Research team makes progress on system to screen for trauma in foster youth...
(Source: KU - The University of Kansas) LAWRENCE - Researchers in the University of Kansas School of Social Welfare have completed initial efforts to learn more about adoption and the foster care...
View ArticleYvette McGee Brown commentary: Issue 4 would help to provide safe, loving...
Consider Sarah. Once a bright, inquisitive and carefree toddler, Sarah was loved by her mother until Mom got a new boyfriend and things began to change. Now, Sarah spends her nights cowering and hiding...
View ArticleAs Broward child wasted away, protectors looked but didn’t see
For about nine months, foster care caseworkers and their bosses made 13 visits to the Lauderhill home of Tamiyah Audain, held 30-minute meetings, conferred with other social service workers and filed...
View ArticleWeiss Awards in support of Michigan children and families presented in Mount...
(Source: Michigan Courts) FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Weiss Awards in support of Michigan children and families presented in Mount Pleasant LANSING, MI, October 30, 2014 - The fourth Honorable Robert E....
View ArticleCAS of Toronto celebrates 20 years of same sex fostering and adoption
1994 Board policies were first in Ontario TORONTO, Oct. 16, 2014 /CNW/ - Board members past and present, community advocates, service providers, equal rights legal champions, resource parents, staff...
View ArticleOklahoma Department of Human Services falls short in reform efforts
by Randy Ellis ; People calling an Oklahoma DHS hotline sometimes must wait more than two hours to report allegations of child abuse, according to a new monitoring report released Wednesday. The...
View ArticleGov. Snyder signs landmark legislation protecting Michigan residents from...
(Source: Office of Lt Governor of Michigan) Gov. Snyder signs landmark legislation protecting Michigan residents from human trafficking Michigan now a leader in prosecuting trafficking and supporting...
View ArticleGov. Snyder signs landmark legislation protecting Michigan residents from...
(Source: State of Michigan) Gov. Snyder signs landmark legislation protecting Michigan residents from human trafficking Michigan now a leader in prosecuting trafficking and supporting victims Thursday,...
View ArticleElizabeth Warren Teams Up With Orrin Hatch To Push Huge Science Research Fund
WASHINGTON -- A bipartisan duo of Senate heavyweights is set to unveil an unusual bill that would give lawmakers an incentive to fund biomedical research and, potentially, add billions to that mission....
View ArticlePublic Radio report illustrates state foster care system improvements...
(Source: Michigan Department of Human Services) Public Radio report illustrates state foster care system improvements Documentary tells only part of success story, DHS director says CONTACT: Bob...
View Article>Initiative Aims to Transform Closing Naval Base into Career College for...
Nonprofit child welfare leader KVC Health Systems is spearheading a broadly-supported initiative to transform the closing Sugar Grove naval base in Pendleton County, West Va. into a national model for...
View ArticleKlobuchar, Cornyn Lead Bipartisan Group of Lawmakers Urging Democratic...
(Source: Amy Klobuchar) The DRC suspended the issuance of exit letters last year for intercountry adoptions until the Parliament passes new adoption laws, meaning hundreds of Congolese children who...
View ArticleKlobuchar, Cornyn Lead Bipartisan Group of Lawmakers Urging Democratic...
(Source: US Senate Committee on Judiciary) The DRC suspended the issuance of exit letters last year for intercountry adoptions until the Parliament passes new adoption laws, meaning hundreds of...
View ArticleCornyn, Klobuchar Lead Bipartisan Group of Lawmakers Urging Democratic...
(Source: John Cornyn) U.S. Senators John Cornyn (R-TX) and Amy Klobuchar (D-MN) today led a bipartisan group of 183 lawmakers urging parliamentary leaders in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) to...
View ArticleCornyn, Klobuchar Lead Bipartisan Group of Lawmakers Urging Democratic...
(Source: US Senate Committee on Judiciary) U.S. Senators John Cornyn (R-TX) and Amy Klobuchar (D-MN) today led a bipartisan group of 183 lawmakers urging parliamentary leaders in the Democratic...
View ArticleFoster Care Review Board to Present Child Welfare Awards for Exceptional Work...
(Source: Michigan Courts) FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Foster Care Review Board to Present Child Welfare Awards for Exceptional Work Benefitting Foster Children LANSING, MI, October 23, 2014 - The Foster Care...
View ArticleOp-ed: Hatch deserves praise for long history of helping children
With all the big-money lobbyists in Washington, it’s sometimes hard to find a public servant who’s looking out for the little guy. But Utah’s Sen. Orrin Hatch is looking out for the littlest of us all:...
View ArticleGood News for Children When Congress Works Together
While we rarely hear good news these days about Congress, I have some to share. Continuing a long tradition of bipartisan leadership on behalf of abused and neglected children, last month both the...
View ArticleGenerous Torontonians raise $1.7 million at the city's longest standing gala...
Guests at the 28th Annual Teddy Bear show their support for Canada's most vulnerable children TORONTO, Nov. 2, 2014 /CNW/ - Last night, the halls of the Metro Toronto Convention Centre were transformed...
View Article1,000 families for B.C. children and teens (Government of British Columbia)
(Source: Government of British Columbia) 1,000 families for B.C. children and teens VICTORIA - During Adoption Awareness Month in November, the Province is launching a new social media campaign to...
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