US: The Orphan Train: Death of an Experiment (Includes audio) (Commentary) Mobituaries - January 10, 2020 From 1854 to 1929, 250,000 abandoned or orphaned children in East Coast cities found themselves on journeys across the country. Shepherded by private organizations like the New York Foundling … [Read more...]

Mexico: 10 years after Vatican takeover, Legion in new abuse crisis Associated Press - January 20, 2020 From the outset, the late papal envoy who ran the Legion, Cardinal Velasio De Paolis, refused to hold complicit Legion superiors accountable or investigate past abusers. "De Paolis said there … [Read more...]

NY: Why Aren't There More Rich Foster Parents? (Commentary) New York Times - January 17, 2020 During the past quarter-century, the city's Administration for Children's Services has reduced the foster population from 50,000 children to fewer than 9,000, through a focus on preventive services that … [Read more...]

NY: Trial of 6-Year-Old's Killer Exposes Lapses in City's Child Welfare System New York Times - January 15, 2020 The trial not only exposed the horrific torture and abuse the boy had endured at the hands of his mother, Geraldine Perkins, and Mr. Smith, but also laid bare a series of missteps by … [Read more...]

US: Sherrod Brown working on federal child abuse data system following deaths WDTN - January 16, 2020 Sen. Sherrod Brown said the proposed Child Abuse Death Disclosure Act, a bipartisan Senate bill he's sponsored with Roy Blunt (R-Mo.), would be the first step in helping lower abuse deaths. "This … [Read more...]

Canada: First Nations chiefs prepare to take on Quebec over its legal challenge of new federal child welfare law CBC - January 15, 2020 The Quebec government's decision to launch a constitutional challenge of a new federal law governing Indigenous child welfare has prompted First Nations leaders … [Read more...]

Canada: New Brunswick government seeking public input on child welfare legislation (Includes video) Canadian Press - January 15, 2020 The New Brunswick government has launched a public consultation process aimed at crafting new child and youth welfare legislation. Social Development Minister … [Read more...]

NY: Opinion: Sex Trafficking Happens Here, and to All Kinds of Kids (Commentary) City Limits - January 10, 2020 January is National Human Trafficking Awareness Month. What's the image that pops into your head? For many it's international crime rings - nefarious underworld figures moving shipping … [Read more...]

US: Paid Family Leave, on the Rise, Helps Women Stay in the Workforce Society for Human Resource Management - January 15, 2020 With unemployment at its lowest in 50 years, extending paid time off (PTO) for family caregiving is one way that HR professionals are revamping rewards packages outside of … [Read more...]

US: HUD Awards Nearly $500,000 to Public Housing Authorities to Help Young People Aging Out of Foster Care (Press release) U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development - January 14, 2020 U.S. Housing and Urban Development (HUD) Secretary Ben Carson today awarded $482,000 to four housing … [Read more...]