Human rights tribunal approves $8.5B child welfare deal for Ontario First Nations
The Canadian Human Rights Tribunal has approved a landmark First Nations child welfare deal between the federal government and First Nations in Ontario, partially ending a decades-long discrimination case.
https://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/child-welfare-ontario-first-nations-9.7147549?cmp=rss
So many kids were abused on watch of CA private #fostercare agencies that some can’t afford insurance. Instead of cleaning up their acts they’re back in Sacramento demanding a 2nd taxpayer bailout. You know what they say: Fool me once … https://calmatters.org/commentary/2026/03/foster-family-agencies-california-bailout/ #childwelfare #childabuse
Opinion | California shouldn’t bail out beleaguered foster family agencies

Agencies that put kids in foster homes sought $30 million for insurance, because abuse victims have won multimillion-dollar lawsuits against them.

CalMatters
Human rights tribunal approves $8.5B child welfare deal for Ontario First Nations
The Canadian Human Rights Tribunal has approved a landmark First Nations child welfare deal between the federal government and First Nations in Ontario, partially ending a decades-long discrimination case.
https://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/child-welfare-ontario-first-nations-9.7147549?cmp=rss
Human rights tribunal approves $8.5B child welfare deal for Ontario First Nations
The Canadian Human Rights Tribunal has approved a landmark First Nations child welfare deal between the federal government and First Nations in Ontario, partially ending a decades-long discrimination case.
https://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/child-welfare-ontario-first-nations-9.7147549?cmp=rss
Human rights tribunal approves $8.5B child welfare deal for Ontario First Nations
The Canadian Human Rights Tribunal has approved a landmark First Nations child welfare deal between the federal government and First Nations in Ontario, partially ending a decades-long discrimination case.
https://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/child-welfare-ontario-first-nations-9.7147549?cmp=rss
Private #fostercare agencies said sky would fall if they had to close because they can’t afford insurance because of all that #childabuse on their watch. Now 24 have closed. CA lawmakers: Before you’re suckered into giving them another taxpayer bailout, please step outside and look up: https://calmatters.org/commentary/2026/03/foster-family-agencies-california-bailout/ #childwelfare
Opinion | California shouldn’t bail out beleaguered foster family agencies

Agencies that put kids in foster homes sought $30 million for insurance, because abuse victims have won multimillion-dollar lawsuits against them.

CalMatters
Private #fostercare agencies in California are running back to Sacramento to try to scare lawmakers into giving them still another taxpayer bailout. In Cal Matters I explain why they shouldn’t get it: https://calmatters.org/commentary/2026/03/foster-family-agencies-california-bailout/ #childwelfare #childabuse
Opinion | California shouldn’t bail out beleaguered foster family agencies

Agencies that put kids in foster homes sought $30 million for insurance, because abuse victims have won multimillion-dollar lawsuits against them.

CalMatters
Ontario murder case highlights child welfare's systemic failures, say advocates
Advocates say the recent trial of a Burlington, Ont., couple is a symptom of nationwide failures in the child welfare system.
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/child-welfare-issues-advocates-canada-9.7145227?cmp=rss
Ontario murder case highlights child welfare's systemic failures, say advocates
Advocates say the recent trial of a Burlington, Ont., couple is a symptom of nationwide failures in the child welfare system.
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/child-welfare-issues-advocates-canada-9.7145227?cmp=rss
ICYMI: Frustrated by the failure of @LouisianaDCFS, a lawmaker wants to know who’s doing better. We answer in the Louisiana Illuminator: https://lailluminator.com/2026/03/25/wexler-dcfs/ #childabuse #fostercare #childwelfare
Who’s doing child welfare better than Louisiana? Here’s the answer. • Louisiana Illuminator

No place does child welfare well, but there are a few places that do better than the rest. At one point, one of them was in Louisiana. 

Louisiana Illuminator