➡ From Child Welfare Information Gateway NJ: US: Would 'raise the age' laws reduce recidivism? Pew Charitable Trust: Stateline - May 31, 2017 Several states that prosecute 16-year-old offenders as adults are reconsidering that … [Read more...]

➡ From Child Welfare Information Gateway NJ: US: Presidential Requestimates: The Past 20 Years of IV-E Projections Chronicle of Social Change - May 31, 2017 In addition to a long list of child welfare- and juvenile justice-related programs slated for elimination or spending cuts, we noted that … [Read more...]

➡ From Child Welfare Information Gateway NJ: US: Harsh U.S. immigration policies are causing mental, social harm to American children Hill - May 31, 2017 Mental health affects all, regardless of gender, culture, and socio-economic status. Despite the universal nature, many are unable to get the … [Read more...]

➡ From Child Welfare Information Gateway NJ: US: Accounting for Racial Bias When Applying Predictive Analytics to Child Welfare (Opinion) Chronicle of Social Change - May 31, 2017 Research on implicit racial bias teaches us that individual-level, subjective decision-making practices are likely … [Read more...]

➡ From Child Welfare Information Gateway NJ: US: A medical look at child abuse (Video) Star-Telegram - May 31, 2017 Dr. Jamye Coffman, medical director, The Center for Prevention of Child Maltreatment and Care at Cook Children's Medical Center, talks about putting the puzzle … [Read more...]

➡ From Child Welfare Information Gateway NJ: NY: Doctors worried about increased marijuana use in pregnant women WJBD - May 31, 2017 As more states legalize recreational marijuana -- and its use continues to climb -- the number of pregnant women using the drug has doctors concerned. The … [Read more...]

➡ 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...]