➡ From Child Welfare Information Gateway NJ: Canada: Quebec report of child abuse and neglect increasing: 20 new cases a day Montreal Gazette - May 31, 2017 In 2015-2016, child welfare evaluated 27,946 alerts for children five years of age or younger. The rate of alerts to child welfare … [Read more...]

➡ From Child Welfare Information Gateway NJ: Australia: Alice Springs rally warns of devastating consequences of removing Aboriginal children from Territory communities Northern Territory News - May 29, 2017 Twenty years after the landmark Bringing Them Home report into the Stolen Generation … [Read more...]

➡ From Child Welfare Information Gateway NJ: US: #FosterMyEducation: New Campaign Urges States to Embrace ESSA Rules Protecting Foster Kids (Includes video) Seventy Four - May 30, 2017 The campaign, #FosterMyEducation, has also been disseminating stories from former foster youth about how … [Read more...]

➡ From Child Welfare Information Gateway NJ: PA: Penn State Named Site of National Child Abuse Prevention Center Psychiatric News - May 30, 2017 The goal of the new center, which will supplement the university's Child Maltreatment Solutions Network, is to prevent child maltreatment and promote … [Read more...]

➡ From Child Welfare Information Gateway NJ: PA: Lawmakers, enforcement officials ask for $9 million more to help prevent child abuse Penn Live - May 30, 2017 In their push, officials are calling for the establishment of a competitive grant program that would benefit Pennsylvania's four … [Read more...]

➡ From Child Welfare Information Gateway NJ: United Kingdom: Facebook accused of failing to protect children after 'alarming' policies on moderating child abuse revealed Mirror - May 22, 2017 Facebook has been accused of failing to protect children, after a trove of documents leaked by The … [Read more...]

➡ From Child Welfare Information Gateway NJ: Serbia: Unaccompanied minors among stranded migrants in Serbia Associated Press - May 18, 2017 A report by the U.N. children's agency published on Wednesday warned that more than 300,000 children like Ullah have been migrating alone worldwide over a … [Read more...]

➡ From Child Welfare Information Gateway NJ: Pakistan: Crack down on men trading young daughters to settle debts and disputes Public Radio International - May 15, 2017 The sentence ordered by the council was one of the hundreds of incidents known as vani that are estimated to occur annually in … [Read more...]

➡ From Child Welfare Information Gateway NJ: International: Traffickers and smugglers exploit record rise in unaccompanied child refugees Guardian - May 17, 2017 A record increase in the number of refugee and migrant children travelling alone has left many exposed to sexual abuse and … [Read more...]