➡ From Child Welfare Information Gateway NJ: US: Beyond Family Rejection: Poverty And Instability In The Lives Of LGBTQ Homeless Youth Huffington Post - September 01, 2016 Jenelle's story is one of the many about LGBTQ youth who make up at least 40 percent of the youth homeless population in … [Read more...]

➡ From Child Welfare Information Gateway NJ: US: Religious Freedom Doesn't Protect Child Abuse (Opinion) The Atlantic - September 02, 2016 An Indiana woman's claim that she beat her son because of her faith is unlikely to succeed in court, but it could have implications for how Americans … [Read more...]

➡ From Child Welfare Information Gateway NJ: US: No Foster Home . . . Then What? (Opinion) Chronicle of Social Change - September 02, 2016 Is there a shortage of foster homes in the United States? If so, is the shortage widespread or localized? To find answers to these questions, I looked at … [Read more...]

➡ From Child Welfare Information Gateway NJ: US: How to help grandparents raising grandkids in an opioid crisis Christian Science Monitor - September 02, 2016 Nationwide, the opioid epidemic has contributed to an increase in the number of parents who turn over caregiving responsibility to their … [Read more...]

➡ From Child Welfare Information Gateway NJ: US: Amarillo doctors to study marijuana users who breastfeed Amarillo Globe News - September 03, 2016 Confident that marijuana was a safer alternative to pharmaceutical drugs prescribed during and after her pregnancies, Colorado mother Jeanna Hoch … [Read more...]

➡ From Child Welfare Information Gateway NJ: US: A better way to help vulnerable children and families (Opinion) Washington Post - September 05, 2016 In many cases, it's possible to improve a child's family situation at home and avoid the trauma of being separated from family, friends and … [Read more...]

➡ From Child Welfare Information Gateway NJ: PA: Lead threat to children: Effort expands to line up with CDC standard Pittsburg Post-Gazette - September 04, 2016 Even if they don't always show problems right away, children with high lead levels fall into a risk category that can be tracked, … [Read more...]

➡ From Child Welfare Information Gateway NJ: CT: Medical experts play key role in child abuse cases Stamford Advocate - August 20, 2016 Investigations into suspected abuse, and in the worst case, killing, of children in Connecticut, where there have been 118 infant deaths over the last five … [Read more...]

➡ From Child Welfare Information Gateway NJ: CT: Preschool Suspensions Really Happen And That's Not OK With Connecticut (Includes audio) National Public Radio - September 05, 2016 "Expelling preschoolers is not an intervention," according to a policy statement issued earlier this year by the … [Read more...]

➡ From Child Welfare Information Gateway NJ: Egypt: Female genital mutilation needed because Egyptian men are 'sexually weak,' lawmaker says Washington Post - September 06, 2016 The practice was banned in Egypt in 2008. Since then, circumcising girls has been punishable by a prison sentence of … [Read more...]