➡ From Child Welfare Information Gateway NJ: India: 24 children in foster care Hindu - April 01, 2017 Twenty-four destitute children from various children's homes in the district now have a family to go home to, with the District Child Protection Unit's (DCPU) Sanatha Balyam foster care project … [Read more...]

➡ From Child Welfare Information Gateway NJ: US: Stress of child abuse impacts the physical growth and maturation of adolescents Science Daily - March 28, 2017 "We found that young women with sexual abuse histories were far more likely to transition into higher puberty stages an entire year … [Read more...]

➡ From Child Welfare Information Gateway NJ: US: How Policymakers Prioritize Evidence-Based Programs Through Law Pew Charitable Trusts - April 03, 2017 Policymakers seeking the best return on taxpayer dollars are increasingly focusing on cost-effective programs that have been proven to achieve … [Read more...]

➡ From Child Welfare Information Gateway NJ: NY: Eye on NY: With direct care workers getting a raise, NY human services workers want one too Auburn Citizen - April 02, 2017 With the concerns raised by direct care workers addressed, human services organizations feel they should be next in line. … [Read more...]

➡ From Child Welfare Information Gateway NJ: NY: Are the kids safe? Child welfare cases up sharply in last 6 months Staten Island Live - April 03, 2017 The number of child welfare investigations juggled by Staten Island caseworkers has gone up in the last six months despite recent deaths and … [Read more...]

➡ From Child Welfare Information Gateway NJ: Mexico & US: In Mexico, a program attempts to help U.S. citizen kids deported with their undocumented parents Daily Kos - April 04, 2017 An educational program is helping some of the U.S. citizen children who have essentially been deported along … [Read more...]

➡ From Child Welfare Information Gateway NJ: US: Tsunami of UACs May Be Nearing an End Center for Immigration Studies - April 03, 2017 The crisis of unaccompanied minors (UACs) and family units being apprehended by the U.S. Border Patrol is showing signs of going from a tsunami to a steady and … [Read more...]

➡ From Child Welfare Information Gateway NJ: US: State-sanctioned Ransom Should Have No Place in Child Welfare (Opinion) Youth Today - April 04, 2017 The Orwellian term typically used for these payments is "child support." But these payments from parents do not go to supporting their own … [Read more...]

➡ From Child Welfare Information Gateway NJ: US: Author Ties 'Whupping' of Black Kids to the Days of Slavery in 'Spare the Kids' Chronicle of Social Change - April 04, 2017 With the end of slavery, Patton states that "whupping was used as a survival tactic to teach black children proper racial … [Read more...]

➡ From Child Welfare Information Gateway NJ: NY: 'Raise the Age' bill concerns counties Press-Republican - April 04, 2017 Such a shift would put the responsibility of dealing with more younger people who are arrested with county Social Services systems instead of the … [Read more...]