NY: New Rochelle County Family Court Grand Opening Hudson Valley Press - June 16, 2021 For over a decade Westchester County needed it, and now Westchester County Executive George Latimer will join key stakeholders to cut the ribbon on the long awaited new Family Court site at 26 Garden Street in … [Read more...]

US: Global Health and Human Rights Champions in House Introduce Support UNFPA Funding Act (Press release) Planned Parenthood Federation of America - June 16, 2021 Today, Reps. Houlahan (D-PA-6), Meeks (D-NY-5), Speier (D-CA-14), DeGette (D-CO-1), Frankel (D-FL-21), Maloney (D-NY-12) - along with … [Read more...]

US: Together In Pride: LGBTQ+ Options For Family Planning And Adoption Have Grown (Includes video) WLNY - June 16, 2021 As we celebrate Pride Month, we're taking a look at how families are coming together in the LGBTQ+ community. There have been lots of positive changes in the last few years. … [Read more...]

US: The Pulitzer winner who understands child welfare (Opinion) NCCPR Child Welfare Blog - June 15, 2021 Ten years ago we said Robert Greene's LA Times editorials should be required reading in every child welfare office. Now that he's won a Pulitzer Prize, it seemed like a good time for a … [Read more...]

Canada: Are the feds really 'fighting Indigenous kids in court'? Here's what we know (Opinion) (Includes video) Global News - June 16, 2021 Two weeks after the remains of 215 Indigenous children were discovered at the site of a former B.C. residential school, the government is back in court to … [Read more...]

NY: No Evidence of Pandemic Child Abuse Surge in New York City, But Some See Other Crises For Child Welfare System Imprint - June 15, 2021 According to state and city data provided to The Imprint by the Administration for Children's Services on Tuesday, after years of increasing recruitment … [Read more...]

US: States should use funds from the American Rescue Plan to aid foster youth (Opinion) (Includes video) Washington Examiner - June 16, 2021 While most attention toward the American Rescue Plan has centered on expenditures for public schools, transportation, vaccine distribution, and even the … [Read more...]

US: Sens. Brown, Blunt, Durbin and Reps. Beatty, Wagner Introduce Bipartisan Bill to Improve Housing Services for Survivors of Human Trafficking (Press release) U.S. Senate Committee on Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs - June 15, 2021 Today, U.S. Senators Sherrod Brown (D-OH), Chairman of the … [Read more...]

Canada: B.C. ombudsperson labels youth confinement in jail 'disturbing,' calls for changes Canadian Press - June 15, 2021 British Columbia's use of solitary confinement among youth inmates is "disturbing" and the province needs to change its practices to follow international standards, the … [Read more...]

International: Africa: Prioritize Education to Safeguard Children's Rights (Opinion) Human Rights Watch - June 16, 2021 Despite important progress over the past decades to ensure wide ratification and implementation of the African Charter on the Rights and Welfare of the Child, many African … [Read more...]