Health Jul 22 California to give ‘baby bonds’ to children who lost parent or guardian to COVID By Adam Beam, Associated Press
Nation May 31 High-needs foster kids sometimes have to sleep in hotels or offices. The pandemic made the problem worse Some foster children with complex mental, behavioral, and physical health needs without a foster placement are having to stay in hotel rooms and even office buildings, a practice called “hoteling.”… By Sam Whitehead, Kaiser Health News
Nation Dec 30 Watch 9:38 One former foster child’s simple approach to fixing a broken system There are currently more than 400,000 children in foster care in the United States. While the pandemic has made life more difficult for these vulnerable kids, many say the foster care system itself has been putting them at risk for… By Charlayne Hunter-Gault, Jason Kane
Nation Dec 30 1 in 100 kids lose legal ties to their parents by the time they turn 18. This new bill aims to help Child welfare and family law experts who spoke with the PBS NewsHour called the termination of parental rights a “death penalty,” because there are few pathways to restoring those rights. By Chloe Jones
Nation Nov 03 COVID relief for thousands of foster youth has expired. Will lawmakers renew it? COVID relief for thousands of former foster youth ended recently, but child welfare advocates hope a new bill in Congress will reinstate it. By Chloe Jones
Jun 17 High court sides with Catholic agency in same sex family foster care dispute By Jessica Gresko, Associated Press The Supreme Court ruled on Thursday that the city of Philadelphia violated the Constitution by limiting its relationship with a Catholic foster care agency over the group's refusal to certify same-sex couples as foster parents. Continue reading
Nov 21 Watch 5:35 LGBTQ foster kids have a harder time finding permanent homes By Ivette Feliciano, Zachary Green According to a recent study, more than a third of kids in New York City's foster care system identify as LGBTQ. Most of those children end up in group homes and treatment centers, rather than finding permanent homes with families. Continue watching
May 13 Foster children, caretakers face new pressures amid coronavirus By Elana Schor, Associated Press Foster children have enormous challenges even in the best of times. The coronavirus pandemic threatens them with even greater turmoil, isolating them from adult supervisors and friends and making it harder to move on to new lives — either with biological or… Continue reading
Jan 24 Tennessee governor signs anti-LGBTQ adoption bill By Kimberlee Kruesi, Associated Press Tennessee has become the latest to assure continued taxpayer funding of faith-based foster care and adoption agencies even if they exclude LGBTQ families and others based on religious beliefs. Continue reading
Nov 01 Trump rule would let faith-based groups exclude LGBTQ parents By Kevin Freking, Associated Press The Trump administration is proposing a rule that would allow faith-based foster care and adoption agencies to continue getting taxpayer funding even if they exclude LGBT families and others from their services based on religious beliefs. Continue reading