➡ 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...]

➡ 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...]