➡ From Child Welfare Information Gateway NJ: Canada: Indigenous children for sale: The money behind the Sixties Scoop (Includes video) CBC News - September 28, 2016 The scoop, as it is called, refers to the era from the 1960s to the 1980s, when child welfare authorities scooped up Indigenous … [Read more...]

➡ From Child Welfare Information Gateway NJ: United Kingdom: Child abuse inquiry plunged into further controversy after top lawyer suspended The Sun - September 29, 2016 Ben Emmerson QC was told he should not continue his work as matters needed to be "properly investigated". The inquiry, which … [Read more...]

➡ From Child Welfare Information Gateway NJ: NY: CPS caseworkers push for caseload reduction bill (Includes video) Binghamton Homepage - September 27, 2016 Local Child Protective Services caseworkers along with state leaders are urging the Governor to sign a bill that would ease their workload. … [Read more...]

➡ From Child Welfare Information Gateway NJ: PA: Report: Rate of newborns with drug problems up 250 percent in Pennsylvania WTAE - September 27, 2016 The Pennsylvania Health Care Cost Containment Council report says nearly 2 percent of the roughly 2,700 newborn hospitalizations last year were … [Read more...]

➡ From Child Welfare Information Gateway NJ: Canada: Adoption system in Ontario riddled with red tape, needs overhaul: Children's advocate (Opinion) (Includes video) CityNews - September 27, 2016 The process of adopting a child in Ontario is so lengthy and convoluted that many hopeful parents … [Read more...]

➡ From Child Welfare Information Gateway NJ: International: World: World Vision and ChildPact to release new tool measuring government efforts to protect children ReliefWeb - September 28, 2016 Today, World Vision and ChildPact, will launch the Child Protection Index in Brussels. This tool … [Read more...]

➡ From Child Welfare Information Gateway NJ: International: Strengthening child protection in the EU and globally (Opinion) EUobserver - September 27, 2016 But how do we translate our lofty declarations into sustainable systems which ensure that no child anywhere experiences and suffers from … [Read more...]

➡ From Child Welfare Information Gateway NJ: CT: Family and Children's Agency continues to make a difference Greenwich Time - September 25, 2016 For nearly 75 years, the Family & Children's Agency has become one of the largest change-makers in Fairfield County working with individuals … [Read more...]

➡ From Child Welfare Information Gateway NJ: NY: CUNY to Waive Application Fees for Low-Income and Homeless Students (Includes video) NY 1 - September 26, 2016 Students who are homeless, in foster care, or qualify for free or low-priced school lunches will also be eligible for the waivers. The … [Read more...]

➡ From Child Welfare Information Gateway NJ: US: Greater support needed to improve, expand foster parent system (Opinion) Yomiuri Shimbun - September 26, 2016 It is essential that efforts be made to promote and expand the foster parent system to provide warm, reassuring environments in which … [Read more...]