NY: Local nonprofit transforms empty spaces into homes (Includes video) WIVB - November 13, 2023 A local organization is dedicated to transforming empty spaces into homes and changing Western New Yorkers' lives along the way. UPward Design for Life is a nonprofit that fully furnishes empty … [Read more...]

US: National Adoption Month, 2023 (Press release) Executive Office of the President - November 03, 2023 A Proclamation: Children are the kite strings that hold our Nation's ambitions aloft, and every one of them deserves to grow up in a safe and loving home. This National Adoption Month, we … [Read more...]

NY: In New York, More Data Needed to Help Students in Foster Care, Experts Say Imprint - October 24, 2023 For New Yorker Anthony Robinson, certain experiences stand out about attending school while in foster care, beginning at age 10 - illustrating how he felt unseen and unsupported. Among them is … [Read more...]

US: When Foster Parents Don't Want to Give Back the Baby ProPublica - October 16, 2023 It has become harder and harder to adopt a child, especially an infant, in the United States. Adoptions from abroad plummeted from 23,000 in 2004 to 1,500 last year, largely owing to stricter policies in Asia … [Read more...]

US: New Research Shows High Desire Among Black Americans To Become Foster Parents, But Distrust And Discrimination Prevents Them Black Enterprise - October 21, 2023 Black Americans have a disproportionate desire to become foster parents, but have been reluctant to try due to continuous racial … [Read more...]

US: It's time to grant full citizenship to adoptees born outside of U.S. (Opinion) (May require subscription) Enquirer - October 23, 2023 Since the end of World War II, the United States has welcomed over 500,000 individuals who were adopted from abroad as children and brought to the U.S. by … [Read more...]

US: Five Key Takeaways From Our Investigation on Foster Kids in Private Psychiatric Hospitals (Commentary) Mother Jones - October 19, 2023 Universal Health Services, the country's largest psychiatric hospital chain, claims on its website to provide compassionate care with a "relentless focus on … [Read more...]

US: Powerful, Not Powerless: Barriers to Foster Youth Well-Being Psychology Today - October 20, 2023 Approximately 60 percent of the over 425,000 children in the United States foster care system will experience mental health struggles, including depression, anxiety, post-traumatic stress disorder, … [Read more...]

US: Mental Health After Foster Care (Opinion) Imprint - October 16, 2023 My memories are a mosaic, a blend of both the bitter and the sweet. The searing pain of a hot iron pressed against my arm was punishment for attempting to protect my foster mother from abuse. Then there are the brighter … [Read more...]

US: When Foster Parents Don't Want to Give Back the Baby (May require subscription) New Yorker & ProPublica - October 16, 2023 Carter's drug exposure and his parents' weeks-long absence had triggered a call to child-protective services, and then a neglect case against Alicia and Fred in the … [Read more...]