➡ From Child Welfare Information Gateway NJ: US: Child Welfare Needs the Three Rs to Combat Opioid Impact (Opinion) Chronicle of Social Change - May 09, 2017 To improve the lives of children and families affected by the opioid epidemic, we have to go back to those fundamental elements of … [Read more...]

➡ From Child Welfare Information Gateway NJ: Europe: Asylum applications from unaccompanied minors fell sharply in Europe in 2016 Pew Research Center - May 04, 2017 The European Union, Norway and Switzerland received nearly 66,000 asylum applications from unaccompanied minor migrants in 2016, a … [Read more...]

➡ From Child Welfare Information Gateway NJ: Canada: Ontario First Nations call for mandatory inquests when children die in child welfare system CBC News - May 04, 2017 Chiefs from across Ontario are backing a call for mandatory inquests when children die while in the care of the child welfare … [Read more...]

➡ From Child Welfare Information Gateway NJ: Australia: NT child protection is fragmented and under-resourced, judge says Guardian - May 08, 2017 The Northern Territory system of child protection is fragmented and under-resourced, and left children in dangerous situations far beyond the point … [Read more...]

➡ From Child Welfare Information Gateway NJ: US: Developmental trauma disorder: the effects of child abuse and neglect Clinical Advisor - May 03, 2017 Mental health experts in trauma continue to investigate and apply a condition known as developmental trauma disorder (DTD), which is … [Read more...]

➡ From Child Welfare Information Gateway NJ: US: Editorial: Opioid crisis needs national strategy Herald-Tribune - May 07, 2017 The meetings have been held, the public health emergency has been declared, and significant yet small steps are being taken in response to an alarming, overwhelming … [Read more...]

➡ From Child Welfare Information Gateway NJ: US: Mass Incarceration and the Achievement Gap (Opinion) American Prospect - May 08, 2017 Our unjustified incarceration rates should be of urgent concern to anyone interested in narrowing the educational achievement gap-the persistently lower … [Read more...]

➡ From Child Welfare Information Gateway NJ: PA: Special Report: Drug epidemic impacting foster care system (Includes video) (Correction) WENY - May 03, 2017 The growing drug epidemic is affecting lives across the country, and right here in the Twin Tiers too. Local Family and Child Service … [Read more...]

➡ From Child Welfare Information Gateway NJ: NY: Agency helping to prevent child abuse Gloversville Leader-Herald - May 08, 2017 The Child Advocacy Center of Fulton County/ Mental Health Association in Fulton and Montgomery; The multi-disciplinary team members consist of law enforcement, child … [Read more...]

➡ From Child Welfare Information Gateway NJ: US: You Can't Fix Child Welfare Spending with Distorted Data and Doublethink (Opinion) Chronicle of Social Change - May 06, 2017 ... every single federal program designed to ease poverty - including housing assistance, food stamps, even the … [Read more...]