PA: Child welfare services worry about kids who have gone off the grid during coronavirus pandemic PennLive - April 01, 2020 Children's advocates say they aren't too worried about kids who are on the radar screen of child welfare agencies during the coronavirus pandemic, saying they are finding … [Read more...]

US: Delays, despair as coronavirus pandemic halts family reunification hearings for foster children (Includes video) ABC News - April 01, 2020 The coronavirus outbreak and the subsequent shutdown has put family reunification hearings across the country on hold as courts are either closed or … [Read more...]

US: Wyden Presses Trump Administration to Provide Guidance to Child Welfare Agencies as Nation Combats Spread of COVID-19 (Press release) Office of U.S. Senator Ron Wyden - March 31, 2020 U.S. Sen. Ron Wyden, D-Ore. today led colleagues in urging the Trump administration to issue national guidance … [Read more...]

US: Child protection agencies scramble: Difficult to make in-home visits, unite families Associated Press - March 29, 2020 Child welfare agencies across the U.S., often beleaguered in the best of times, are scrambling to confront new challenges that the coronavirus is posing for caseworkers, kids … [Read more...]

Canada: Canada's Foster Youth 'Age Out' Of Care Into Uncertainty Of Coronavirus Pandemic Huffington Post - March 27, 2020 There are approximately 63,000 children in Canada living in foster or group homes or permanent care arrangements with extended family, according to the Children's Aid … [Read more...]

International: Can coronavirus teach us how to end violence against children? (Commentary) World Vision - March 24, 2020 We hear it constantly on the news right now, and it somehow makes us feel better: coronavirus knows no borders. The ongoing pandemic indeed affects, or will affect, every human … [Read more...]

South Africa: SOS Children's Villages call out to SA about COVID-19 Media Update - March 31, 2020 The SOS Children's Villages South Africa has made the following announcement in relation to the national lockdown and the fight against the Coronavirus pandemic in South … [Read more...]

United Kingdom: Priti Patel admits 'home is not the safe haven it should be' Daily Mail - March 28, 2020 Home Secretary Priti Patel has vowed to crack down on domestic abusers who are exploiting the lockdown to make their victims feel 'especially isolated, vulnerable and exposed'.Ms Patel told The … [Read more...]

CT: The coronavirus pandemic increases stress and isolation, leaving vulnerable families and children at risk Hartford Courant - March 30, 2020 As the coronavirus pandemic slams people with anxieties and forces them into social isolation with little outside observation, it also puts children at … [Read more...]

NY: COVID-19 Creates Deep Uncertainty in NYC's Child-Welfare System City Limits - March 30, 2020 New York City's family courts went virtual last week but they are operating in triage mode with currently only one virtual court and a very limited number of judges. All but a tiny fraction of hearings … [Read more...]