Covid-19

DfE Guidance on school attendance

The Guidance from the Department for Education in England defines vulnerable children as those with a social worker. These children will be able to continue… Read More »DfE Guidance on school attendance

Rise tips email

Here’s the first newsletter from Rise magazine about Covid-19. Topic covered include Legal representation in NYC Visiting by Video or Phone Resources for Families under… Read More »Rise tips email

Coronavirus puts vulnerable UK children at greater risk, campaigners warn

Louise Tickle in The Guardian raises a number of issues for parents and children in the child protection system raised by the response to coronavirus.… Read More »Coronavirus puts vulnerable UK children at greater risk, campaigners warn

TPPF, Coalition Makes 9 Recommendations for Families During COVID-19 to Texas DFPS

A group of more than one dozen family rights activists submitted a letter to the commissioner of the Texas Department of Family and Protective Services with nine recommendations for protecting the rights of parents and children during the COVID-19 pandemic.

COVID-19 Creates Deep Uncertainty in NYC’s Child-Welfare System

New York has been hit hard by COVID-19 and parents involved in the child protection system are badly affected. Rachel Blustain describes how, as the US struggles to catch up with the ever-growing Coronavirus crisis, child-welfare systems are racing to find their own solutions to wrenching ethical and practical dilemmas over how to safeguard the psychological well-being of children in foster care and the rights of families while protecting the physical health of children, parents, foster parents, staff and the community at large.