➡ From Child Welfare Information Gateway NJ: France: Child refugees in France 'neglected' in accommodation centres after UK Home Office rejections Independent - January 28, 2017 Assessments by social workers allege children, one of whom is known to have attempted suicide, are not being fed … [Read more...]

➡ From Child Welfare Information Gateway NJ: US: Sixth Circuit: Foster Parents Can Enforce Right to Foster Care Payments Under Federal Law National Law Review - January 27, 2017 A unanimous panel of the Sixth Circuit held today in D.O., et al. v. Glisson that the Child Welfare Act creates a … [Read more...]

➡ From Child Welfare Information Gateway NJ: US: Beware of Lowering Expectations for Foster Youth (Opinion) Chronicle of Social Change - January 27, 2017 Too many veteran social workers, caregivers, and mental health professionals lower their expectations of the young people within their … [Read more...]

➡ From Child Welfare Information Gateway NJ: NY: Union: CPS workers handling cases loads 2.5 times more than recommended (Includes video) WHEC TV - January 27, 2017 As of December of last year, caseworkers doing investigations with Child Protective Services were handling on the average 29.1 … [Read more...]

➡ From Child Welfare Information Gateway NJ: NY: De Blasio continues to brush off evidence of ACS incompetence New York Post - January 27, 2017 Mayor Bill de Blasio on Wednesday brushed off evidence of rampant abuse in the home of dead 5-year-old Mikey Guzman as he defended his beleaguered … [Read more...]

➡ From Child Welfare Information Gateway NJ: NY: Child Protective Services in Monroe County is understaffed and overwhelmed WHAM - January 27, 2017 "I think the county's failure to adequately staffed CPS has created the situation where the most vulnerable children in the community are being … [Read more...]

➡ From Child Welfare Information Gateway NJ: NY: Brownsville Mental Health Clinic for Young Kids a First for Neighborhood (Includes video) NY 1 - January 27, 2017 Leaders say the center is meant to offset the effects of what they say is extreme poverty on children in the neighborhood. "Our … [Read more...]

➡ From Child Welfare Information Gateway NJ: NY: Resigned ACS head still in charge - and helping pick replacement New York Post - January 28, 2017 The head of the city's child-welfare agency announced her resignation more than six weeks ago after her caseworkers botched two kid-death cases. But … [Read more...]

➡ From Child Welfare Information Gateway NJ: United Kingdom: Social workers not treating foster carers 'as equal', report says Community Care - January 31, 2017 A widespread survey by The Fostering Network found that foster carers felt pressured to take on cases outside of their approved … [Read more...]

➡ From Child Welfare Information Gateway NJ: Colombia: Last child soldiers from Colombia’s rebel ranks to be freed Reuters - January 30, 2017 Nearly 3,700 children have been recruited into FARC ranks since 1999 and nearly one in five joined the rebel group aged 15, according to Colombia's child … [Read more...]