➡ From Child Welfare Information Gateway NJ: PA: Lawsuit: Nurse's abuse of special needs student unreported for four years Morning Call - January 24, 2017 A school nurse came to work drunk and abused a severely disabled student for four years before teachers reported their concerns to child … [Read more...]

➡ From Child Welfare Information Gateway NJ: PA: Advocates: Repealing Obamacare Will Hit PA Children Hard (Includes audio) Public News Service - January 25, 2017 According to Joan Benso, president and CEO of Pennsylvania Partnerships for Children, that would reverse the gains the state has made … [Read more...]

➡ From Child Welfare Information Gateway NJ: NY: Senate Passes Bills to Provide New Tools for Child Abuse Protection (Press release) Public - January 24, 2017 The New York State Senate today passed two bills to help save the lives of abused children who may otherwise slip through the cracks of … [Read more...]

➡ From Child Welfare Information Gateway NJ: CT: Malloy: 'A mistake' to reject DCF plan Connecticut Mirror - January 24, 2017 Gov. Dannel P. Malloy expressed frustration Tuesday that members of the legislature's budget-writing committee voted not to recommend a plan he says paves the way for … [Read more...]

➡ From Child Welfare Information Gateway NJ: Estonia: Committee on the Rights of the Child Considers Report of Estonia United Nations Office at Geneva - January 18, 2017 The State expenditures on family- and child-related social, health and education benefits had been rising yearly, and now … [Read more...]

➡ From Child Welfare Information Gateway NJ: US: Why Do We Criminalize Young Victims of Sex Trafficking? Crime Report - January 17, 2017 Criminalizing juvenile victims of commercial sexual exploitation has been denounced by federal and state legislation across the United States; yet it still … [Read more...]

➡ From Child Welfare Information Gateway NJ: US: Three Ways Trump Can Make Children Safer (Opinion) Chronicle of Social Change - January 18, 2017 Much has been written and said about what the nation might expect from a Trump Administration on a variety of issues, ranging from health care to … [Read more...]

➡ From Child Welfare Information Gateway NJ: US: Heitkamp named to new National Commission on Native Children KFYRTV - January 19, 2017 A local leader has been named to a new National Commission on Native Children. Senator Heidi Heitkamp, (D-N.D.) Wednesday announced the first two members. … [Read more...]

➡ From Child Welfare Information Gateway NJ: PA: Saving Grace: A failed system? (Opinion) (Correction) Intelligencer - January 17, 2017 Did 14-year-old Grace Packer become a rape and murder victim because she was first a victim of deficient child welfare … [Read more...]

➡ From Child Welfare Information Gateway NJ: NY: WATCH: Protecting Monroe Co. Children & The Challenges For Child Protective Services (Video) WXXI - January 18, 2017 It's no secret that CPS workers have more cases than they can handle and the numbers are only going up. On this edition of … [Read more...]