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Police of Schenetady, New York have seen a rise in calls in recent years from Northeast Parent & Child Society, a residential care home for youth referred from the court system, with 406 calls through July 14 of this year.
The Guardian discusses the repercussions of funding and volunteering in Haitian orphanages, based on the findings from Funding Haitian Orphanages at the Cost of Children’s Rights, a recent Lumos report.
Ontario announced a blueprint for reform of foster care and group homes in the province following a 2016 report, promising increased inspections of group homes and more opportunities for the participation of young people in care.
The recent death of a deported Korean adoptee ignites adoptee-led organizations to call on the Korean government to end the "industrialized international adoption" system in South Korea.
This news article reports an estimated 5,000 children were taken from poor families to be adopted by rich families in the United States between 1924 and 1950, orchestrated by Georgia Tann and the Tennessee Children's Home Society of Memphis.
This article discusses findings from the recent Lumos report Funding Haitian Orphanages at the Cost of Children's Rights, stressing the circumstances under which children enter into residential care as well as the prevalence of abuse within the care system.
Guatemala arrested three human rights officials and two police officers for their alleged responsibility in the death of 41 girls who died in a blaze in a children's shelter.
A two month long inititative to evaluate the functions of children's homes in Haiti is underway; data will be used to identify which centres should be closed or refurbished as well as those that are compliant and licensed.
BBC reports the minister of social welfare, his deputy, and the director of Virgen de Asuncion have been charged with negligent homicide.
Governor and First Lady Bevin discuss their adopted children and their mission to revamp Kentucky's foster care system.