➡ From Child Welfare Information Gateway NJ: NY: DA: Grand jury probing NY foster care system Associated Press - September 22, 2016 A special grand jury has been empaneled to investigate New York's foster care system following the arrest of a suburban man on child sex abuse charges. The man had … [Read more...]

➡ From Child Welfare Information Gateway NJ: NJ: Court Appointed Special Advocates seeks volunteers NJ.com - September 21, 2016 There are currently over 1,500 children in Camden County who have been removed from their homes because of abuse or neglect. Although Court Appointed Special Advocates … [Read more...]

➡ From Child Welfare Information Gateway NJ: United Kingdom: Think 'Honour' Killings Don't Happen In The UK? Think Again Debrief - September 18, 2016 While tabloids would have you believe that honour killings have long been associated with Islam, the practice has also occurred in Sikh, Hindu … [Read more...]

➡ From Child Welfare Information Gateway NJ: International: Papal commission steps up work to educate church about abuse Catholic News Service - September 18, 2016 Members of the pope's commission for child protection, including an abuse survivor, have been speaking with new bishops and major … [Read more...]

➡ From Child Welfare Information Gateway NJ: US: Latest Objection to Family First Act: You're Kidding, Right? (Opinion) Chronicle of Social Change - September 16, 2016 The argument goes like this: Under current law, under a collection of highly unlikely circumstances, a small subset of kinship … [Read more...]

➡ From Child Welfare Information Gateway NJ: US: 10 high schools receive $10M for rethinking traditional model Education Drive - September 16, 2016 The XQ Institute awarded $100 million to 10 schools around the country experimenting with nontraditional teaching and learning techniques as part … [Read more...]

➡ From Child Welfare Information Gateway NJ: US: Special Issue of APSAC Advisor Tackles Controversial Differential Response Program Chronicle of Social Change - September 16, 2016 Three years after a group of researchers sought to evaluate the research base of differential response programs, … [Read more...]

➡ From Child Welfare Information Gateway NJ: US: Credit Czar Howe Notifies CenturyLink, Law Enforcement of Child Identity Fraud and Victimization (Press release) Business Wire - September 18, 2016 "Once again - and among the hundreds and hundreds of child crimes I've exposed - I'm engaged with … [Read more...]

➡ From Child Welfare Information Gateway NJ: US: Call for paid family leave has reached the state and national levels Southeast Missourian - September 19, 2016 The call for paid family leave has grown louder in recent months, thanks to the upcoming presidential election. While the federal … [Read more...]

➡ From Child Welfare Information Gateway NJ: PA: Local Agencies See Rise in Child Abuse Reports (Incldes video) WBRE/WYOU - September 16, 2016 "In just one year we had a 14 percent increase in the number of calls that came in," said Dallas. The increase in reports impacted efficiency. In some … [Read more...]