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...]

US: The problems with the US foster care system (Opinion) (May require subscription) Lancaster Online - June 13, 2021 The American foster care system was designed to help children in poor living conditions, children without parents or relatives to care for them and children from abusive … [Read more...]

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...]

DE: Delaware bill could waive tuition for youth aging out of foster care (Includes video) WMDT - June 10, 2021 More financial aid for Youth Aging out the foster care system, that's the mission behind Delaware's House Bill 123 if passed. "It's a wonderful opportunity for them to say we want a … [Read more...]

NY: New York May Soon Bar the Shackling of Children in Family Court Imprint - June 10, 2021 Now, after nearly a decade of advocacy by Kramer's organization and others - and a growing national consensus that courts should eliminate the use of "hardware restraints" on youth during hearings - New … [Read more...]