The Overprivileged Foster Parents of Idaho

The Overprivileged Foster Parents of Idaho - The Chronicle of Social Change:

I have often said that there are too many people in child welfare who seem to view the system as the ultimate middle-class entitlement: Step right up and take a poor person’s child for your very own.

Foster Home Drug Arrest

Foster Home Drug Arrest | News for Page Lake Powell Arizona:

A home in Page, a residence Navajo Nation Family Services has used to place foster children, was the location of a drug raid on Wednesday, March 2.

Social worker 'raped' girls in care Beechwood children's home

Social worker 'raped' girls in care Beechwood children's home - BBC News:

A former social care worker used his position at a "brutal" children's care home to sexually abuse children, a court has heard.

Oklahoma man gets 40 years in prison in Kenya orphans' abuse

Oklahoma man gets 40 years in prison in Kenya orphans' abuse | | thefacts.com:

OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — A federal judge in Oklahoma has sentenced a former missionary to 40 years in prison for sexually abusing children at an orphanage in Kenya.

Discredited drug testing used in Nova Scotia, New Brunswick

Discredited drug testing used in Nova Scotia, New Brunswick - New Brunswick - CBC News:

Hair samples had been tested at Toronto's Motherisk lab, which was shut down after flawed tests found

As many as 2,300 people in Nova Scotia and New Brunswick had their hair tested for drugs and alcohol at a discredited Toronto lab, a CBC News investigation has found. Hundreds of those people produced at least one positive test result between 1997 and 2015, findings the lab now admits may have been "inaccurate."

Race Plays Into Adoption Bias Against Foster Kids

Race Plays Into Adoption Bias Against Foster Kids | Psych Central News:

Although hundreds of thousands of children in the U.S wait in foster care for adoption, America leads the world in turning to international channels to adopt abroad. A new study finds that these foster kids — most of whom are children of color — are passed over because of racial bias, especially against African-Americans.

Agreement gives Southeast Alaska tribal council control over foster care cases

Agreement gives Southeast Alaska tribal council control over foster care cases | Alaska Dispatch News:

JUNEAU — Jurisdiction over Tlingit and Haida child welfare cases is being transferred from the state to the tribes, a decision tribal leaders say they've been working toward for years.