➡ From Child Welfare Information Gateway NJ: US: It takes a village-How parents with mental health conditions can be successful The Columbia Chronicle - May 08, 2017 Stories of abuse and neglect perpetuate the stereotype that parents with mental health conditions are unfit, leading to tragic, … [Read more...]

➡ From Child Welfare Information Gateway NJ: Chronicle of Social Change - May 08, 2017 The Indian Child Welfare Act (ICWA) came about because the federal government and states had a long history of treating Native American* parents as unfit just by their being Indian. As recently as the 1970s, … [Read more...]

➡ From Child Welfare Information Gateway NJ: PA: Child welfare under scrutiny after three children die in two years in Indiana County (Includes video) WTAE - May 08, 2017 Three toddlers were killed in fewer than two years in Indiana County. In all three cases, Action News Investigates learned … [Read more...]

➡ From Child Welfare Information Gateway NJ: International: Toolkit on Unaccompanied and Separated Children Updated (Press release) Inter-agency Working Group on Unaccompanied and Separated Children - May 01, 2017 Developed by Sarah Uppard and Lili Birnbaum, the handbook benefited from the … [Read more...]

➡ From Child Welfare Information Gateway NJ: US: Growing up with the effects of child abuse (Includes video) KGNS - April 27, 2017 According to the National Association of Adult Survivors of Child Abuse, there are over 42-million survivors of sexual abuse in America. However, a big percentage … [Read more...]

➡ From Child Welfare Information Gateway NJ: US: Supporting Everyday Heroes: Recruiting and Developing Resource Families (Press release) (Includes audio) Administration for Children and Families, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services - May 03, 2017 Compassionate and well-trained foster … [Read more...]

➡ From Child Welfare Information Gateway NJ: PA: DHS Releases 2016 Child Protective Services Report Progress News - May 03, 2017 "This year's revamped report includes all county-specific information in one section, which will improve readability and increase usability," said DHS Secretary Ted … [Read more...]

➡ From Child Welfare Information Gateway NJ: NY: Gotham's Right-to-Shelter Promise-and Its Homeless Problem Daily Beast - May 02, 2017 In Bill de Blasio's New York, a renewed effort to keep a unique obligation to give every person shelter is struggling to keep pace with harsh economic … [Read more...]

➡ From Child Welfare Information Gateway NJ: NY: Kids sue agency for sending them to 'unsafe' Long Island foster home after accused molester is acquitted New York Daily News - May 03, 2017 A Long Island jury may have decided that an accused serial molester of foster children could walk free … [Read more...]

➡ From Child Welfare Information Gateway NJ: CT: House Approves Ban on Gay "Conversion Therapy" (Includes audio) Public News Service - May 04, 2017 The bill passed the state's House of Representatives on Tuesday by a vote 141-to-8. Final passage would make Connecticut the seventh state in the … [Read more...]