International: Gender Inequality, the Real Driver of Sex Trafficking (Opinion) Psychology Today - December 26, 2021 It is a stark fact of life: Most sex traffickers and their clients are men, while the vast majority of those who are sex trafficked are women and girls. That makes sex trafficking a … [Read more...]

International: $17 trillion: That's how much the pandemic could take away from today's kids (Includes audio) NPR - December 27, 2021 17 trillion dollars. That's how much the pandemic could cost today's children in terms of lost earnings over a lifetime. The number comes from a new report by the … [Read more...]

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US: States send kids to foster care and their parents the bill - often one too big to pay (Includes audio) NPR - December 27, 2021 An NPR investigation found that it's common in every state for parents to get a bill for the cost of foster care. And the investigation found that two federal laws … [Read more...]

US: US Surgeon General's Advisory: Protecting Youth Mental Health Clinical Advisor - December 14, 2021 US Surgeon General Vivek H. Murthy issued a public health advisory on Tuesday, December 6, 2021, to provide recommendations for how to address the mental health challenges confronting children, … [Read more...]

US: "Any Day They Could Deport Me": Immigrant Children in Legal Purgatory (Commentary) Ms. Magazine - December 14, 2021 As the House of Representatives passed the historic Build Back Better Act with protections from deportation for millions of undocumented immigrants, immigrant children are … [Read more...]

NY: As NYC kindergarten applications open, more schools try to bolster diversity Chalkbeat New York - December 08, 2021 As kindergarten applications opened Wednesday, a group of Brooklyn, Staten Island and Manhattan neighborhood schools - some of which are among the city's most coveted - are … [Read more...]

NY: School District Investigates Claims of Longtime Sexual Misconduct by Teachers (May require subscription) New York Times - December 08, 2021 In late October, the school board in the bayside village of Babylon, on Long Island, sent out a letter that said an unidentified teacher had been removed … [Read more...]

US: Eradicating Color Lines to Provide Safe Environments for All Foster Youth (Opinion) Imprint - December 08, 2021 It gave me hope to know that even though I experienced so much injustice growing up, both as a kid with disabilities and as a young Black child, there are still people making change … [Read more...]

NY: Health Department Announces New Home Visiting Services For First Time Parents And Infants With Focus On Equity Harlem World Magazine - December 07, 2021 The Health Department today announced that the New Family Home Visits program is open to first-time families in public housing. The program … [Read more...]

US: America's Foster Care System Is a Dangerous Place for Trans Teens. Now They're Fighting for Change (Includes video) (May require subscription) Time - December 07, 2021 Benjerman Xander entered foster care in Oregon as a 10-year-old in 2013. In 2019, Ben became a lead plaintiff in a … [Read more...]