The Ontario provincial government announced a moratorium on ending foster care at age 18 during the coronavirus pandemic, but this is due to end on March 31.
An early case will test Justice Barrett’s credentials as a favorite of religious conservatives.
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The case Fulton v. Philadelphia is about foster care. But questions over a decades-old Supreme Court ruling may have wider implications.
Movie star and comedian Tiffany Haddish, left, is a former foster child who now advocates on behalf of foster children.
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New research suggests that 20% of existing foster carer households may be affected in some way by the virus, and that we have a unique opportunity to support vulnerable children in the months ahead.
Children’s voices are being omitted from their care records, with devastating effect.
The system of ‘birth alerts’ across Canada perpetuates the removal of children from Indigenous families begun by residential schools. Pictured here: a historical report on residential schools released by the Truth and Reconciliation Commission of Canada.
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To make meaningful progress on the Truth and Reconciliation Commission of Canada’s Calls to Action, all provinces and territories should promptly follow B.C. and ban discriminatory ‘birth alerts.’
A trauma-informed lens asks people to shift from thinking ‘What is wrong?“ to 'What happened?”
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In some Manitoba schools, educators are working to recognize that the most urgent need for children who have experienced trauma is to establish the child’s sense of safety in the school.
With the right support, women in prison or whose children are in care can breastfeed. But there are challenges.
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State governments are leading the charge against opioid makers over their role in the epidemic. A team of researchers at Penn State examined just how much the crisis has cost them.
Children who have darker skin wait longer on average to leave foster care.
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In the US, black children wait longer to be adopted and cost less to adopt than white children.
Young people in temporary or continuing care need to be provided with educational enrichment programs to help identify learning challenges, remediate education deficits and foster a sense of connectedness.
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Amid long-standing societal and policy issues that need to be addressed, young people in care deserve special consideration and focused attention regarding how to meet their educational needs.
South Africa has one of the lowest rates of both parents living with their children in the world.
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An evaluation of a therapeutic foster care program has shown significant improvements in children previously thought too complex and challenging for foster care.
Foster carers are becoming scarcer.
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