Archives for May 2017

➡ From Child Welfare Information Gateway NJ: US: Let's Talk About Mothers Without Primary Custody Of Their Children (Opinion) Establishment - May 14, 2017 That leaves non-custodial mothers like myself with one of two labels: selfish or unfit. And, yes, there may be some women who either lost … [Read more...]

➡ From Child Welfare Information Gateway NJ: US: Neonatal Abstinence Syndrome (NAS): MA Taskforce Report Offers Path to Advancing Parent and Infant Health Community Catalyst - May 15, 2017 Opioid misuse is a multi-generational issue that requires supports along the lifespan. Massachusetts is … [Read more...]

➡ From Child Welfare Information Gateway NJ: PA: Public Input Requested for Clearfield Co. Human Services Plan Gant News - May 16, 2017 Clearfield County consumers interested in commenting on services provided for homeless assistance, child welfare and the human services development program, … [Read more...]

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➡ From Child Welfare Information Gateway NJ: NY: New tech for NYC child welfare investigators to alert police in dangerous situations New York Daily News - May 16, 2017 The city's beleaguered child-welfare agency plans to equip its front-line workers with high-tech devices that can alert the … [Read more...]

➡ From Child Welfare Information Gateway NJ: US: An Unknown in the Opioid-Child Welfare Nexus: Use By Workers Chronicle of Social Change - May 16, 2017 It is foolish to think that workers in this system are immune to the draw of drugs simply because they have social work training and a front … [Read more...]

➡ From Child Welfare Information Gateway NJ: International: UN: 300,000 children migrating solo, up nearly fivefold Associated Press - May 17, 2017 Authorities have documented more than 300,000 children migrating alone worldwide over a two-year period, marking a dramatic escalation of a trend … [Read more...]

➡ From Child Welfare Information Gateway NJ: US: Adoption by same-sex couple (Opinion: Father Kenneth Doyle) Boston Pilot - May 16, 2017 The Child Welfare Provider Inclusion Act, now before both houses of Congress, would prohibit discrimination against such agencies and allow them to continue … [Read more...]

➡ From Child Welfare Information Gateway NJ: US: With her daughter facing certain death in El Salvador, a mother had to make 'a terrible choice' Deseret News - May 17, 2017 These children are not criminals coming to sell drugs or laborers coming to steal jobs, as they are often described in the … [Read more...]

➡ From Child Welfare Information Gateway NJ: US: Black Grandparents, Caregivers, Seek Action Against Budget Cuts AFRO - May 18, 2017 Thousands of grandparents and other relative caregivers from across the country, many using walkers and wheelchairs, gathered on the front lawn of the U.S. … [Read more...]

➡ From Child Welfare Information Gateway NJ: PA: Investigation finds child abuse can be tough to prove in Pennsylvania (Includes video) WTAE - May 17, 2017 They said their children have been abused, but they can't get child welfare authorities to believe them. Experts said this happens all too … [Read more...]