US: Study to Evaluate Impact of Friends of the Children's Long-term Mentoring (Requires subscription) Imprint - December 07, 2021 A major philanthropic organization announced Monday it is bankrolling a gold-standard research project on the effectiveness of long-term mentoring of children who are … [Read more...]

US: U.S. Surgeon General Issues Advisory on Youth Mental Health Crisis Further Exposed by COVID-19 Pandemic (Press release) U. S. Office of the Surgeon General - December 07, 2021 Today, U.S. Surgeon General Dr. Vivek Murthy issued a new Surgeon General's Advisory to highlight the urgent need to … [Read more...]

US: Conrad N. Hilton Foundation invests $3.4 million to expand Friends of the Children's two-generation approach and study its impact (Press release) Friends of the Children - December 06, 2021 Friends of the Children, the national youth-serving organization that hires and trains paid, … [Read more...]

US: Get Kids with Kin, and Quickly (Opinion) Imprint - December 06, 2021 Research tells us that children in foster care fare much better when living with their family. But all too often, kids are placed with strangers because relatives aren't properly identified or notified, nor are they told how … [Read more...]

US: Overview of Proposed Paid Leave Program Under the Build Back Better Act (Commentary) LexBlog - December 06, 2021 While the Build Back Better Act (BBBA) does not go as far as initially proposed (12 weeks of paid leave), it would expand upon the FMLA's current unpaid protections by providing up … [Read more...]

US: Re-mourning: The Trauma of Losing a Family Twice (Commentary) Imprint - December 02, 2021 When you enter foster care, no one tells you that after losing your biological family and dealing with the heartache that comes with it, there's a chance you will have to repeat this traumatic experience. … [Read more...]

NY: NY shifts away from group care for foster children under new federal law Citizen Online and Imprint - December 05, 2021 Across New York state, the footprint of group homes for children in foster care has steadily shrunk or disappeared altogether. Under the Family First Prevention Services Act, … [Read more...]

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NY: With Governor's Signature, New York Commits to Cutting Child Poverty in Half Imprint - December 03, 2021 On her 100th day in office, New York Gov. Kathy Hochul signed a law that aims to tackle one of the most persistent sources of stress and trauma for children: Poverty. The Child Poverty … [Read more...]

US: Immigration Advocacy Coalition Releases Report: "'Any Day They Could Deport Me': Over 44,000 Immigrant Children Trapped in the SIJS Backlog" Milbank - December 03, 2021 The End SIJS Backlog Coalition, a national group of directly impacted youth and allied advocates, and The Door, a … [Read more...]

Lebanon: Food, heat or education?: Exorbitant school costs leave families in Lebanon with an impossible choice (Press release) Save the Children - December 06, 2021 Lebanon's economic crisis, exacerbated by the COVID-19 pandemic, has left thousands of families with the difficult choice of how to … [Read more...]