➡ From Child Welfare Information Gateway NJ: Canada: Adoption in the modern world Coast Reporter - July 21, 2016 Adoption has emerged from its dark, secretive history, and these days adopted children can track down their birth mothers on the Internet. LGBTQ and single parents who adopt children … [Read more...]
Archives for July 2016
Canada: Indigenous children over-represented in child welfare
➡ From Child Welfare Information Gateway NJ: Canada: Indigenous children over-represented in child welfare Stony Plain Reporter - July 22, 2016 These are quotes from a video by the Office of The Child and Youth Advocate Alberta (OCYA), in light of a recent report published by the Auditor … [Read more...]
Australia: Foster kids should stay in system until 21 (Opinion)
➡ From Child Welfare Information Gateway NJ: Australia: Foster kids should stay in system until 21 (Opinion) 9News - July 21, 2016 Children in foster care should be cared for until they're 21 to give them a better chance at staying out of trouble, Anglicare Victoria has told police. Speaking at … [Read more...]
US: Former foster care youth deliver their policy recommendations to Congress
➡ From Child Welfare Information Gateway NJ: US: Former foster care youth deliver their policy recommendations to Congress First Focus - July 20, 2016 "The 12 of us are not here on behalf of the so-called 'successful' foster youth. We are here to represent how foster youth can and ought to be … [Read more...]
US: Is a 40-Hour Workweek Enough in Government? (Opinion)
➡ From Child Welfare Information Gateway NJ: US: Is a 40-Hour Workweek Enough in Government? (Opinion) Governing - July 21, 2016 When similar surveys have been conducted in the past, the results have been unsettling. Take the Colorado Child Welfare Workload Study. Over four weeks in 2014, 1,300 … [Read more...]
CT: DCF envisions a better way to work with incarcerated juveniles
➡ From Child Welfare Information Gateway NJ: CT: DCF envisions a better way to work with incarcerated juveniles The Connecticut Mirror - July 21, 2016 The state's child welfare agency has envisioned what it considers a better way to operate a locked facility for youths who break the law, … [Read more...]
United Kingdom: NHS offers support to girls and women as the ‘cutting season’ fast approaches
➡ From Child Welfare Information Gateway NJ: United Kingdom: NHS offers support to girls and women as the 'cutting season' fast approaches African Voice - July 15, 2016 It is widely known within practicing communities that FGM increases in the summer months resulting in this period being … [Read more...]
International: United Nations Acknowledges FGM As Child Abuse For The First Time
➡ From Child Welfare Information Gateway NJ: International: United Nations Acknowledges FGM As Child Abuse For The First Time Red Online - July 15, 2016 Dr. Babatunde Osotimehin, the head of the UN population fund, has said that the practice must end immediately. "There is absolutely no reason … [Read more...]
Africa: Child marriages one of the most harmful practises on the African continent (Opinion)
➡ From Child Welfare Information Gateway NJ: Africa: Child marriages one of the most harmful practises on the African continent (Opinion) Channel Africa - July 15, 2016 Child marriages in Africa were one of the most harmful, traditional practices on the continent and the effects of this … [Read more...]
US: The Family First Act Deserves Full Senate Vote in the Fall (Opinion)
➡ From Child Welfare Information Gateway NJ: US: The Family First Act Deserves Full Senate Vote in the Fall (Opinion) Chronicle of Social Change - July 15, 2016 The Senate has adjourned for the summer, and with them has departed the chance at a seamless path to passage for the Family First … [Read more...]
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