➡ From Child Welfare Information Gateway NJ: Canada: Statement by the Canada Border Services Agency on housing of Canadian children in immigration holding centres (Press release) Sys-Con Media - February 24, 2017 The Canada Border Services Agency (CBSA) welcomes the University of Toronto's … [Read more...]
Archives for March 2017
US: Policy and Practice Changes Form Around National Strategy to Reduce Fatalities and Improve Child Safety (Opinion)
➡ From Child Welfare Information Gateway NJ: US: Policy and Practice Changes Form Around National Strategy to Reduce Fatalities and Improve Child Safety (Opinion) Chronicle of Social Change - February 24, 2017 When the President and Congress asked the Commission to Eliminate Child Abuse and … [Read more...]
US: Kids in Need of Defense: How to Help Children Facing Deportation
➡ From Child Welfare Information Gateway NJ: US: Kids in Need of Defense: How to Help Children Facing Deportation American Bar Association, GP Solo - February 26, 2017 Imagine finding yourself in a courtroom in a country where you do not speak the language or understand the customs. Faced with … [Read more...]
NY: The Systematic Starvation of Those Who Do Good (Opinion)
➡ From Child Welfare Information Gateway NJ: NY: The Systematic Starvation of Those Who Do Good (Opinion) Stanford Social Innovation Review - February 24, 2017 Despite the importance of human services and other nonprofits to employees and those they serve, many nonprofit workers do not earn a … [Read more...]
Vatican: Marie Collins resigns from Vatican child protection body
➡ From Child Welfare Information Gateway NJ: Vatican: Marie Collins resigns from Vatican child protection body Irish Times - March 01, 2017 Abuse survivor Marie Collins has resigned from the Vatican's Commission for the Protection of Minors due to frustration with some officials in the Roman … [Read more...]
United Kingdom: Study shows huge postcode disparity in proportion of children in care
➡ From Child Welfare Information Gateway NJ: United Kingdom: Study shows huge postcode disparity in proportion of children in care Medical Xpress - February 28, 2017 Children in the poorest areas of the UK are at least 10 times more likely than those in the most affluent to become involved in … [Read more...]
US: Adoption agency’s demise sheds light on troubled industry
➡ From Child Welfare Information Gateway NJ: US: Adoption agency's demise sheds light on troubled industry MSN News US - February 28, 2017 Among the larger private adoption agencies, California-based IAC, which had offices in eights states, said in its Feb. 3 bankruptcy filing that 1,886 … [Read more...]
NY: Clinic for Young Children Who Experience Trauma Opens in Brownsville
➡ From Child Welfare Information Gateway NJ: NY: Clinic for Young Children Who Experience Trauma Opens in Brownsville DNA Info - February 23, 2017 A clinic focusing on children younger than 5 who have suffered emotional trauma has opened in Brownsville. The Jewish Board of Family and Children's … [Read more...]
CT: Years After Children Taken Away, Couple Fighting DCF Over “Predictive Neglect” (Includes video)
➡ From Child Welfare Information Gateway NJ: CT: Years After Children Taken Away, Couple Fighting DCF Over "Predictive Neglect" (Includes video) Hartford Courant - February 28, 2017 The Department of Children and Families went to the hospital and removed their two sons at birth under the … [Read more...]
India: In Delhi jeans factory, children hit with hammer and made to work for 22 hours
➡ From Child Welfare Information Gateway NJ: India: In Delhi jeans factory, children hit with hammer and made to work for 22 hours Hindustan Times - March 02, 2017 Shyam (10) is unable to walk properly after four years of sitting at just one place 22 hours a day. Lucky (10), could not open his … [Read more...]