Archives for August 2016

➡ From Child Welfare Information Gateway NJ: US: Top 8 Ways To Help Your Foster Child In School (Opinion) Huffington Post - August 19, 2016 For your child from foster care to truly have a chance to succeed, you as a foster parent must lead the charge and blaze a path as an advocate, fighting … [Read more...]

➡ From Child Welfare Information Gateway NJ: US: End of Private Prison Contracts Won't Affect Most Immigration Detainees (Includes audio) Public News Service - August 19, 2016 The U.S. Justice Department will be ending its contracts with private prisons, but watchdog groups point out that … [Read more...]

➡ From Child Welfare Information Gateway NJ: PA: Detained Undocumented Mothers Launch Hunger Strike, Vow to Leave 'Alive or Dead' Common Dreams - August 19, 2016 Dozens of undocumented women being held with their children at the Berks County Residential Center in Pennsylvania are on a hunger … [Read more...]

➡ From Child Welfare Information Gateway NJ: PA: Heroin's reach extends to the children of addicts Associated Press - August 20, 2016 Struggles like Maholland's are only becoming more commonplace, as Pennsylvania grapples with a heroin epidemic fueled by cheap access to the drug and the … [Read more...]

➡ From Child Welfare Information Gateway NJ: PA: Multiple warnings precede a child's death by abuse The Philadelphia Inquirer - August 22, 2016 "They are the only public window into what the department does," said Richard Gelles, dean of the School of Social Policy and Practice at the … [Read more...]

➡ From Child Welfare Information Gateway NJ: NJ: How you can help NJ kids who age out of foster care (Includes video) New Jersey 101.5 - August 21, 2016 The New Jersey comedian/musician, Greg Rapport, has launched "Age Out Angels," which is dedicated to helping young people transition from … [Read more...]

➡ From Child Welfare Information Gateway NJ: Pakistan: Child protection: 'Working children being enrolled' The Express Tribune - August 19, 2016 Labour and Human Resource Minister Raja Ashfaq Sarwar said on Thursday the provincial government was determined to curb all kinds of child … [Read more...]

➡ From Child Welfare Information Gateway NJ: Canada: Intercountry adoptions can be complicated, and IRCC has the final say Canadian Immigrant - August 18, 2016 Are you interested in adopting a child from outside of Canada? The rules, regulations and laws involved with the various stages of an … [Read more...]

➡ From Child Welfare Information Gateway NJ: US: Preventing problems is at the heart of Ron's Family First legislation Office of U.S. Senator for Oregon Ron Wyden - August 17, 2016 Ron's bipartisan legislation with Senate Finance Committee Chairman Orrin Hatch and fellow Finance Committee … [Read more...]

➡ From Child Welfare Information Gateway NJ: US: Adoption dilemma: Do children have 'right' to know their birth parents? Deseret News - August 17, 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 … [Read more...]