Archives for September 2017

➡ From Child Welfare Information Gateway NY: Genesee County needs foster parents Daily News - August 26, 2017 Kirkpatrick said the number foster parents needed is fluid because the county has foster parents who are relatives of the children involved, and will only take in their kin. There is … [Read more...]

➡ From Child Welfare Information Gateway NY: Avella, Hevesi bill to amend foster care law passes both houses Times Ledger - August 28, 2017 "Recognizing that children's notions of 'family' extend beyond the people they are related to by blood, marriage, and adoption, New York has long allowed … [Read more...]

➡ From Child Welfare Information Gateway NJ: Cranford library takes part in Baby Box program NJ.com - August 21, 2017 The Baby Box program is a project of New Jersey's CFNFRB, which reviews fatalities and near fatalities of children in order to identify their causes, their relationship to … [Read more...]

➡ From Child Welfare Information Gateway CT: McHaelen: Despite social changes, LGBT kids continue to have more difficult adolescence Connecticut Mirror - August 27, 2017 True Colors began as a field project for McHaelen when she was in social work school. At the time, she just wanted to help … [Read more...]

➡ From Child Welfare Information Gateway CT: To be a trauma-informed city takes a cultural shift and partnership Connecticut Mirror - August 28, 2017 When a kid acts out in New Britain, the first question teachers, administrators and mental health professionals are asking is no longer, "What's … [Read more...]

➡ From Child Welfare Information Gateway United Kingdom: Scandal of 700 babies born addicted to drugs in Scotland Herald Scotland - August 26, 2017 Direct government funding to alcohol and drug partnerships have been slashed in Scotland with a freedom of information request revealing that half … [Read more...]

➡ From Child Welfare Information Gateway US: Why Taking Care of My Own Mental Health Is Difficult as a Foster Care Caseworker (Opinion)(May require registration) Mighty - August 28, 2017 I am a foster care caseworker. I am responsible for putting families back together, for helping parents do … [Read more...]

➡ From Child Welfare Information Gateway US: Students Displaced by Hurricane Protected by Federal Law on Homeless Education Week - August 28, 2017 The vast majority of students who may end up temporarily or permanently displaced by Hurricane Harvey are entitled to full protections under the … [Read more...]

➡ From Child Welfare Information Gateway US: Budget Cuts to Teen Pregnancy Prevention Program Create Concern Mothering - August 28, 2017 The controversial cuts will continue to be a hot-topic. According to data from the CDC, teen pregnancy and childbirth cost taxpayers $9.4 billion in 2010. … [Read more...]

➡ From Child Welfare Information Gateway US: & Russia: US withholding data on fate of orphaned Russian-American boy - children's rights commissioner Russia Today - August 28, 2017 The US is not providing Russia with any information on a 9-year-old boy who lost both of his parents in a … [Read more...]