Advocates fear public safety bill could send more Vermont children to prison – Vermont Public

Child advocates are making an 11th-hour push in Montpelier to revise legislation that would send more young offenders into the criminal justice system for adults. Teenage brains are different than adults’, and that scientific fact has spurred reforms in Montpelier that are designed to keep young offenders from entering the system that Vermont uses for

At-risk children’s ‘broken’ NSW government protection system is harming them, advocates say – ABC News

After more than 20 years as a child protection case worker, Betina Huber reached her breaking point last year. “Seeing the children’s pain and suffering on a day-to-day basis it got to a point where I thought ‘I can’t do it anymore’,” she said. After a period of leave, Ms Huber resigned in February. She

People call for transparency in Maine’s child welfare system | newscentermaine.com – NewsCenterMaine.com WCSH-WLBZ

Do confidentiality rules protect children and their families, or shield government agencies from public scrutiny? MAINE, USA — On a gray morning last week, former state senator Bill Diamond stood at a rally in front of the statehouse and implored Maine’s government to do more to prevent child abuse — and be transparent about its

SaferKidsPH advocates for strengthened systematic efforts to end online sexual abuse and exploitation of children – UNICEF

MANILA, 4 MAY 2024 — The SaferKidsPH consortium said today it stands ready to seize the momentum and boost joint efforts in the Philippines to end online sexual abuse and exploitation of children including the production of child sexual abuse and exploitation materials. This statement comes after President Marcos Jr vehemently condemned recently in the