Nigeria: 4 Things Nigeria Can Do to Help Out-of-School Children Back Into Education as Schools Reopen Global Citizen - September 16, 2020 Since the onset of COVID-19, millions of children in Nigeria have been stuck at home not learning. For vulnerable and disadvantaged children, the impact has … [Read more...]

NY: New School Year, Same Housing Woes Imprint - September 15, 2020 Nearly six months after getting a sudden and unceremonious boot from their dorms during the height of the coronavirus pandemic, more than half of the 114 college students in New York City's Dorm Project for foster youth have begun … [Read more...]

PA: Four Delaware County service agencies to work together to support crime victims Daily Times - September 15, 2020 Four Delaware County victims' service organizations recently entered into a new, collaborative agreement to facilitate their missions of promoting justice and healing for local … [Read more...]

US: Addressing Systemic Racism in Our Child Welfare System (Opinion) Imprint - September 15, 2020 Every year, America spends more than $30 billion on our child welfare system. These dollars are predominantly focused on investigating reports of child maltreatment and on maintaining out-of-home … [Read more...]

US: Black maternal mortality rates and the implicit biases - how can we address them? (Opinion) Hill - September 15, 2020 Currently, the U.S. has no official maternal mortality rate because there is no standardized process for how states report and analyze deaths, nor is the data aggregated at the … [Read more...]

US: Cherokee Nation among plaintiffs challenging AFCARS reporting Cherokee Phoenix - September 15, 2020 Claiming that the Trump administration has illegally removed requirements that allow relevant agencies to identify tribal and LGBT youths in foster care, a coalition that includes the Cherokee … [Read more...]

US: TFI Launches New Innovative Mobile App For Foster Parents (Press release) TFI - September 15, 2020 On September 11, 2020, TFI, a child welfare provider organization, and Foster Care Technologies announced a new desktop and mobile app for TFI foster parents. The app, The TFI Foster Family … [Read more...]

International: "Years don't wait for them": 5 Things to Do Now to Protect Children's Rights During Covid-19 (Commentary) Human Rights Watch (HRW) - September 11, 2020 Children around the world face an unprecedented threat to their human rights. Pandemic-related school closures have affected 1.5 … [Read more...]

US: Police misconduct, such as falsifying evidence, is leading cause of wrongful convictions, study finds (Includes video) USA Today - September 15, 2020 Actions by police officers, including witness tampering, violent interrogations and falsifying evidence, account for majority of the misconduct … [Read more...]

US: Cities Urge Supreme Court to Uphold Anti-Discrimination Protections Well News - September 14, 2020 The U.S. Conference of Mayors and a coalition of leaders from smaller municipalities are urging the U.S. Supreme Court to uphold protections against discrimination in the delivery of government … [Read more...]