Tag: child welfare

Ottawa Announces $40 Billion Child Welfare Agreement to Compensate Indigenous Children

The Canadian government announced that it has reached a $40 billion agreement in principle with indigenous leaders to compensate the children harmed by the underfunded on-reserve child welfare system. Crown-Indigenous Relations Minister Marc Miller announced the agreement in a press conference on Tuesday, saying that the settlement marks the largest in Canadian history. While $20 billion will…


Ottawa Announces $40 Billion Child Welfare Agreement for Indigenous Children

The Canadian government announced that it has reached a $40 billion agreement in principle with indigenous leaders to compensate the children harmed by the situation on reserves. Crown-Indigenous Relations Minister Marc Miller announced the agreement in a press conference on Tuesday, saying that the settlement marks the largest in Canadian history. While $20 billion will be paid…


Iowa’s Move Away from Foster Care Emblematic of National Trend

In the fall of 2019, Judge Williams Owens came to an important realization: In child welfare cases, he had focused too much on protecting children from physical harm at home, leading him to remove them from their families. He hadn’t thought enough about the emotional harm caused by family separation, about options to improve their…