➡ From Child Welfare Information Gateway NJ: NY: New Judges Help to Speed New York's Family Courts, But Holdups Remain City Limits - November 23, 2016 Nine additional judgeships were added to the New York City Family Court system in 2015, increasing the total number of judges in the city from … [Read more...]

➡ From Child Welfare Information Gateway NJ: NY: Richards sponsors foster care survey legislation Times Ledger - November 28, 2016 Mayor Bill de Blasio signed several pieces of legislation earlier this month aimed at improving the transparency and efficacy of the Administration for Children's … [Read more...]

➡ From Child Welfare Information Gateway NJ: DE: Portions of DHS lawsuit involving DelCo children set for federal, district court Grand Lake News - November 25, 2016 The civil lawsuit centers on nine children, then ages 4 through 17, and at least 17 reported incidents to DHS, from January 2004 … [Read more...]

➡ From Child Welfare Information Gateway NJ: Kenya: Families advised on using officially Registered agencies for children adoption Kenya News Agency - November 29, 2016 Potential families wishing to adopt children in Kiambu County have been advised to do so through legal foster care agencies. … [Read more...]

➡ From Child Welfare Information Gateway NJ: US: Here's The Truth About Foster Parents Huffington Post - November 26, 2016 I fight for my foster children with all that I have. It doesn't always make me popular with the case workers. It doesn't always make me popular with the birth parents, or the … [Read more...]

➡ From Child Welfare Information Gateway NJ: US: When the Good Guys Ride into the Sunset, Leaving Their Algorithms Behind Chronicle of Social Change - November 28, 2016 The push to embrace "predictive analytics," an unreliable, racially biased method in which algorithms "inform" the decisions … [Read more...]

➡ From Child Welfare Information Gateway NJ: NY: Report calls for improvements at Dutchess Family Court Poughkeepsie Journal - November 27, 2016 The Dutchess County Family Court should take a number of steps to improve how its serves its community, from accounting more effectively for firearms … [Read more...]

➡ From Child Welfare Information Gateway NJ: NY: Human trafficking not just big city issue, say Madison County officials (Includes video) Rome Sentinel - November 28, 2016 "The potential for human trafficking is a reality here," Madison County Youth Bureau Director Joanne Eddy said. "We are … [Read more...]

➡ From Child Welfare Information Gateway NJ: DE: Delaware gets a 'B' for child sex trafficking response News Works - November 28, 2016 Shared Hope International gave Delaware an overall B grade for its domestic minor sex trafficking laws. This is a major improvement from its 2011 D grade-but … [Read more...]

➡ From Child Welfare Information Gateway NJ: United Kingdom: Police launch probe into claims of historic child abuse within Scottish football Scottish Daily Record - November 30, 2016 Police Scotland have confirmed they have received reports in connection with historic child abuse within … [Read more...]