➡ From Child Welfare Information Gateway NJ: Greece: Sebastopol's Schoolbox Project carves out safe space for child refugees Press Democrat - December 24, 2016 The Elliniko refugee camp outside of Athens is a complex of abandoned 2004 Olympic Games venues and the former Ellinikon International … [Read more...]

➡ From Child Welfare Information Gateway NJ: US: Federal government expands criminal database access for Indian tribes Associated Press - December 22, 2016 Tulalip Chairman Melvin Sheldon Jr. said TAP will empower tribal law enforcement agencies nationwide by giving them the tools they have … [Read more...]

➡ From Child Welfare Information Gateway NJ: US: We Won't Find a "New Vision" for Foster Care by Looking in the Rear View Mirror (Opinion) Chronicle of Social Change - December 23, 2016 Nearly seven years ago, when the northeast was hit with a snowstorm quickly dubbed "snowpocalypse" and … [Read more...]

➡ From Child Welfare Information Gateway NJ: US: Why have international adoptions become so agonizing? New York Post - December 24, 2016 "Just thinking about the paperwork makes my head spin . . . the piles of documents, the medical clearance, the reference letters and everything had to be … [Read more...]

➡ From Child Welfare Information Gateway NJ: US: Obama Signs Talia's Law Big Island Now - December 26, 2016 "Until now, the same gaps in the military's reporting requirements that failed to protect Talia and so many other military children remained. Enactment of Talia's Law closes these gaps by … [Read more...]

➡ From Child Welfare Information Gateway NJ: NY: City Fires Back at Comptroller's Letter Slamming the Administration for Children's Services (Includes video) NY 1 - December 22, 2016 The city comptroller is keeping a close eye on the city's child welfare agency. The latest example of that would … [Read more...]

➡ From Child Welfare Information Gateway NJ: NY: De Blasio accuses Stringer of working with New York Post to create 'fake news' Politico - December 23, 2016 The New York Post, which de Blasio has frequently criticized as biased and unfair, published an exclusive story Thursday on data it said … [Read more...]

➡ From Child Welfare Information Gateway NJ: NY: Visitation needs grow as foster-care spikes in Franklin Co. Press-Republican - December 26, 2016 Prompted by the rise of opiate and alcohol abuse, Franklin County Department of Social Services has added three employees to cover foster-care … [Read more...]

➡ From Child Welfare Information Gateway NJ: NJ: 'She asked him to sit. You're adopted, she said.' (Includes video) Asbury Park Press - December 24, 2016 For the first time come Jan. 1, adoptees in New Jersey - potentially as many as 300,00 over the decades - will be able to see their original … [Read more...]

➡ From Child Welfare Information Gateway NJ: Norway: India intervenes in Norway child abuse row Borneo Bulletin - December 28, 2016 India's foreign minister on Tuesday urged Norway to return a five-year-old boy to his Indian-origin parents after authorities took the child into their custody … [Read more...]