➡ From Child Welfare Information Gateway NJ: China: Illicit Adoption Market Goes Online The News Lens - September 07, 2016 On messaging app QQ, the more than 470 members of the "Home to Fulfill Your Dream" group look for either babies that can be adopted, or prospective foster parents. When … [Read more...]

➡ From Child Welfare Information Gateway NJ: US: Moving Beyond Trauma: Child Migrants and Refugees in the United States The Chronicle of Social Change - September 07, 2016 The U.S. Border Patrol will have intercepted an estimated 90,000 children without any sort of legal protective status by … [Read more...]

➡ From Child Welfare Information Gateway NJ: US: God, child abuse, and the limits of religious freedom in America The Week - September 07, 2016 Does religious freedom have limits? If so, then surely child abuse exceeds those … [Read more...]

➡ From Child Welfare Information Gateway NJ: US: A Silent Epidemic: Our public schools are struggling to handle millions of students with mental health problems. Here's why National Public Radio - September 07, 2016 There are more than 50 million public school students in the U.S. As many as 1 … [Read more...]

➡ From Child Welfare Information Gateway NJ: PA: Safe home vital for child's well-being The Wyoming County Examiner - September 07, 2016 When children are placed in foster care, SWAN steps in to provide legal assistance and other services to the children … [Read more...]

➡ From Child Welfare Information Gateway NJ: NY: A new program will give 100 New York City schools extra mental health training Chalkbeat - September 06, 2016 The Jewish Board of Family and Children's Services is launching a program - called the 100 Schools Project - partly in an attempt to … [Read more...]

➡ From Child Welfare Information Gateway NJ: Canada: Toronto Star's View: Don't even think of housing foster kids in jails Our Windsor - September 06, 2016 Removing a child from his or her home is one of the most traumatic and disruptive steps the state can take. So imagine the psychological … [Read more...]

➡ From Child Welfare Information Gateway NJ: Canada: "Primary inquisitor" in child abuse case sent to prison The Brandon Sun - September 07, 2016 The "primary inquisitor" in a "witch hunt" for sin at a Southern Manitoba Old Order Mennonite Community that led to widespread child abuse has been … [Read more...]

➡ From Child Welfare Information Gateway NJ: US: Measuring the lives of LGBT youth Child Trends - August 31, 2016 The last several years have featured many encouraging strides for lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) people: the nationwide victory for marriage equality, the end of … [Read more...]

➡ From Child Welfare Information Gateway NJ: US: They grew up as American citizens, then learned that they weren't The Washington Post - September 02, 2016 In recent years, adoptees in similar circumstances have begun to find each other and are uniting behind the Adoptee Citizenship Act, … [Read more...]