➡ From Child Welfare Information Gateway NJ: US: Obamacare's Demise Could Be Quicker Than Republicans Intend (Includes audio) National Public Radio - December 12, 2016 An estimated 20 million people have obtained health insurance over the last three years via provisions in the Affordable Care … [Read more...]

➡ From Child Welfare Information Gateway NJ: US: UMD Leads American Indian Child Welfare Act Project (Press release) Business North - December 13, 2016 UMD's Department of Social Work has received a significant federal grant from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services to create a … [Read more...]

➡ From Child Welfare Information Gateway NJ: US: Top Five Threats to Child Welfare from ACA Repeal (Opinion) CLASP - December 13, 2016 Proposals by the Congress and President-elect to repeal the Affordable Care Act (ACA)-including the Medicaid expansion-to turn Medicaid into a block grant, and … [Read more...]

➡ From Child Welfare Information Gateway NJ: US: The New Strategy for Raising Money for Kids: Just Ask Voters Governing - December 13, 2016 Amid Donald Trump's largely unexpected victory on Election Day, it was easy to miss an emerging trend in local elections: In about a dozen communities … [Read more...]

➡ From Child Welfare Information Gateway NJ: US: The Alarming Rise Of Children In Foster Care Huffington Post - December 13, 2016 For many years, there had been a decrease in the number of children being placed into the foster care system in the United States of America. Yet, for the past three … [Read more...]

➡ From Child Welfare Information Gateway NJ: US: Study Raises Concern of Significant Under-Reporting of Child Abuse Within U.S. Army (Press release) PR Newswire - December 13, 2016 Only 20 percent of medically diagnosed child abuse and neglect cases in U.S. Army dependent children between 2004 … [Read more...]

➡ From Child Welfare Information Gateway NJ: US: McMartin: Child Welfare's Prelude to #Pizzagate Chronicle of Social Change - December 13, 2016 The 2016 election campaign and its aftermath have been awash in fake news stories created by everyone from right-wing extremists to clickbait … [Read more...]

➡ From Child Welfare Information Gateway NJ: US: 'Talia's Law' aimed at protecting children on military bases Hawaii News Now - December 13, 2016 After Congressional approval earlier this week, the president is expected to sign "Talia's Law," which will require military officials to report all … [Read more...]

➡ From Child Welfare Information Gateway NJ: US: UNL grant will study retention rates for child welfare workers Lincoln Journal Star - December 14, 2016 Michelle Graef, a research associate professor at UNL's Center on Children, Families and the Law will lead a five-year effort funded through … [Read more...]

➡ From Child Welfare Information Gateway NJ: NY: State Orders Monitor for New York City's Child Welfare Agency New York Times - December 13, 2016 The state has ordered New York City to install an independent monitor to review the city's troubled child welfare agency, the latest fallout from the … [Read more...]