➡ From Child Welfare Information Gateway Italy: 'Migrant TripAdvisor' app helps new arrivals navigate Italy and escape abuse MalayMail Online - February 15, 2018 A new smartphone app aims to help migrants in Italy find hospitals, schools and police stations at the press of a button - and … [Read more...]

➡ From Child Welfare Information Gateway Ireland: Pope accused of 'backward step' on child protection Independent - February 19, 2018 Clerical abuse survivor Marie Collins has hit out at the Vatican's omission of a "survivor advocate" from its new child protection commission, describing it as … [Read more...]

➡ From Child Welfare Information Gateway US: When it comes to lowering female incarceration rates, states must step up (Commentary) USA Today - February 16, 2018 Women have long been the fastest growing segment of the U.S. prison population, and a new report by the Prison Policy Initiative is … [Read more...]

➡ From Child Welfare Information Gateway US: Trump 2019 Budget: Flexibility Beyond Family First Act, But with a Catch (Commentary) Chronicle of Social Change - February 16, 2018 The White House budget offers a "flexible funding option for states and tribes to expand allowable uses of foster … [Read more...]

➡ From Child Welfare Information Gateway US: 100s of USA swimmers were sexually abused for decades and the people in charge knew and ignored it, investigation finds Orange County Register - February 16, 2018 For decades the sexual abuse of young athletes by their coaches lingered just beneath … [Read more...]

➡ From Child Welfare Information Gateway US: Foreign adoption sees changes Associated Press - February 17, 2018 The U.S. government has raised fees and made a series of regulatory changes recently for American families adopting children overseas, fueling resentment toward the State Department … [Read more...]

➡ From Child Welfare Information Gateway US: Interview: Licensing LGBT Discrimination in the US (Commentary) Human Rights Watch - February 19, 2018 Across the United States, state laws are being passed or debated that would allow businesses, adoption and foster care agencies, and even … [Read more...]

➡ From Child Welfare Information Gateway PA: State data collection on newborn opioid exposure has short shelf life Bucks County Courier Times - February 16, 2018 Pennsylvania health officials are getting their first-ever look at the number of infants born dependent on opiates and opioids, but … [Read more...]

➡ From Child Welfare Information Gateway CT: New Haven Legislators Applaud Approval of $1M Urban Development Funding for 'r kids (Press release) Connecticut Senate Democrats - February 16, 2018 Members of the New Haven state delegation today applauded the Bond Commission's approval of a $1 … [Read more...]

➡ From Child Welfare Information Gateway US: Treat Teenage Moms Like Moms, Not Children (Commentary) New York Times - February 13, 2018 In Indiana, a 17-year-old can deliver a baby and then give a doctor permission to circumcise him. But during her delivery, she can't give the doctors … [Read more...]