➡ 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...]

➡ From Child Welfare Information Gateway NJ: PA: EDITORIAL: We can prevent child abuse in York York Dispatch - May 17, 2017 In reporter David Weissman's stories, "Child abuse reports continue rising in York County" and its follow up, "Faces of child abuse in York County," we are left with the … [Read more...]

➡ From Child Welfare Information Gateway NJ: NY: Judge Judy's Mentoring Program Celebrates 10th Anniversary Larchmont Patch - May 17, 2017 The 10th anniversary of a young women's mentoring organization will be celebrated Thursday in Larchmont. Judy Sheindlin, better know as "Judge Judy," will … [Read more...]

We want to hear your voice! In honor of Foster Care Awareness Month, Foster Care Alumni of America is excited to share this opportunity for former fosters to help drive system change on mental health and psychotropic medication oversight. Foster Care Alumni of America is partnering on this project … [Read more...]

➡ From Child Welfare Information Gateway NJ: Europe: How many unaccompanied minors applying for international protection in the EU in 2016 West - May 11, 2017 In 2016, 63 300 asylum seekers applying for international protection in the Member States of the European Union (EU) were considered to … [Read more...]