➡ From Child Welfare Information Gateway NJ: US: Adoption, its uncertainties and how to adjust Chicago Tribune - October 27, 2016 While adoption is an option for growing a family, it's also difficult for families who already have children to determine how and when to tell them about their new … [Read more...]

➡ From Child Welfare Information Gateway NJ: PA: Foster Care Agency Hit With $5M Verdict Over Sex Abuse (Requires free registration) The Legal Intelligencer - October 27, 2016 Presbyterian Children's Village has been hit with a more than $5 million verdict for placing a child in a foster home … [Read more...]

➡ From Child Welfare Information Gateway NJ: NY: Some city child-welfare workers juggle more than 15 cases The New York Post - October 27, 2016 More than 14 percent of city child-welfare workers were recently juggling at least 15 cases simultaneously - the highest percentage since right after … [Read more...]

➡ From Child Welfare Information Gateway NJ: NY: Number of US foster kids rises; parents' drug abuse a factor Associated Press - October 27, 2016 After dropping sharply between 2005 and 2012, the number of children in the U.S. foster care system has increased for a third year in a row, … [Read more...]

➡ From Child Welfare Information Gateway NJ: United Kingdom: Study highlights importance of parents interacting with children who have autism South Wales Evening Post - October 26, 2016 The National Autistic Society Cymru has welcomed the results of a study which promotes early involvement by … [Read more...]

➡ From Child Welfare Information Gateway NJ: Nigeria: Imo vows to tackle illegal child adoption, trafficking The Eagle Online - October 26, 2016 The Imo State Government has received the report of the committee on illegal child adoption and trafficking after seven months of its inauguration by … [Read more...]

➡ From Child Welfare Information Gateway NJ: India: Ban children from dangerous religious rituals, says India commission Thomson Reuters Foundation - October 26, 2016 India's child protection agency has appealed to parents not to let children take part in religious rituals that could be … [Read more...]

➡ From Child Welfare Information Gateway NJ: Canada: New Democrats seek to force government action on First Nations child welfare The Canadian Press - October 26, 2016 The New Democrats say they plan to turn up the political pressure on the Liberal government to take action on First Nations … [Read more...]

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

➡ From Child Welfare Information Gateway NJ: US: Children rescued, pimps arrested in international prostitution crackdown Washington Post - October 25, 2016 A coordinated international crackdown on child sex trafficking rescued 82 children, who were provided social services, and arrested 239 … [Read more...]