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"Hong Kong’s leader, Carrie Lam, has responded to concerns that young children are being separated from their parents in quarantine centres as the city seeks to control its latest Covid-19 outbreak," says this article from the Guardian.
"Advocates for youth in government care are calling on the provinces and territories to continue supporting those who are aging out of the child welfare system and trying to make it on their own during the pandemic," says this article by the Canadian Press. As COVID-19 lockdowns began, dozens of groups in Canada came together to form the National Council of Youth in Care Advocates, "to urge governments across Canada to put moratoriums in place for those who would be aging out of care."
"One-third of foster carers have said that a lack of structure for their foster children during the Covid-19 pandemic has been a challenge, according to a new survey," says this article from the Irish Times. "The survey of 200 foster carers carried out by the Irish Foster Care Association in January also found that one-quarter of respondents said that facilitating family visits was 'challenging' during the pandemic."
"There are calls for foster carers to be prioritised for vaccines as more families are needed to take emergency foster children during the pandemic," says this article from Sky News. "In the UK more than 65,000 children are living in foster care and finding homes for them has been made more challenging by COVID-19, in part due to the reticence of vulnerable carers to take in children."
This article from the Conversation puts a spotlight on the situation of young people aging out of the child welfare system in Ontario, Canada during the COVID-19 pandemic. "For most of these young people, turning 18 coincides with an abrupt withdrawal of their social supports as they simultaneously have to secure affordable housing, manage finances and finish high school," says the article. "Youth exiting the child welfare system are …
"A so far unknown number of children have been orphaned since the virus began killing their parents -- and so many others -- last year," says this article from ABC News. "Often, the responsibility to keep the family together has been placed on the eldest siblings."
"The outbreak of the pandemic in March had brought the adoption process to a standstill for several reasons – lack of information, closure of courts and fear of contracting the infection," says this article from the Hindustan Times. According to the article, adoptions resumed in June 2020, "since then, 437 children have been adopted domestically and internationally in the state."
"The pandemic has had an adverse impact on all children. That has been more severe for those with special needs but an almost forgotten group of especially vulnerable children are those who experience abuse and neglect," says this Irish Times in this editorial. "The latest volume of reports from the Child Care Law Reporting Project contains a number of reports detailing the impact of the pandemic on them."
"A disturbing trend has led to a plea from doctors across [Canada] as more babies and children are being treated with serious trauma, fractures and in some cases, malnutrition," says this article from Global News. While reports of child abuse have significantly decreased, Dr. Michelle Ward - a paediatrician and head of the division for Child and Youth Protection at Children’s Hospital of Eastern Ontario (CHEO) - states that it's not because there are fewer child protection concerns, but rather because there are fewer concerns being identified due to the pandemic. "Since September…
"As the COVID-19 pandemic surges into its second year, advocates and experts say children with special needs and their families are seeing some of the toughest impacts," says this article from Global News. According to the article, nearly one in 10 families of children with special needs surveyed in a recent study by Simon Fraser University researchers said they were considering putting their child in government care.