➡ From Child Welfare Information Gateway NJ: US: How healthy families resolve conflict Tribune - December 20, 2016 Every family experiences trying moments. Even emotionally healthy clans have their share of drama, misunderstandings and hurt feelings. What's different about healthy families is … [Read more...]

➡ From Child Welfare Information Gateway NJ: PA: County seeks stability for students in foster care Daily Item - December 19, 2016 Northumberland County School Districts are cooperating with Northumberland County Children & US: AZ Children's Advocates Warn of Dire Consequences of Quick ACA … [Read more...]

➡ From Child Welfare Information Gateway NJ: NY: No home of their own: Shortage of foster homes reaches critical levels Albany Democrat-Herald - December 18, 2016 It's been a familiar story as Linn and Benton counties have mirrored two statewide trends for at least the past five years: a … [Read more...]

➡ From Child Welfare Information Gateway NJ: NY: ACS employs more bosses than abuse caseworkers New York Post - December 18, 2016 Payroll records reveal that more than 28 percent of employees at the Administration for Children's Services held management titles during fiscal … [Read more...]

Alumna’s Personal Experience Propelled Activism on Behalf of Adoptees Susan Merkel looked around the dining room at the elegant Highlawn Pavilion in West Orange that day in 1986, struggling to keep from blurting out the truth to people eating lunch at nearby tables. “I wanted to scream out to … [Read more...]

2016 Fee Changes to Adoption-Related Forms On December 23, 2016, new fees will go into effect for USCIS forms as a result of a final rule published in the Federal Register on October 24, 2016.  The chart below highlights fee changes that will impact adoption-related immigration forms. Applications … [Read more...]

➡ From Child Welfare Information Gateway NJ: United Kingdom: Children 'left at risk by government reform delay' BBC News - December 15, 2016 "Urgent" action is needed to end the variations in the quality of help for vulnerable children in England, the Public Accounts Committee says. The MPs … [Read more...]

➡ From Child Welfare Information Gateway NJ: International: Migration: Key findings from the U.S., Europe and the world Pew Research Center - December 15, 2016 If all of the world's international migrants (people living in a country that is different from their country or territory of birth) … [Read more...]

➡ From Child Welfare Information Gateway NJ: US: SPECIAL REPORT: Should corporal punishment be allowed in public schools? (Opinion) (Includes video) KPLC TV - December 15, 2016 Thirty-one states have outlawed corporal punishment. Nineteen still permit it, including every state in the South. … [Read more...]

➡ From Child Welfare Information Gateway NJ: US: Black children really suffer when a parent is in prison. And too many parents are. (Opinion) Fusion - December 15, 2016 On Thursday, The Economic Policy Institute, a nonprofit think tank based in Washington, DC, released a report on the effects … [Read more...]