➡ From Child Welfare Information Gateway NJ: US: America's Opioid Crisis: How Children Are Casualties (Opinion) Huffington Post - February 27, 2017 The opioid epidemic in the United States claimed more than 33,000 deaths in 2015, as public health officials call it the worst drug crisis in the … [Read more...]

➡ From Child Welfare Information Gateway NJ: NY: De Blasio appoints new ACS commissioner Times Ledger - February 25, 2017 Mayor Bill de Blasio appointed David Hansell as the new commissioner to the Administration for Children's Services. The city has a new commissioner of the Administration for … [Read more...]

➡ From Child Welfare Information Gateway NJ: NY: New hope for kids aging out of foster care New York Post - February 27, 2017 'You learn things from the program. They teach you to write a résumé, to talk in an interview. They teach you how to keep smiling," says Kaysanty Cabral. Perhaps this … [Read more...]

➡ From Child Welfare Information Gateway NJ: NY: Nancy M. Santiago Joins Astor Services For Children & Families As CFO New York City Biz List - February 27, 2017 Astor Services for Children & Families, a non-profit organization that provides children's mental health services, child … [Read more...]

➡ From Child Welfare Information Gateway NJ: NY: Data-Oriented Social Services Veteran Hansell Given Reins at Troubled ACS Chief Leader - February 27, 2017 A veteran manager who's held top-level social-service positions in the Obama Administration, state and city governments was chosen Feb. 21 … [Read more...]

➡ From Child Welfare Information Gateway NJ: United Kingdom: The child abuse scandal of the British children sent abroad BBC News - February 26, 2017 For several decades, the UK sent children across the world to new lives in institutions where many were abused and used as forced labour. It's a … [Read more...]

➡ From Child Welfare Information Gateway NJ: South Africa: Welfare's empty coffers a sign of big collapse: Kids in 'grave danger' Times (South Africa) - February 27, 2017 Child Welfare SA, which helps to protect an estimated 2 million children, has run out of money and is on the brink of … [Read more...]

➡ From Child Welfare Information Gateway NJ: India: These women told tales of child abuse and won over Hyderabad Times of India - February 26, 2017 The anticipation was palpable as the audience poured into Lamakaan much earlier than the scheduled time to catch the much spoken about theatre … [Read more...]

➡ From Child Welfare Information Gateway NJ: Canada: Statement by the Canada Border Services Agency on housing of Canadian children in immigration holding centres (Press release) Sys-Con Media - February 24, 2017 The Canada Border Services Agency (CBSA) welcomes the University of Toronto's … [Read more...]

➡ From Child Welfare Information Gateway NJ: US: Policy and Practice Changes Form Around National Strategy to Reduce Fatalities and Improve Child Safety (Opinion) Chronicle of Social Change - February 24, 2017 When the President and Congress asked the Commission to Eliminate Child Abuse and … [Read more...]