This article notes how a U.S. federal judge has temporarily blocked the Trump administration from deporting dozens of unaccompanied Guatemalan children, following reports they had been placed on planes for return under a new pilot program.

In this TIME op-ed, anti-trafficking advocate Ruchira Gupta warns that the Trump administration’s recent immigration enforcement framework is endangering already vulnerable children.

This article explores how New York lawmakers have approved a bill that would bring greater transparency to “hidden foster care,” a practice where child welfare agencies pressure parents to place their children with relatives or others outside the formal foster care system, often without court oversight or access to legal protections.

This article explains how the Trump administration has renewed its attempt to terminate the Flores Settlement Agreement, a foundational policy dating back to the 1990s that mandates humane treatment and limits detention duration (to 72 hours) of migrant children held by U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP).

This news article explores how U.S. first Lady Melania Trump penned a personal letter to Russian President Vladimir Putin addressing the abduction of Ukrainian children amid the war, which President Trump then hand-delivered during their summit in Anchorage, Alaska.

This study piloted a virtual trauma-informed caregiving curriculum, Trauma Competent Caregiving (TCC), to assess its acceptability and usefulness for foster and kinship caregivers in the United States. Despite high attrition, qualitative findings indicate that caregivers found the curriculum relevant and meaningful, though they noted challenges with time demands and called for broader access to similar evidence-based training.

The Archdiocese of Port-au-Prince said the kidnapping of eight people from the Sainte-Hélène orphanage betrayed ‘the failure of the state and of a society that is losing its sensitivity to life’.

A Guatemalan judge has found six people guilty over the deaths of 41 girls in a raging 2017 fire at a state shelter for vulnerable youths that had a history of abuse. The sentencing is a step towards closure in one of the most horrific and deadly events in Guatemalan history. The tragedy drew international attention and highlighted pervasive abuse in the government’s shelter system.

This study compares residential childcare workforce practices across programs in Poland, Spain, and the United States, examining recruitment, training, supervision, and performance monitoring. Findings reveal both shared priorities, such as upholding children’s dignity, and region-specific differences that suggest potential solutions and highlight the value of international collaboration to strengthen training standards.

Integrated healthcare models combining behavioral and primary care provide solutions for vulnerable pediatric populations, especially youth in foster care, facing disproportionately high rates of chronic conditions and mental health issues. This review synthesizes current literature to assess the impact of integrated care on health outcomes for youth in foster care in the U.S..