Archives for May 2017

➡ From Child Welfare Information Gateway NJ: US: Mass Incarceration and the Achievement Gap (Opinion) American Prospect - May 08, 2017 Our unjustified incarceration rates should be of urgent concern to anyone interested in narrowing the educational achievement gap-the persistently lower … [Read more...]

➡ From Child Welfare Information Gateway NJ: PA: Special Report: Drug epidemic impacting foster care system (Includes video) (Correction) WENY - May 03, 2017 The growing drug epidemic is affecting lives across the country, and right here in the Twin Tiers too. Local Family and Child Service … [Read more...]

➡ From Child Welfare Information Gateway NJ: NY: Agency helping to prevent child abuse Gloversville Leader-Herald - May 08, 2017 The Child Advocacy Center of Fulton County/ Mental Health Association in Fulton and Montgomery; The multi-disciplinary team members consist of law enforcement, child … [Read more...]

➡ From Child Welfare Information Gateway NJ: US: You Can't Fix Child Welfare Spending with Distorted Data and Doublethink (Opinion) Chronicle of Social Change - May 06, 2017 ... every single federal program designed to ease poverty - including housing assistance, food stamps, even the … [Read more...]

➡ From Child Welfare Information Gateway NJ: US: It takes a village-How parents with mental health conditions can be successful The Columbia Chronicle - May 08, 2017 Stories of abuse and neglect perpetuate the stereotype that parents with mental health conditions are unfit, leading to tragic, … [Read more...]

➡ From Child Welfare Information Gateway NJ: Chronicle of Social Change - May 08, 2017 The Indian Child Welfare Act (ICWA) came about because the federal government and states had a long history of treating Native American* parents as unfit just by their being Indian. As recently as the 1970s, … [Read more...]

➡ From Child Welfare Information Gateway NJ: PA: Child welfare under scrutiny after three children die in two years in Indiana County (Includes video) WTAE - May 08, 2017 Three toddlers were killed in fewer than two years in Indiana County. In all three cases, Action News Investigates learned … [Read more...]

➡ From Child Welfare Information Gateway NJ: International: Toolkit on Unaccompanied and Separated Children Updated (Press release) Inter-agency Working Group on Unaccompanied and Separated Children - May 01, 2017 Developed by Sarah Uppard and Lili Birnbaum, the handbook benefited from the … [Read more...]

➡ From Child Welfare Information Gateway NJ: US: Growing up with the effects of child abuse (Includes video) KGNS - April 27, 2017 According to the National Association of Adult Survivors of Child Abuse, there are over 42-million survivors of sexual abuse in America. However, a big percentage … [Read more...]

➡ From Child Welfare Information Gateway NJ: US: Supporting Everyday Heroes: Recruiting and Developing Resource Families (Press release) (Includes audio) Administration for Children and Families, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services - May 03, 2017 Compassionate and well-trained foster … [Read more...]