➡ From Child Welfare Information Gateway NJ: NJ: Somerset Home for Temporarily Displaced Children changes name to Visions and Pathways Community Bulletin - August 03, 2016 After operating for more than 40 years as Somerset Home for Temporarily Displaced Children, a Bridgewater-based nonprofit, … [Read more...]
Archives for August 2016
United Kingdom: We need better data on FGM, not propaganda (Opinion)
➡ From Child Welfare Information Gateway NJ: United Kingdom: We need better data on FGM, not propaganda (Opinion) The Guardian - July 31, 2016 Let's stop sensationalist headlines. Let's recognise the limitations of this uninterpretable data collection and question whether the wider cost can be … [Read more...]
United Kingdom: Scottish Government press ahead with named person scheme despite Supreme Court setback
➡ From Child Welfare Information Gateway NJ: United Kingdom: Scottish Government press ahead with named person scheme despite Supreme Court setback Scottish Daily Record - July 31, 2016 Ministers are pressing ahead with the policy designed to act as a safety net for families and children, … [Read more...]
Egypt: First doctor convicted for female circumcision serves just 3 months of sentence
➡ From Child Welfare Information Gateway NJ: Egypt: First doctor convicted for female circumcision serves just 3 months of sentence Mada Masr - July 31, 2016 Fadl was initially sentenced to two years in prison for involuntary manslaughter, and an additional three months for female circumcision. … [Read more...]
Australia: Mick Gooda and Margaret White to lead royal commission into NT juvenile detention
➡ From Child Welfare Information Gateway NJ: Australia: Mick Gooda and Margaret White to lead royal commission into NT juvenile detention The Guardian - August 01, 2016 The Turnbull government has appointed two royal commissioners to head its inquiry into juvenile detention and child protection … [Read more...]
US: Questions About Failed Adoptions and Rehoming
➡ From Child Welfare Information Gateway NJ: US: Questions About Failed Adoptions and Rehoming About Parenting - July 29, 2016 Rehoming is the term currently being used to describe a privately arranged second placement for an adopted child when the first adoptive placement fails. Such a failure … [Read more...]
US: Post Adoption Resources for Foster to Adopt Families
➡ From Child Welfare Information Gateway NJ: US: Post Adoption Resources for Foster to Adopt Families About Parenting - July 29, 2016 Families who have adopted children from foster care often tell us that one key to success is accessing financial and medical assistance and services that support … [Read more...]
US: Foster Youth are Traumatized Enough: Why Psych Meds Should be Better Regulated (Opinion)
➡ From Child Welfare Information Gateway NJ: US: Foster Youth are Traumatized Enough: Why Psych Meds Should be Better Regulated (Opinion) Chronicle of Social Change - July 29, 2016 According to San Jose Mercury News' Drugging Our Kids series, which I participated in, foster kids in California … [Read more...]
US: Why Did International Adoption Suddenly End?
➡ From Child Welfare Information Gateway NJ: US: Why Did International Adoption Suddenly End? Priceonomics - July 30, 2016 From its historic peak in the mid-2000s, the number of international adoptions began to fall. It has been falling ever since. According to figures collected by the U.S. … [Read more...]
US: Pregnant in Prison? Some States Deliver Doulas
➡ From Child Welfare Information Gateway NJ: US: Pregnant in Prison? Some States Deliver Doulas Governing - August 01, 2016 In a small but growing number of states, expectant inmates are getting help dealing with the trauma of giving birth and then having to say … [Read more...]