➡ From Child Welfare Information Gateway NJ: Europe: Children stranded in Calais 'Jungle' camp thanks to British bureaucracy - Red Cross Sign of the Times - October 10, 2016 The UK has been refusing to take in unaccompanied refugee minors stranded in France's Calais 'Jungle' camp, preventing … [Read more...]

➡ From Child Welfare Information Gateway NJ: International: Please stop saying my adopted daughter is 'lucky' (Opinion) Washington Post - October 07, 2016 In India, birth families voluntarily surrender children. After they give the child to a government-certified home, they have 60 days to … [Read more...]

➡ From Child Welfare Information Gateway NJ: Sudan: Khartoum starts to hand over Darfur child soldiers to their families Relief Web - October 08, 2016 Sudanese government has embarked on actual moves to hand over 21 child soldiers to their families after completing the legal procedures, said … [Read more...]

➡ From Child Welfare Information Gateway NJ: Tanzania: A new start for Tanzania's hunted albino children Metro - October 10, 2016 'In some tribes, albino children may be killed at birth, abandoned or offered for ritual … [Read more...]

➡ From Child Welfare Information Gateway NJ: Nigeria: Activist accuses Delta govt officials of human trafficking The Nation - October 06, 2016 A child's rights activist, Ighorhiohwumu Aghogho, has accused some officials of the Delta State Government of violating the state's Child Right Law and … [Read more...]

➡ From Child Welfare Information Gateway NJ: International: 42 million children under five in East Asia and Pacific are at risk of not reaching developmental potential UNICEF - October 06, 2016 Nearly 42 million children under five in the East Asia and the Pacific region are at an increased … [Read more...]

➡ From Child Welfare Information Gateway NJ: Canada: Quebec moves toward more open adoptions Montreal Gazette - October 06, 2016 Quebec's proposal to modernize its adoption laws, to allow adopted children and their birth parents to learn about their identity and medical history, is good news … [Read more...]

➡ From Child Welfare Information Gateway NJ: US: Lessons for Child Welfare From the Tales of Wells Fargo (Opinion) Youth Today - October 06, 2016 Financial incentives matter. They matter in child welfare, too. Information Gateway resource: COA Standards: … [Read more...]

➡ From Child Welfare Information Gateway NJ: US: It's Time to Really Pay Foster Parents (Opinion) The Chronicle of Social Change - October 06, 2016 Our current foster care structure is based on an outdated model: families with one breadwinner and a stay-at-home mom. This traditional family had … [Read more...]

➡ From Child Welfare Information Gateway NJ: PA: 11 Investigates: CYF officials respond to backlash over recent child abuse cases (Includes video) WPXI - October 06, 2016 After a week that saw four children removed from deplorable conditions in McKeesport following their parents' overdose … [Read more...]