➡ From Child Welfare Information Gateway NJ: US: As Child Welfare Agencies Turn to Data Analytics 'We Have to Be Really Careful' (Opinion) Route Fifty - September 28, 2016 "It's just a tremendous amount of volume, so you can imagine how quickly those decisions have to be made," said Erin … [Read more...]

➡ From Child Welfare Information Gateway NJ: US: Obama signs new law for Native American children Grand Fork Harolds - October 14, 2016 The bill creates a Commission on Native Children that will study programs available for Native American children and identify solutions to address obstacles … [Read more...]

➡ From Child Welfare Information Gateway NJ: US: A Hidden Crisis: The Pipeline from Foster Care to Homelessness for LGBTQ Youth (Opinion) Chronicle of Social Change - October 14, 2016 Research shows that children placed in foster care are more likely to develop Post-traumatic Stress Disorder … [Read more...]

➡ From Child Welfare Information Gateway NJ: US: Foster care children at much greater risk of physical, mental health problems Medical Press - October 17, 2016 Children who have been in the U.S. foster care system are at a significantly higher risk of mental and physical health problems - … [Read more...]

➡ From Child Welfare Information Gateway NJ: PA: Despite improvements, 9,000 calls to Pennsylvania child abuse hotline went unanswered Lancaster Online - October 14, 2016 Sweeping changes instituted since May have improved service at Pennsylvania's child abuse hotline, but more needs to be … [Read more...]

➡ From Child Welfare Information Gateway NJ: PA: Private high school focuses on Philly kids in foster care Philadelphia Inquirer - October 17, 2016 The 62 other students at C.B. have stories like Paladino's, according to Roberta Trombetta, who founded the private school in 2015 when Arise … [Read more...]

➡ From Child Welfare Information Gateway NJ: NY: The Homeless Student Population Is Exploding. Will New Focus on Performance Save Them? The Seventy Four - October 16, 2016 Darius has spent nearly his entire high school career living in a homeless shelter, just one young man among more than a … [Read more...]

➡ From Child Welfare Information Gateway NJ: NY: How Big Data can help save endangered kids (Opinion) New York Post - October 16, 2016 According to Richard Gelles, dean of the School of Social Policy and Practice at the University of Pennsylvania, "Even the state-of-the-art assessment tools … [Read more...]

➡ From Child Welfare Information Gateway NJ: CT: Don't let a bad case damage an improving system (Opinion) Journal Inquirer - October 14, 2016 Child welfare agencies have to address both "systems issues" - such as having enough foster homes and effective services to help children and families - … [Read more...]

➡ From Child Welfare Information Gateway NJ: Ghana: High Court to give clearance before child adoption - Minister CITI - October 16, 2016 Persons seeking to adopt children in Ghana will soon be required resort to the High Courts for clearance. This is because the Children's Amendment Bill … [Read more...]