CT: New Analysis of Connecticut Data Highlights Stark Attendance Gaps by Learning Mode and Among Student Groups Hard Hit by Covid-19 (Press release)Attendance Works and Connecticut State Department of Education - June 09, 2021Students attending school remotely have the highest levels of chronic … [Read more...]

US Administration for Children and Families - June 09, 2021 Services (HHS) requests an extension to continue data collection for the Evaluation of the Family Unification Program (FUP) (OMB #0970-0514). Information collection activities requested include interviews, focus group discussions, program … [Read more...]

US: AP analysis: COVID prolonged foster care stays for thousands Associated Press - June 08, 2021 The AP's analysis found at least 8,700 fewer reunifications during the early months of the pandemic compared with the March-to-December period the year before -- a decrease of 16%. Adoptions, too, … [Read more...]

US: A New Plan to Help Foster Youth Achieve Independence (Press release) Gen Justice and the Foundation for Research on Equal Opportunity (FREOPP). - June 08, 2021 Imagine leaving home on your 18th birthday with no family or safety net. What would you do when the rent is due, the fridge is bare or … [Read more...]

US: Submission for OMB Review; Evaluation of Project Connect (New Collection) (Press release) US Administration for Children and Families - June 08, 2021 The Administration for Children and Families (ACF) at the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) is proposing a new information … [Read more...]

US: 'We won't forget the about children' (Opinion) Indian Country Today - June 06, 2021 For many Indigenous people, however, the most shocking element of the story is not the discovery of the graves but the fact that it's taken so long for non-Natives to acknowledge the grim details of this … [Read more...]

Canada: Commons passes motion urging feds to drop court actions involving First Nations kids Express Informer - June 07, 2021 MPs from all parties have joined New Democrats in calling on the federal government to drop its legal battles against a pair of rulings involving First Nations children. In … [Read more...]

NY: Expand Support for Families, But Not Inside the Child Welfare System (Opinion) Imprint - June 04, 2021 Mayor Bill de Blasio's recent announcement that New York City will invest millions in "family enrichment centers" sounds like a win for families. But this initiative should be reconsidered, … [Read more...]

NY: More than a dozen women across the US say a New York Christian camp leader abused them USA Today Network - June 04, 2021 A USA Today Network investigation found that Aarum, 55, touched at least 16 teenage girls inappropriately, some on multiple occasions, according to their firsthand accounts. … [Read more...]

PA: Erie County Office of Children & Youth to hire 29 people to meet new state mandate (Includes video) Erie Times-News - June 04, 2021 New guidance from the Pennsylvania Office of Children & Youth now requires county agencies to give more attention to lower-level cases that might … [Read more...]