➡ From Child Welfare Information Gateway NJ: India: New adoption regulation to be operational from today India 4U - January 16, 2017 The new regulations have been framed to overcome the issues and challenges faced by adoption authorities and Prospective Adoptive Parents (PAPs). The regulation … [Read more...]

➡ From Child Welfare Information Gateway NJ: Canada: 'It's still a nightmare': The case of jurors released with PTSD and little or no help after verdict Health Medicine Network - January 15, 2017 Dan Cozine was diagnosed with PTSD after serving on a jury for a fatal child abuse case. (CBC) Two … [Read more...]

➡ From Child Welfare Information Gateway NJ: US: Trump, Obama Agree on Educational Stability; What about Foster Kids? Chronicle of Social Change - January 15, 2017 When it comes to their children's education, Donald Trump and Barack Obama are in lockstep. Both understand that uprooting a child … [Read more...]

➡ From Child Welfare Information Gateway NJ: US: This U.S. Program Meant To Help Central American Refugees Is Leaving Most In Danger Huffington Post - January 17, 2017 The U.S. State Department announced a new program called the Protection Transfer Agreement. Under the PTA, the U.S. is supposed … [Read more...]

➡ From Child Welfare Information Gateway NJ: PA: Region sees uptick in drug dependent babies Progress - January 15, 2017 Statewide, the total number of neonatal stays related to substance use in 2015 was 2,700 - or 20 per 1,000 neonatal stays. That's up from 6 per 1,000 a decade and a half … [Read more...]

➡ From Child Welfare Information Gateway NJ: PA: DHS to start pegging contracts to outcomes (Opinion) Philly.com - January 15, 2017 In 2015, Montanans made more than 35,000 calls to the state Child Abuse Hotline - nearly 100 a day. That led to nearly 9,000 investigations. The number of kids in … [Read more...]

➡ From Child Welfare Information Gateway NJ: NY: Raising awareness to end human trafficking Rochester Democrat and Chronicle - January 14, 2017 Many immigrants to this country fall victim to "agents" who keep them isolated, ignorant of their rights, and unable to leave due to threats, beatings … [Read more...]

➡ From Child Welfare Information Gateway NJ: NY: One father's fight to remove his name from child abuse register Buffalo News - January 15, 2017 A custody battle was going on, and accusations were flying both ways. But with Mylett creating a steady ruckus, Erie County's department of Child … [Read more...]

➡ From Child Welfare Information Gateway NJ: Australia: 14,000 child abuse calls go unanswered -- minister responds Advertiser - January 12, 2017 Susan Close says not all of the phone calls that are swamping the Child Protection Agency are ones the department should be looking at. "Really child … [Read more...]

➡ From Child Welfare Information Gateway NJ: US: Unfinished business: Bipartisan help for child victims of the opioid crisis (Opinion) Hill - January 12, 2017 Despite the significant progress on mental health issues in the bipartisan 21st Century Cures Act, Congress did not adequately address … [Read more...]