For decades, minority children have often been passed over by adoptive parents, but that trend appears to be changing Bruce and Robbie Crowell, of Medford, were told white babies are the preferred choice in adoption because white couples want infants who ...
23 Sep 2020 - Libby Dowsett
My NeighbOR connects foster families with goods and services donated by their neighbors Brandon and Kellie Smith weren’t looking to become foster parents, but the foster care system came to them. In 2015, there was a child in need, and the Smiths answered ...
9 May 2020 - Libby Dowsett
The governor's stay-home order has resulted in more connections with prospective foster families, says the director of Every Child The number of families inquiring about becoming foster parents or adopting through the state is soaring during this pan ...
9 May 2020 - Libby Dowsett
With COVID-19 measures comes a new set of challenges for people experiencing blindness and visual impairment, and for their dogs The first complaint came in through the guide dog training school’s main phone line. A caller was angry because a guide dog an ...
19 Apr 2020 - Libby Dowsett
And fewer disclosures of abuse are being made at a time when children are at home with nobody to tell Urgent child abuse cases can’t wait, even in the age of COVID-19. “We always want to be here,” said Dr. Cathy Lang, medical director at Children’s Center ...
1 Apr 2020 - Libby Dowsett
States that have overhauled their foster care systems in the wake of class-action lawsuits may offer lessons The story of three boys trapped in a torturous family circle of abuse, starvation and neglect was the impetus for immediate change in New Jersey’s ...
21 Feb 2020 - Libby Dowsett
Settlement talks have broken down Ten months after the filing of a class-action lawsuit on behalf of Oregon’s foster children, settlement talks have broken down and the case is headed for trial. National watchdog group A Better Childhood has filed a cross ...
21 Feb 2020 - Libby Dowsett
Jillana Goble set out to write about her family’s experiences with foster care and adoption. What resulted was a guidebook. “Signing up for foster care is an invitation to raise your hand and invite heartbreak and suffering into your life.” Hardly the sen ...
1 Nov 2019 - Libby Dowsett
Japanese Americans who were detained during World War II share their perspectives on the immigrant detention centers the U.S. operates today The haunting images of children caged in chicken wire, warehoused in government facilities surrounded by armed gua ...
16 Aug 2019 - Libby Dowsett
In his book ‘She’s So Cold,’ Donald E. McInnis details the long, harsh interrogations of three boys who were wrongly accused. Now, he’s advocating for a simplified Miranda warning for children. Author and longtime defense attorney Donald E. McInnis has a ...
19 Jul 2019 - Libby Dowsett