➡ From Child Welfare Information Gateway NJ: NY: When foster care puts kids in peril (Opinion) New York Daily News - December 31, 2016 Child welfare has been down this road before. A high-profile tragedy involving a death of a child "known to the system" - this time, Zymere Perkins - is … [Read more...]

➡ From Child Welfare Information Gateway NJ: US: Child Care Scarcity Has Very Real Consequences For Working Families (Includes audio) National Public Radio - January 03, 2017 What happened to Walia's family is rare. But it's the deepest fear of parents who face severely limited child care … [Read more...]

➡ From Child Welfare Information Gateway NJ: NY: Mangano Recognizes January as Human Trafficking Awareness Month as Nassau DSS Receives State Award (Press release) Public - January 03, 2017 Nassau County Executive Edward P. Mangano announced today that Children's Protective Services (CPS), a … [Read more...]

➡ From Child Welfare Information Gateway NJ: NY: Family Preservation at All Costs? The Case of Zymere Perkins (Opinion) Chronicle of Social Change - January 03, 2017 The death of Zymere Perkins unleashed a media firestorm resulting in the resignation of the head of ACS. The state and city have … [Read more...]

➡ From Child Welfare Information Gateway NJ: United Kingdom: Government 'too slow to improve child protection services' Family Law Week - December 16, 2016 The House of Commons Public Accounts Committee has published a report in which it has found that there is no credible plan to improve child … [Read more...]

➡ From Child Welfare Information Gateway NJ: United Kingdom: Impact of Child Abuse Persists Deep into Middle Age Medpage Today - December 19, 2016 Abuse and neglect during childhood are linked to poor mid-adulthood socioeconomic outcomes, with greater risk for those who experienced multiple … [Read more...]

➡ From Child Welfare Information Gateway NJ: US: ICWA: Federal Judge Orders Changes In Seventh Circuit Handling Of Hearings (Includes audio) SDPB - December 16, 2016 A federal judge has ordered Seventh Circuit and Pennington County officials to stop violating the Indian Child Welfare … [Read more...]

➡ From Child Welfare Information Gateway NJ: US: He could have been stopped: How one pedophile kept coaching gymnastics (Includes video) USA Today - December 18, 2016 Adams' case - more than any other uncovered in a nine-month IndyStar investigation - demonstrates the breadth of flaws in the … [Read more...]

➡ From Child Welfare Information Gateway NJ: NY: De Blasio denies deceit in making spurious child-services monitor announcement New York Daily News - December 16, 2016 De Blasio raised eyebrows in Albany when he announced the plan earlier in the week - ignoring the fact that the state Office of … [Read more...]

➡ From Child Welfare Information Gateway NJ: Nigeria: One out of every four girls suffers sexual abuse, says child protection stakeholders Nigeria Daily News - December 17, 2016 Stakeholders in the child protection sector have decried the towering spate of child sexual abuse in the country and … [Read more...]