Lawyers representing children in U.S. immigration custody asked a federal court on Monday to order the release of migrant teenagers from two emergency housing sites in Texas where minors have reported mental distress, substandard conditions, prolonged stays and inadequate services.

In this segment from All Things Considered, Ailsa Chang speaks with journalist Deepa Fernandes about her two-part investigation for Latino USA into domestic violence survivors who lose their children to the foster care system.

This two-part investigation looks into Los Angeles County’s Department of Children and Family Services (DCFS), the largest child welfare agency in the U.S., and what happens when the system that is meant to protect these children falls short—and even puts their lives at risk.

"California lawmakers have approved the first state-funded guaranteed income plan in the US, which will see $35m used for monthly cash payments to qualifying pregnant people and young adults who recently left foster care, in a move that could spur other states to follow its lead," says this article from the Guardian.

Save the Children US is seeking a Senior Specialist, OVC and Child Protection.

Better Care Network (BCN) is seeking a new Knowledge and Communication Specialist.

Changing the Way We Care (CTWWC) conducted a study on the support by U.S. Catholic organizations for overseas residential care of children in 2018. This report provides insights from the study on U.S. Catholic Church support for children’s residential care facilities outside of the U.S. Its data provides a foundation for building effective engagement and messaging strategies, as well as helps inform advocacy and influence work concerning support for family strengthening and care for vulnerable children by the U.S. Catholic community.

This study provides a deep, nuanced understanding of the lived experience and mental models of young people who have recently lived in institutional placements while in foster care. It offers an understanding of institutional placements from youths’ perspectives.

This study sought to understand how intercountry adoptees with adoption discontinuity histories experience legal, relational, and residential permanency losses through the framework of ambiguous loss and trauma.

According to this article from BBC News, "at a US border detention centre in the Texan desert, migrant children have been living in alarming conditions - where disease is rampant, food can be dangerous and there are reports of sexual abuse, an investigation by the BBC has found through interviews with staff and children."