This opinion piece from the New York Times presents alternatives to volunteering in, or donating to, orphanages.

The Together for Families Conference is a unique new opportunity to gather various stakeholders from across the U.S. in the Family Support and Strengthening Field.

Co-hosted by the National Family Support Network, the Center for the Study of Social Policy and the Greater Cleveland Family Strengthening Network, this conference will weave together content related to Strengthening Families, the field of Family Support and the Standards of Quality for Family Strengthening and Support.

The government of Trinidad and Tobago has completed its draft National Child Policy, according to this article from Newsday.

This article from Reuters calls attention to the large numbers of indigenous children growing up in care in Brazil, particularly in the southwestern state of Mato Grosso do Sul.

Learn about the history of Family Support and Strengthening field in the United States, the work of Family Support Programs, Family Support and Strengthening Networks,and the National Family Support Network, and an overview of the nationally-adopted Standards of Quality for Family Strengthening & Support by joining this webinar on 10 October.

"An Associated Press investigation drawing on hundreds of court documents, immigration records and interviews in the U.S. and Central America has identified holes in the system that allow state court judges to grant custody of migrant children to American families — without notifying their parents," says this article from the Associate Press.

This article describes the history and current status of the US Indian Child Welfare Act (ICWA), a bill designed to protect indigenous children in the US from being removed unnecessarily from their families of origin.

The Early Childhood Care and Development Adviser will lead and manage Whole Child International’s ECCD component of the recently awarded USAID’s five-year PROMOVER project.

This article from the Chronicle of Social Change describes the work of ChildKind, an organization based in the state of Georgia in the US which seeks to prevent medical neglect and children entering the foster care system by supporting families to stay together and care for children with special needs.