➡ From Child Welfare Information Gateway NJ: US: Federal Agency Announces $13 Million in Funding to Support Pay for Success Projects (Press release) Corporation for National & Community Service - November 03, 2016 The Corporation for National and Community Service (CNCS), today announced … [Read more...]

➡ From Child Welfare Information Gateway NJ: PA: Penn State fined $2.4 million for failures related to Sandusky child abuse Reuters - November 03, 2016 Penn State University was hit with a $2.4 million fine on Thursday by the U.S. Department of Education for its mishandling of child molestation … [Read more...]

➡ From Child Welfare Information Gateway NJ: United Kingdom: London borough opens doors to 'Jungle' migrant children Agence France-Presse - October 28, 2016 Horrified by the desperate plight of traumatised children in the "Jungle" migrant camp in France, one London borough is seeking to provide … [Read more...]

➡ From Child Welfare Information Gateway NJ: Italy: UNICEF calls on Italian parliament to pass bill providing support for record number of unaccompanied refugee and migrant children UNICEF - October 27, 2016 UNICEF is calling on the Italian parliament to urgently pass an historic bill that … [Read more...]

➡ From Child Welfare Information Gateway NJ: Ireland: Govt urged to intervene in 'child protection travesty' at Calais 'jungle' migrant camp Breaking News .ie - October 31, 2016 There are reports that 1,400, some as young as six years old, remain stranded at the camp after French authorities … [Read more...]

➡ From Child Welfare Information Gateway NJ: Europe: Child of 'Britain's Schindler' appeals for help for refugees Associated Press - October 29, 2016 The daughter of a stockbroker nicknamed 'Britain's Schindler' for saving Jewish children from the Nazis is appealing for today's child refugees … [Read more...]

➡ From Child Welfare Information Gateway NJ: Australia: Victorian child protection services at 'crisis point'; report (Opinion) (Correction) National Indigenous Times - October 27, 2016 Victorian child protection services have failed Aboriginal children as the number being placed in out-of-home … [Read more...]

➡ From Child Welfare Information Gateway NJ: US: Modernizing Foster Care (Opinion) Chronicle of Social Change - October 28, 2016 The shortage of foster families will continue to increase. Previous blogs have discussed ways to lessen the need for temporary homes by preventing unnecessary … [Read more...]

➡ From Child Welfare Information Gateway NJ: PA: Montco Child Care Agency Must Pay $5.35 Million in Child Sex Abuse Case Montgomeryville-Lansdale, PA Patch - October 28, 2016 After being sexually abused in her foster home, a 7-year-old girl was returned to the same home just months later, and … [Read more...]

➡ From Child Welfare Information Gateway NJ: PA: In transracial adoptions, differences should be embraced-not ignored (Opinion) Pittsburgh Courier - October 30, 2016 It seems like a logical, mutually beneficial solution. Placing kids with "forever families," or in permanent homes is good, … [Read more...]