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Archives for March 2016
PA: Child abuse bill would add hearsay exception (Includes video)
➡ From Child Welfare Information Gateway PA: Child abuse bill would add hearsay exception (Includes video)
WHSV – March 03, 2016
If passed, it would allow statements from children younger than 13, made to another person, to be used in court. The bill would also also allow the teacher, or whomever the child speaks with, to testify in court potentially on the victim’s behalf.
PA: Pennsylvania bishop promises reforms after abuse report
➡ From Child Welfare Information Gateway PA: Pennsylvania bishop promises reforms after abuse report
Associated Press – March 03, 2016
The bishop of a central Pennsylvania diocese has apologized and promised reforms after the state attorney general released a scathing report on clergy sex abuse of children and created a hotline seeking more accusations.
US: Child Abuse Allegations Plague the Hasidic Community
➡ From Child Welfare Information Gateway US: Child Abuse Allegations Plague the Hasidic Community
Newsweek – March 03, 2016
While there is no evidence that child abuse is any more likely to occur in ultra-Orthodox schools than in public or secular institutions, stories like Reizes’s-an alleged abuser sheltered and victims unwilling to talk for fear of losing the only way of life they know-are common in the Hasidic school system.
US: My Grief Is Real: The Tears of a Foster Parent (Opinion)
➡ From Child Welfare Information Gateway US: My Grief Is Real: The Tears of a Foster Parent (Opinion)
The Huffington Post – March 03, 2016
If you experience grief and loss when your foster child leaves, this is a reflection of the love that developed between you and your child; a reflection of the love that you gave a child in need. As you know, children in foster care need us to love them; they need us to feel for them. When they leave our homes, we should grieve for them, as it simply means that we have given them what they need the most; our love.
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US: U.S. senator calls for GAO probe to protect babies born drug-dependent
➡ From Child Welfare Information Gateway US: U.S. senator calls for GAO probe to protect babies born drug-dependent
Reuters – March 03, 2016
The request comes in response to a Reuters investigation in December that identified the preventable deaths of 110 babies whose mothers used opioids during pregnancy and were subsequently sent home to families ill-equipped to care for them.
Uganda: Foreigners Banned From Adopting Children
➡ From Child Welfare Information Gateway Uganda: Foreigners Banned From Adopting Children
The Monitor – March 04, 2016
Parliament on Wednesday passed a new law on legal guardianship of children, in a radical measure targeting gangs of criminals who collude with foreigners to trade in children under the guise of philanthropic adoption.
United Kingdom: Campaign against child abuse launched
➡ From Child Welfare Information Gateway United Kingdom: Campaign against child abuse launched
Wigan Today – March 03, 2016
A new campaign to tackle child abuse has been launched as a shocking study shows a third of people do not report their suspicions about a young person’s welfare.
CT: The Bridge kicks off ‘Host Home’ foster care program
➡ From Child Welfare Information Gateway CT: The Bridge kicks off ‘Host Home’ foster care program
The Street – March 02, 2016
The Bridge Family Center is now licensed to offer a child-placement and foster care program called Host Home. This new program allows the Bridge to place youths, ages 11-17, in need of respite from their current living situation, in safe, stable, temporary home environments.
NY: How to Measure Foster Care Outcomes (Includes video)
➡ From Child Welfare Information Gateway NY: How to Measure Foster Care Outcomes (Includes video)
WGY – March 03, 2016
Foster care. Two words that conjure up all kinds of imagery. Many different possible outcomes enter our field of vision as we strive to get it right. So how are we doing? The federal government and states are attempting to find out through a massive research project.