US: Changing the Child Welfare System Starts With Reframing Our View of Families (Opinion) Imprint - July 01, 2021 Over the past year, national groups have called for sweeping child welfare reforms, like repealing the Adoption and Safe Families Act or eradicating mandatory reporting laws. Some … [Read more...]

US: Advocates Tout Data Showing Raise the Age Laws Haven't Overwhelmed States' Juvenile Facilities Imprint - June 29, 2021 Roughly 100,000 fewer youth will enter the adult criminal justice system this year and in future years, as a result of a quiet but powerful reform movement known as "Raise the … [Read more...]

England: Huge demand for urgent children's services diverts resources away from early intervention, say councils Public Law Today - June 09, 2021 Counties in England overspent on children' services by £832m in 2019-20, the Local Government Association has said. Its analysis of the impact of … [Read more...]

PA: The Children's Home of Reading Youth and Family Services achieves national accreditation (Includes video) WFMZ - June 30, 2021 The Children's Home of Reading Youth and Family Services announced it has achieved national accreditation through the New York-based Council on Accreditation (COA). … [Read more...]

US: Brown Announces Bipartisan Resolution Passes the Senate, Recognizing the Work of Ohio Child and Youth Advocates (Press release) Office of Sherrod Brown, U.S. Senator for Ohio - June 30, 2021 U.S. Senator Sherrod Brown (D-OH) announced that his bipartisan resolution he recently introduced with … [Read more...]

US: Envisioning a Different Future for Child Welfare (Opinion) (Requires subscription) Imprint - June 30, 2021 Two documents went into circulation this month that envision a radical shift from child welfare business as usual. One proposes a top-down framework for the actual abolition of what its … [Read more...]

US: Not Just "White Parents with Kids of Color": The Importance of Racial Identity Work for Parents (Opinion) Pact - June 30, 2021 Discussing multiraciality, transracial adoption, and identity have incited the most heartfelt and passionate debates I have ever witnessed in my professional or … [Read more...]

US: The US must adopt child welfare strategies for unaccompanied minors (Opinion) Hill - June 30, 2021 Since January 2021, more than 65,000 unaccompanied children have arrived at the U.S./Mexico border seeking refuge from violence, natural disaster, food insecurity, and poverty in Central America … [Read more...]

US: Biden administration to review Native American boarding schools' dark history (Includes video) Associated Press - June 23, 2021 The federal government will investigate its past oversight of Native American boarding schools and work to "uncover the truth about the loss of human life and the … [Read more...]

International: Children's Rights and Alternative Care Human Rights Watch - June 30, 2021 Human Rights Watch welcomes the opportunity to provide input to the Committee on the Rights of the Child ahead of its upcoming Day of General Discussion regarding children's rights and alternative … [Read more...]