US: HELP Committee Advances Legislation to Curb Child Abuse and Neglect (Press release) Office of U.S. Senator for Alaska Lisa Murkowski - June 12, 2021 During a Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) Committee Executive Session, U.S. Senator Lisa Murkowski (R-AK) voted in favor of S. 1927, … [Read more...]

US: 'People of Praise leaders failed me': Christian group tied to Justice Amy Coney Barrett faces reckoning over sexual misconduct (May require subscription) Washington Post - June 11, 2021 In December, Katie Logan called the police in this Minneapolis suburb to unearth a buried secret: Her high … [Read more...]

US: Missoula organization examines laws through "Safe Community Challenge" (Includes video) KPAX - June 11, 2021 One Missoula-based organization told MTN News it is undertaking the first comprehensive analysis of state laws surrounding child marriage, sex crimes, and others that it says have to do … [Read more...]

US: Suicide attempts rose among adolescent girls during pandemic, ER data suggest (Includes video) CNN - June 11, 2021 The United States saw a significant rise in suspected suicide attempts among teen girls during the pandemic, a new study from the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention … [Read more...]

US: 'I'm going to tase this kid': Government shelters are turning refugee children over to police (Includes video) Reveal - June 08, 2021 An investigation by Reveal from The Center for Investigative Reporting has found that a number of the government's shelters have been turning to police to … [Read more...]

Canada: First Nations child welfare case gets underway in Federal Court today Canadian Press - June 14, 2021 Ottawa's legal challenge of two rulings involving First Nations children taken from their families by an underfunded child-welfare system will be heard in Federal Court today. The federal … [Read more...]

NY: Governor Cuomo Announces Membership of Blue-Ribbon Commission on Forensic Custody Evaluations (Press release) Office of Governor of New York Andrew M. Cuomo - June 11, 2021 "Family Court judges are responsible for making decisions that often have life-altering impacts on the individuals who … [Read more...]

NY: New York Votes to Raise the Minimum Age of Arrest From Seven to 12, Reform Awaits Cuomo's Signature Imprint - June 11, 2021 Upending laws on the books since at least 1909, the New York Legislature passed a historic justice reform this week that bars the arrest and prosecution of children who … [Read more...]

NY: Does Removing a Child After Substantiating Child Maltreatment Sometimes Make a Bad Situation Even Worse? (Opinion) (Requires free registration) New York Law Journal - June 10, 2021 To use the vernacular, is CPS sometimes taking children out of the frying pan and consciously placing them into … [Read more...]

PA: Pennsylvania House advances bill to help children of opioid-addicted parentsNorthCentralPA.com - June 13, 2021Pennsylvania remains one of the states hardest hit by the opioid crisis. There is much focus on individuals with substance abuse disorders, but their children are also deeply affected. … [Read more...]