who are simultaneously or consecutively involved in both the child welfare and juvenile justice systems is unknown. The presumed prevalence ranges between 10 … [Read more...]

US: Rising Voices For 'Family Power' Seek to Abolish The Child Welfare System Chronicle of Social Change - July 08, 2020 When a young pregnant mom informed her prenatal care providers that she had smoked marijuana to relieve stress, nausea and poor appetite, they didn't seem concerned. An account … [Read more...]

US: Calif., Mich. Lead Challenge To DeVos' COVID-19 Aid Rule Law360 - July 07, 2020 A coalition led by California and Michigan sued the U.S. Department of Education and Secretary Betsy DeVos in California federal court on Tuesday, challenging a new rule they say would unfairly inhibit public … [Read more...]

US: Some of the most liberal Democrats in Congress want to spend up to $500 million MORE on policing Black communities--and they may not even know it (Opinion) NCCPR Child Welfare Blog - July 06, 2020 In times like these, as we finally are forced to come face-to-face with what overpolicing does to … [Read more...]

Australia: New research shows child abuse and neglect results in increased hospitalisations in childhood and beyond Mirage News - July 09, 2020 In a new UniSA study published in the leading international journal, Child Abuse and Neglect, UniSA researchers have found that by their mid-teens, … [Read more...]

Tanzania: Educating children and parents is the best weapon to end child marriage in Tanzania (Commentary) World Bank - July 08, 2020 According to World Bank, almost one in three Tanzanian girls marry as children, and almost one in four have their first child before the age of 18. These high … [Read more...]

NY: Calls Grow to Eliminate 'Face Down' Restraints for Foster Youth After Michigan 16-Year-Old's Death Chronicle of Social Change - July 07, 2020 Following the horrific death of a 16-year-old foster youth in a Michigan residential treatment facility - who died of cardiac arrest after staff pinned … [Read more...]