➡ From Child Welfare Information Gateway NJ: PA: Action News Investigates: Judge allows mother to visit child she's accused of abusing WTAE - March 01, 2017 At 14 months old, Gabriella Berry was in a Pittsburgh hospital with a fractured skull, a stroke and a torn carotid artery. Her father and … [Read more...]

➡ From Child Welfare Information Gateway NJ: PA: Kenney offers painless Philly spending plan Newsworks - March 02, 2017 Philadelphia Mayor Jim Kenney will present his annual budget address to City Council Thursday, offering a spending plan with no tax increases and modest increases in targeted … [Read more...]

➡ From Child Welfare Information Gateway NJ: NY: Mother of Brook Stagles files notice of claim to sue Monroe Co. (Includes video) WHAM - February 28, 2017 The mother of a Greece toddler who investigators say died from severe child abuse has filed a notice of claim to sue Monroe … [Read more...]

➡ From Child Welfare Information Gateway NJ: Canada: Identity, belonging, purpose, key to kids well-being, says Sixties Scoop survivor CBC News - February 22, 2017 The woman who led thousands of Indigenous adoptees to a hard-won victory in the Sixties Scoop lawsuit says she could not have done … [Read more...]

➡ From Child Welfare Information Gateway NJ: Australia: Catholic leader says not 'remotely enough' supervision to prevent child sexual abuse Guardian - February 23, 2017 "I can't pretend we have remotely sufficient supervision for me to be assured that they are not misbehaving again," he told … [Read more...]

➡ From Child Welfare Information Gateway NJ: US: Policy calls for public health approach to opioid misuse by pregnant women (Press release) American Pharmacists Association - February 17, 2017 New guidance from the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) advocates tackling opioid misuse in … [Read more...]

➡ From Child Welfare Information Gateway NJ: US: Confessions of a Caseworker: We Remove Kids to Protect Ourselves (Opinion) Youth Today - February 22, 2017 One of the things caseworkers often say is just not true. Caseworkers often claim they are "damned if we do and we're damned if we don't." … [Read more...]

➡ From Child Welfare Information Gateway NJ: NY: De Blasio says there's no racial bias in the city's child welfare system, but advocates disagree Politico - February 22, 2017 Mayor Bill de Blasio said Tuesday there is no racial bias in New York City's child welfare system, shocking some child … [Read more...]

➡ From Child Welfare Information Gateway NJ: NY: Court Orders NY Jail to Stop Putting Juveniles in Solitary (Includes audio) Public News Service - February 24, 2017 The preliminary injunction issued Wednesday was granted in a lawsuit challenging the practice of punishing juveniles held in the … [Read more...]

➡ From Child Welfare Information Gateway NJ: United Kingdom: Britain can't just pretend that child refugees are someone else's problem (Opinion) Times - February 21, 2017 Doing our bit to help vulnerable children is not a party political issue but a basic human value, and something we have been … [Read more...]