➡ From Child Welfare Information Gateway NJ: US: IBM offers technology grants (Press release) The Free Library - October 11, 2016 Called IBM SafetyNet, the software can help not-for-profits -- such as those that provide services related to behavioral health, child welfare, after school … [Read more...]

➡ From Child Welfare Information Gateway NJ: US: DNA's new 'miracle': How adoptees are using online registries to find their blood relatives (Includes video) The Washington Post - October 12, 2016 Most people who register with DNA databases are looking for information about their ethnic origins … [Read more...]

➡ From Child Welfare Information Gateway NJ: PA: Auditor General releases final audit for child abuse hotline (Includes video) WPMT - October 12, 2016 Pennsylvania Auditor General Eugene DePasquale released his final audit of the Department of Human Services' child abuse hotline. In his audit … [Read more...]

➡ From Child Welfare Information Gateway NJ: NY: 4 child welfare officials suspended in Harlem boy's death Associated Press - October 12, 2016 Four officials at New York City's Administration of Children's Services have been suspended in connection with the death of a 6-year-old boy whose … [Read more...]

➡ From Child Welfare Information Gateway NJ: CT: Desperate Choices: Connecticut parents giving up custody for care (Includes video) Register Citizen - October 08, 2016 Lisa Vincent, a Torrington lawyer, is among two dozen parents and children's advocates across the state who have formed a … [Read more...]

➡ From Child Welfare Information Gateway NJ: CT: Furious at DCF: Legislators call failures 'unacceptable' Newington Town Crier - October 08, 2016 Bristol's state legislators responded with shock and anger to a report into repeated failures at the state Department of Children and Families to … [Read more...]

➡ From Child Welfare Information Gateway NJ: NY: The 'Unacceptable' Death of Six-Year-Old Zymere Perkins (Opinion) Daily Beast - October 10, 2016 Much can be said about the overwhelming backlog of cases, but the fact is that contracted outside agencies, like Safe Horizons, have too much power … [Read more...]

➡ From Child Welfare Information Gateway NJ: US: Some foster kids are turning to 'survival sex' to make ends meet Circa - October 11, 2016 Survival sex is defined as "trading sex for food, a place to sleep and other basic needs," and one in three homeless kids and teens have done it, according … [Read more...]

➡ From Child Welfare Information Gateway NJ: US: Better Integrating Behavioral Health, Juvenile Justice Systems Will Rescue More Kids Youth Today - October 10, 2016 It is now well-known that youth who come into contact with the juvenile justice system have high rates of mental health and … [Read more...]

➡ From Child Welfare Information Gateway NJ: US: Drug-Addiction Epidemic Creates Crisis in Foster Care Stateline - October 10, 2016 The nation's drug-addiction epidemic is driving a dramatic increase in the number of children entering foster care, forcing many states to take urgent steps to … [Read more...]