US: When Blood Is Not Thicker Than Water: Long-Term Foster Parents May Get Preference for Adoption (Commentary) (Requires free registration) New York Law Journal - September 26, 2024 Each case is unique. The best placement of a child depends on many factors, including each child's individual … [Read more...]

US: HHS Releases Progress Report on Federal Implementation of the National Strategy to Support Family Caregivers (Press release) U.S. Department of Health and Human Services - September 17, 2024 Today the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, through its Administration for Community … [Read more...]

International: An Era of Chinese Adoption Ends, and Families Are Torn Over Its Legacy (Commentary) (Requires subscription) (Includes audio) New York Times - September 15, 2024 China announced this month that it was halting nearly all foreign adoptions, marking the end of a program that forged … [Read more...]

China: China is ending foreign adoptions of its children. That leaves hundreds of American families in limbo (Includes video) CNN - September 06, 2024 China is ending most foreign adoptions of its children, leaving hundreds of American and other foreign families with pending applications in … [Read more...]

US: Celebrating Grandparents Day and Kinship Care Month (Press release) Administration for Community Living - September 08, 2024 Today is Grandparents Day, and the month of September is National Kinship Care Month. As part of our celebration of both, and in recognition of the contributions of … [Read more...]

US: How grandparents help keep America up and running (Commentary) Signal - September 03, 2024 Approximately 50% of Americans ages 50 to 64 are grandparents, with that figure rising to 80% for the 65-plus crowd, and a large number of them rank grandparenting as one of the great joys of their … [Read more...]

NJ: Children's Aid and Family Services Receives Grant from Bank of America to Support Mobility Mentoring Paramus Post - September 03, 2024 Children's Aid and Family Services, a local non-profit organization dedicated to strengthening families and empowering individuals - children and adults … [Read more...]

NY: Federal court recognizes all foster children as one class (Includes video) Spectrum News - August 27, 2024 In a legal victory for a group challenging the city's foster care system, a federal court judge has ruled that 19 children, can proceed as one class representing all of the children … [Read more...]

US: A disappointing report from the Senate Finance Committee (Opinion) Child Welfare Monitor - July 22, 2024 On June 12, 2024, the Senate Finance Committee (SFC) released a report called Warehouses of Neglect: How Taxpayers are Funding Systemic Abuse in Youth Residential Treatment Centers. The … [Read more...]

NY: Aunt, former caseworker push for probe into Sullivan County CPS after foster child's hot car death (Includes video) Westchester News - July 19, 2024 The aunt and former caseworker of a Monticello foster child who died after he was left in a hot car are speaking exclusively tonight with … [Read more...]