These are the most recent national news articles:

• Nursery programs allow imprisoned moms, newborns to bond
  By KEN KUSMER Associated Press Writer
  The Associated Press
  Published Sunday May 11, 2008

  INDIANAPOLIS (AP) - Three-week-old Kevin fussed in mother Melissa Lankey’s arms until she started singing softly to him, “Jesus loves me, this I know, for the Bible tells me so.” The newborn began dozing within seconds.

  “That’s kind of our […]

• Iowa first lady says state’s shelters ‘on shoestring’
  BY ELIZABETH AHLIN
  WORLD-HERALD STAFF WRITER
  COUNCIL BLUFFS - Life and lunch were among the topics Tuesday when Iowa first lady Mari Culver sat down with a few boys at the Children’s Square USA emergency shelter.

  Before they feasted on chicken, baked potatoes and pasta salad, Culver made the […]

• A MATTER OF WHEN, NOT IF:
  By Michelle S. Han
  City Limits WEEKLY #635
  April 14, 2008

  Youth involved in Family Court cases are ready to be seen and heard, not just discussed by others.

  A movement to include more young people in their own Family Court hearings has slowly but surely been gaining momentum over the past […]

• Lawyers Fight to Be Heard in Texas Polygamists’ Child Removal Cases
  John Council
  Texas Lawyer
  April 18, 2008

  Lawyers for the state tried to prove why the judge should give them temporary managing conservatorship of the children
  As some of the parents of the 416 children that Child Protective Services removed from a West Texas polygamist compound looked on, 51st State District […]

• Critics find flaws with new DHS abuse rules
  By LEE ROOD • REGISTER STAFF WRITER • April 6, 2008In the wake of a baby’s violent death in Waterloo, child advocates are stepping into the public light to tell state leaders: We warned you.

  A wide mix of advocates - foster and adoptive parents, attorneys for children, policymakers, social workers […]