Archives for August 2016

➡ From Child Welfare Information Gateway NJ: United Kingdom: Parental Abuse By Children: Kids As Young As 10 Taken Into Care After Beating Up Their Parents Parent Herald - August 29, 2016 In England, at least 62 children -- one of them just 10 years old -- were taken into care since 2015 after … [Read more...]

➡ From Child Welfare Information Gateway NJ: South Korea: Adoptees turn to DNA tests to find birth kin Straights Times - August 29, 2016 For years, South Korea was the world's leading baby exporter, with stigma always being a factor in its international adoptions, which began in the mid-1950s. … [Read more...]

➡ From Child Welfare Information Gateway NJ: International: Female Genital Mutilation is a global Problem which has to been show Zero Tolerance Albany Daily Star - August 26, 2016 After being delivered a message from UN General Ban Ki-moon on the International Day of Zero Intolerance to Female … [Read more...]

➡ From Child Welfare Information Gateway NJ: Canada: Indigenous people sue Canada for taking them from their homes as children Vice News - August 26, 2016 This week, in a downtown Toronto courthouse, Indigenous people who were taken away from their families as children began what they hope will … [Read more...]

➡ From Child Welfare Information Gateway NJ: Afganistan: Afghan women's rights [program] (Video) Global Journalist - August 25, 2016 As several recent incidents have highlighted, women in the country still face high levels of violence - including honor killings, forced marriages and and … [Read more...]

➡ From Child Welfare Information Gateway NJ: US: The Obama Administration's Work to End Neonatal Abstinence Syndrome (NAS) The White House - August 25, 2016 The Administration is taking steps to reduce Neonatal Abstinence Syndrome and other effects of the opioid epidemic so infants and their … [Read more...]

➡ From Child Welfare Information Gateway NJ: US: Most Welfare Dollars Don't Go Directly To Poor People (Opinion) FiveThirtyEight - August 25, 2016 Twenty years after President Bill Clinton fulfilled his vow to "end welfare as we know it," it's fair to say: mission accomplished. The old U.S. … [Read more...]

➡ From Child Welfare Information Gateway NJ: US: J.K. Rowling Breaks Down Why Volunteering At Orphanages Can Cause More Harm Than Good (Opinion) The Huffington Post - August 25, 2016 Harry Potter author J.K. Rowling is at it again with her epic Twitter takedowns. In a series of 12 on-point … [Read more...]

➡ From Child Welfare Information Gateway NJ: US: Why Is Adoption So Expensive? A Look At The Rising Costs Romper - August 26, 2016 Why is adoption so expensive? And how the heck did it get that way? https://www.romper.com/p/why-is-adoption-so-expensive-a-look-at-the-rising-costs-16084 … [Read more...]

➡ From Child Welfare Information Gateway NJ: US: No Longer Preventing Prevention Services (Opinion) Chronicle of Social Change - August 26, 2016 Youth in foster care are arguably the most at-risk group of young people in America, and one topic that dominated much of the storytelling and … [Read more...]