US: Appropriations Committee Releases Fiscal Year 2021 Labor-HHS-Education Funding Bill (Press release) Office of United States Representative from Connecticut Rose DeLauro - July 06, 2020 The House Appropriations Committee today released the draft fiscal year 2021 Labor, Health and Human … [Read more...]

US: Is Every Foster Care Removal Really an Emergency? (Opinion) Chronicle of Social Change - July 06, 2020 Juvenile courts in America routinely grant requests to separate children from their parents without ever giving anyone other than the child protective services (CPS) investigator an … [Read more...]

US: Senate Bill Would Send Billions to States for Child Welfare Services (May require subscription) Chronicle of Social Change - July 06, 2020 In an attempt to steer dollars to state child welfare agencies before coronavirus-fueled budget tightening, a group of Democratic senators have introduced … [Read more...]

US: New Analysis from CDF: Increase Chafee Funds to Protect and Support Foster Care Youth (Opinion) Children's Defense Fund - July 02, 2020 The COVID-19 pandemic has been devastating for youth in extended foster care and those who have recently aged out of the foster care system. Across the … [Read more...]

Australia: Queensland's child protection workers warn system still vulnerable to mistakes ABC News (Australian Broadcasting Corporation) - July 05, 2020 Working on the frontline of Queensland's child safety system, Nicole* remembers finishing some shifts by fetching her bag, climbing into her car, … [Read more...]

Canada: Ottawa, AFN agreement to map out funding for First Nations child welfare overhaul Express Informer - July 07, 2020 The federal government will enter an agreement on Tuesday with the Assembly of First Nations to outline how it will fund an overhaul of the First Nations child welfare system … [Read more...]

International: Protecting the health & well-being of the young Citizen News Service - July 06, 2020 Approximately 1 billion young people in Asia and the Pacific region are between 10 and 24 years old, constituting 27% of the total population in the region. Every one of these youngsters will … [Read more...]

NY: 'Report it now': How, when mandated reporters are obligated to make suspected child abuse calls Watertown Daily Times - July 04, 2020 The main page on the New York State Office of Children and Family Services website for Child Protective Services asks a simple question. "Do you suspect abuse … [Read more...]

NY: Workers return to coronavirus-altered offices in Nassau and Suffolk counties Newsday - July 04, 2020 Workers across a broad spectrum of businesses on Long Island have returned to buildings with cubicles spaced farther apart, Plexiglas partitions installed to separate office workers from the … [Read more...]

NY: New York City Foster Care Cancels Some Reform Efforts Due To Pandemic Funding Hit Chronicle of Social Change - July 03, 2020 This week, New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio and the City Council approved a budget of just over $88 billion for the coming fiscal year, nearly four months into a … [Read more...]