➡ From Child Welfare Information Gateway NJ: US: Foster Care Awareness Month: Educational Disparity for Foster Youth (Opinion) Chronicle of Social Change - May 01, 2017 With dismal statistics like the average reading level of a 17-year-old in foster care being that of a seventh grader and less … [Read more...]

➡ From Child Welfare Information Gateway NJ: United Kingdom: Children's services leaders question usefulness of abuse and neglect guidance Children & Young People Now - April 28, 2017 Proposed national guidance for children's professionals on tackling child abuse and neglect is "too long", … [Read more...]

➡ From Child Welfare Information Gateway NJ: US: Rep. Susan Davis Unveils Initiative to Protect Children and Combat Sex Trafficking (Press release) Office of Representative Susan Davis - May 02, 2017 U.S. Rep. Susan Davis (D-San Diego) introduced bipartisan legislation to combat sex … [Read more...]

➡ From Child Welfare Information Gateway NJ: US: 21st Century Program Gets Budget Reprieve Until September Youth Today - May 02, 2017 Millions of low-income kids just got a guarantee they will be able to spend their summers learning in a safe, supportive environment. And the cadre of educators … [Read more...]

➡ From Child Welfare Information Gateway NJ: PA: Deluge of child abuse reports continued across Pennsylvania in 2016 Tribune-Democrat - May 02, 2017 Child abuse claimed at least 46 lives in Pennsylvania last year, a five-year high, according to data released Tuesday by the Department of Human … [Read more...]

➡ From Child Welfare Information Gateway NJ: CT: Police: Statute of limitations means accused Choate teachers won't be prosecuted Greenwich Time - May 02, 2017 Most of the 12 teachers accused of sexual misconduct at Choate Rosemary Hall, including three who also taught in Danbury-area schools, … [Read more...]

➡ From Child Welfare Information Gateway NJ: Guatemala: Fairy godmother or child trafficker? An American woman stands trial in Guatemala. PRI: World - April 26, 2017 A controversial child trafficking trial starts this Thursday for a 64-year-old American woman who throughout the late 1990s and … [Read more...]

➡ From Child Welfare Information Gateway NJ: Greece: The sexual exploitation of child migrants Harvard Gazette - April 26, 2017 Closed borders, unsafe holding camps, and increasing desperation have created an "emergency within an emergency" concerning child sexual abuse and exploitation among … [Read more...]

➡ From Child Welfare Information Gateway NJ: Canada: Child and youth advocate calls for better access to mental health care in remote communities CBC News - April 25, 2017 Saskatchewan's child and youth advocate is calling on the province to address a number of recommendations he says are … [Read more...]

➡ From Child Welfare Information Gateway NJ: US: How Trans Youth Are at Risk in Child Welfare, Juvenile Justice Systems Chronicle of Social Change - April 26, 2017 Lydia's experience is not an anomaly, according to a new study about gender nonconforming youth in state custody, released Monday … [Read more...]