US: Foster Care Resources for Tribes (Press release) Administration for Children and Families - May 31, 2019 The White House has designated the month of May as National Foster Care Month. As the proclamation mentions, there were 443,000 youth that were placed in resource homes across the country … [Read more...]

US: HRC Foundation and National Partners Launch Project THRIVE (Press release) Human Rights Campaign - May 31, 2019 HRC Foundation and more than 16 of the nation's largest national organizations committed to the well-being of young people are launching Project THRIVE, a groundbreaking multi-year … [Read more...]

US: Protecting LGBTQ Youth and Families from Harmful Legislation Human Rights Campaign - May 31, 2019 Against the backdrop of National Foster Care Month, HRC and our partners have been hard at work to fight back against harmful child welfare-related legislation in states around the country. These … [Read more...]

US: Shadow removals: How safety plans allow CPS to avoid judicial oversight (Commentary) Hill - May 31, 2019 An investigative report by WDRB in Louisville, Kentucky recently exposed a particularly innovative - although likely illegal - method that the state's child protective services caseworkers … [Read more...]

US: U.S. high court won't use 'moot' AZ case to decide legality of Indian Child Welfare Act Arizona Daily Star - May 31, 2019 The U.S. Supreme Court rebuffed a bid to void a federal law that critics say places the desires and rights of Native American tribes over the constitutionally protected … [Read more...]

US: Michelle Obama Shares The Sweetest Tribute To 'Sesame Street' (Includes video) Huffington Post - May 30, 2019 Michelle Obama was honored Wednesday for her work with the Joan Ganz Cooney Award - named after the program's creator - at the Sesame Workshop's 50th Anniversary Benefit Gala in New … [Read more...]

US: Bill aims to protect Korean-American adoptees from deportation United Press International - May 29, 2019 Tens of thousands of international adoptees in the United States, many of them of Korean descent, are under threat of potential deportation because of neglected paperwork. Adoptees legally … [Read more...]

US: Grassley, Wyden Op-ed: Foster Youth And Families Need Our Support Office of U.S. Senator for Iowa Chuck Grassley - May 29, 2019 Parenting is the single most challenging, rewarding, thrilling and terrifying job a person can undertake. Each of us have five kids of our own so we understand the … [Read more...]

US: DHS Cites Insufficient Resources in Deaths of Migrant Children (Video) Voice of America - May 24, 2019 The Trump administration has blamed the escalating humanitarian and security crisis at the southern U.S. border for the deaths of several migrant children. The head of the U.S. Department of … [Read more...]

US: Public Housing Agencies Oppose HUD's Plan to Evict Immigrant Families Governing - May 21, 2019 There's a problem with the Trump administration's proposal that Secretary Ben Carson defended before Congress on Tuesday. Local authorities don't want to enforce … [Read more...]