US: Biden Administration May Bring Whole Families to US to Reunite With Separated Children, Not Just Parents (Includes video) NBC News - May 06, 2021 Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas and the director of the task force to reunite families said Thursday that the Biden administration is … [Read more...]

US: Proposed Information Collection Activity; Child and Family Services Reviews (Press release) U.S. Administration for Children and Families - May 07, 2021 The Administration for Children and Families (ACF) is requesting reinstatement of the activities associated with the Child and Family … [Read more...]

US: New Research Funded on Mental Health, Child Welfare (Requires subscription) Imprint - May 06, 2021 The William T. Grant Foundation has announced this year's scholarship winners for promising early-career researchers working on methods to improve the lives of young people who have experienced … [Read more...]

US: Resuming Evictions Could Land Kids in Foster Care, Experts Say Imprint - May 06, 2021 A federal judge in Washington has struck down a national policy that prevented countless evictions during the coronavirus pandemic - a move that advocates worry could push vulnerable families and youth into … [Read more...]

US: Study: Three Million Children Have 'Dropped Out' Of Full Time School Amid Pandemic, Many In At-Risk Communities (Includes video) Daily Wire - May 06, 2021 The New York Times reported Wednesday that around three million children have "dropped out" of full-time school because of the shift to … [Read more...]

US: The foster care system is failing Black children and the death of Ma'Khia Bryant is one example, experts and attorney say (Includes video) (Commentary) CNN - May 06, 2021 While there are still a lot of unanswered questions surrounding the April 20 incident and the investigation is ongoing, one … [Read more...]

US: The New Face of Poverty and the Mass Incarceration of America's Children (Commentary) NNPA Newswire - May 06, 2021 The number of children arrested and incarcerated has declined over the past decade, primarily due to positive changes in policy and practice. However, America's children continue … [Read more...]

US: We Celebrate Transracial Adoption. But Child Welfare Can't Ignore Race (Opinion) (Includes video) (May require subscription) Newsweek - May 06, 2021 In April, Bethany Christian Services released a first-of-its-kind study about the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on vulnerable children and … [Read more...]

NY: DOE needs an office solely for students in foster care, advocates say (May require free registration) AMNY - May 05, 2021 The Department of Education needs to create a special office to watch over public school students in foster care, advocates say. Out of the city's 1.1 million public school … [Read more...]

US: Child care has bipartisan support. But the culture war could wreck that. (Opinion) (May require subscription) Washington Post - May 06, 2021 President Biden's call to expand public support of child care in his joint address to Congress puts a spotlight on an issue that has been a subject of … [Read more...]