➡ From Child Welfare Information Gateway NJ: Sierra Leone: Committee on the Rights of the Child Reviews the Report of Sierra Leone (Press release) The United Nations - September 15, 2016 The Committee on the Rights of the Child today concluded its consideration of the combined third to fifth … [Read more...]

➡ From Child Welfare Information Gateway NJ: Nauru: UN calls on Nauru to continue work on children's rights Relief Web - September 14, 2016 The Committee on the Rights of the Child today concluded its consideration of the combined initial to sixth periodic report of Nauru on its implementation … [Read more...]

➡ From Child Welfare Information Gateway NJ: Canada: Tribunal orders action on child welfare The Canadian Press - September 15, 2016 The Trudeau government is consciously discriminating against 163,000 children in its delivery of child welfare services on reserves, First Nations advocate Cindy … [Read more...]

➡ From Child Welfare Information Gateway NJ: US: If you leave your kids alone, it's not predatory strangers who are a risk Toronto Star - September 10, 2016 A California study found it's moralizing do-gooders who are most likely to make … [Read more...]

➡ From Child Welfare Information Gateway NJ: US: Trump's Parental Leave Proposal Sure Leaves Out A Lot Of Parents (Opinion) The Huffington Post - September 15, 2016 On Tuesday, the Republican presidential nominee presented a policy offering new mothers six weeks of maternity leave, but the … [Read more...]

➡ From Child Welfare Information Gateway NJ: US: The Foster Families We Need (Opinion) The Chronicle of Social Change - September 15, 2016 The overwhelming message was that we have fewer foster family homes than in the past, and recruitment is becoming quite … [Read more...]

➡ From Child Welfare Information Gateway NJ: US: & India: In US, 80 abduction cases in which parent took child to India, says Susan S Jacobs Special adviser on children's issues The Indian Express - September 16, 2016 Interview with Susan S Jacobs, Special adviser on children's issues, US … [Read more...]

➡ From Child Welfare Information Gateway NJ: PA: Officials: Significant Improvements' To Child Abuse Hotline Response CBS Philly - September 15, 2016 The State Department of Human Resources says it has made 'significant' strides toward resolving problems with Pennsylvania's child abuse … [Read more...]

➡ From Child Welfare Information Gateway NJ: PA: Back to school brings child abuse reports; Pa. says it's better able to react (Includes video) PennLive - September 15, 2016 A Pennsylvania official on Thursday said the state has made great progress in improving a child-abuse reporting system … [Read more...]

➡ From Child Welfare Information Gateway NJ: NJ: Changing adoption law in New Jersey Catholic Star Herald - September 15, 2016 On Jan. 1, 2017, a new adoption law will go into effect in the State of New Jersey. It allows adult adoptees, and others, access to adoptees' original birth … [Read more...]