Archives for August 2016

➡ From Child Welfare Information Gateway NJ: Nauru: Review of the Child Protection system in Nauru Relief Web - August 16, 2016 Children are deemed especially important in Nauruan society, and the Government of Nauru has committed to better addressing the care and protection needs of children … [Read more...]

➡ From Child Welfare Information Gateway NJ: Australia: Child abuse claims: Rival bills in Queensland Parliament to remove child abuse claim time limit ABC News Australia - August 15, 2016 Child protection advocacy group Bravehearts is backing a private member's bill in Queensland Parliament to … [Read more...]

➡ From Child Welfare Information Gateway NJ: US: Taking Data Apart: Why a Data-Driven Approach Matters to Race Equity Annie E. Casey Foundation - August 08, 2016 Consider 2010 U.S. Census Bureau statistics that showed more than half of Asian Americans had a bachelor's degree or higher by the … [Read more...]

➡ From Child Welfare Information Gateway NJ: US: FY 2015 TANF Financial Data: How States Spent Their Funds (Includes audio) Administration for Children and Families - August 12, 2016 This year's financial data reflects the addition of new expenditure categories and changes to the accounting … [Read more...]

➡ From Child Welfare Information Gateway NJ: US: America's Foster Care Population is Growing - Again Kids Count Data Center - August 12, 2016 America's foster care population grew by 13,000 children and youth - to more than 415,000 kids total - from 2013 to 2014, according to the KIDS COUNT … [Read more...]

➡ From Child Welfare Information Gateway NJ: US: Do adopted children have a 'right' to know their birth parents? Deseret News - August 15, 2016 It's not a question without some concerns. Some fear that in an era of more open adoption, a woman might be reluctant to give up a child for adoption … [Read more...]

➡ From Child Welfare Information Gateway NJ: US: Fetal Alcohol Syndrome: A Hidden Epidemic? The Fix - August 16, 2016 "I'd seen this pattern in children as far back as med school. We were taught that rates of what was then called mild, mental retardation, were twice as high in low-income … [Read more...]

➡ From Child Welfare Information Gateway NJ: US: Exiting Without Family is a Harsh Reality for 12% of Kids Leaving Foster Care Kids Count Data Center - August 18, 2016 The research is clear. Those formerly in foster care face an uphill road to adulthood, and an absent connection to family only … [Read more...]

➡ From Child Welfare Information Gateway NJ: PA: In the Lehigh Valley, heroin's reach extends to the children of addicts (Includes video) Morning Call - August 13, 2016 Struggles like Maholland's are only becoming more commonplace, as Pennsylvania grapples with a heroin epidemic fueled by cheap … [Read more...]

➡ From Child Welfare Information Gateway NJ: NY: Newborn's death raises new questions about regulation of fertility clinics New York Times - August 13, 2016 Kathleen Steele was 61, a widow and raising two young children alone when a New York fertility clinic agreed to help her have a third … [Read more...]