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Ombudsman Demands Immediate Ban on Unregulated Child Placements After RTÉ Exposé

The move increases pressure for swift legal reform of Ireland's emergency care model.

Tokyo to Pay ¥11,000 Per Child Under 15, Payouts Start April 13

Yokohama City Seeks Fixed-Term Child Welfare Staff for May and June Start Dates

Peru Launches 2026 School Feeding Program for 4.19 Million Students

French Rights Watchdog Censures Puy-de-Dôme Over Overcrowded Infant Home With Three-Month Deadline

ACT Issues Fresh Appeal to Identify Family of Newborn Left at Canberra Fire Station

UK Launches £126 Million Kinship Zones Pilot to Pay Family Carers in Seven Councils

Ottawa Details Nearly $230 Million for Inuit Priorities, Including $50 Million for First Inuit-Led University

Oklahoma Named Pilot State for Federal 'A Home for Every Child' Foster Initiative

Mother and Boyfriend Held on Murder Charges in Death of 8-Year-Old in Round Lake Beach

England Unveils Fostering Overhaul to Create 10,000 New Places

Japan Reports First Drop in Child-Abuse Cases Since 1990 to 223,691

Inquest Returns Open Verdict in Death of 13-Year-Old Prescot Girl After Bunk-Bed Fire

MPs Decry 'Dysfunctional' Care System With Hundreds of Children in Illegal Homes

Coroner Rules Salford Mother’s Suicide and Daughter’s Unlawful Killing

Santa Fe Teen’s Adoption Plea Draws 300+ Applicants as RUAGA Begins Screening

Argentine Cities Set Asueto Plans, Keep Essential Services Running for Municipal Workers’ Day

Independent Review Finds 50-Plus Missed Chances to Stop Headteacher Neil Foden

Police in Basque Country Probe Suspected Child-Abandonment Scheme as Six Parents Are Arrested

Maryland Ends Hotel Placements for Foster Youth as GOP Lawmakers Seek DHS Chief’s Ouster