Archives for May 2017

➡ From Child Welfare Information Gateway NJ: India: For India's sex trafficking victims, family members often bear part of the blame Public Radio International - May 24, 2017 If the girls are rescued, a lot of state and NGO machinery gets involved - there are police raids and rescues, and then … [Read more...]

➡ From Child Welfare Information Gateway NJ: US: McCarthy: We can end human trafficking (Includes video)(Opinion) Cable News Network - May 24, 2017 The International Labor Organization estimates that 20.9 million people are trafficked globally. Of those, 68% are subjected to forced labor, 26% … [Read more...]

➡ From Child Welfare Information Gateway NJ: US: Guest editorial: Growing in compassion-the blessing of family reunification Baptist Standard - May 24, 2017 "This is the work of a parent who's going to try as hard as she can to get her child back," I thought. I sorted the things she'd sent into … [Read more...]

➡ From Child Welfare Information Gateway NJ: US: Foster parent shortage dire as heroin overdoses rise WBAL - May 24, 2017 In a policy brief from July 2016 titled "Families in Crisis," the HRSA stated that the National Advisory Committee on Rural Health and Health Services "is concerned that the … [Read more...]

➡ From Child Welfare Information Gateway NJ: NY: How red tape leaves foster kids out in the cold (Opinion) New York Post - May 24, 2017 Unfortunately, the system, which is currently responsible for some 400,000 children across the country, seems to suffer from the same kind of bureaucratic … [Read more...]

➡ From Child Welfare Information Gateway NJ: Czechoslovakia: Children saved from Nazi camps unveil monument to parents Associated Press - May 27, 2017 The children saved by Sir Nicholas Winton from Nazi death camps have unveiled a monument in Prague's main train station to honor their parents. … [Read more...]

➡ From Child Welfare Information Gateway NJ: US: Murphy, Booker Reintroduce Bill to Protect Kids With Mental Illness in the Juvenile Justice System (Press release) Office of U.S. Senator for Connecticut Christopher Murphy - April 06, 2017 U.S. Senator Chris Murphy (D-Conn.), a member of the … [Read more...]

➡ From Child Welfare Information Gateway NJ: US: The National Campaign Applauds Introduction of Legislation that Supports the Success of Foster Youth (Press release) National Campaign to Prevent Teen and Unplanned Pregnancy - May 26, 2017 As the nation celebrates both National Teen Pregnancy … [Read more...]

➡ From Child Welfare Information Gateway NJ: US: Inside Cherokee Lawsuit to Fight Opioid Epidemic Rolling Stone Magazine - May 26, 2017 As Hembree describes it, the lawsuit is meant to work in two ways: reimbursement and discouragement. They hope the companies will reimburse them for the costs … [Read more...]

➡ From Child Welfare Information Gateway NJ: US: Gillibrand, Young, and Grassley Lead Reintroduction of Legislation To Improve And Modernize Placement of Foster Children (Press release) Office of U.S. Senator for New York Kristen Gillibrand - May 26, 2017 Senators Kristen Gillibrand (D-NY), … [Read more...]