➡ From Child Welfare Information Gateway NJ: US: Foster Youth are Traumatized Enough: Why Psych Meds Should be Better Regulated (Opinion) Chronicle of Social Change - July 29, 2016 According to San Jose Mercury News' Drugging Our Kids series, which I participated in, foster kids in California … [Read more...]

➡ From Child Welfare Information Gateway NJ: US: Why Did International Adoption Suddenly End? Priceonomics - July 30, 2016 From its historic peak in the mid-2000s, the number of international adoptions began to fall. It has been falling ever since. According to figures collected by the U.S. … [Read more...]

➡ From Child Welfare Information Gateway NJ: US: Pregnant in Prison? Some States Deliver Doulas Governing - August 01, 2016 In a small but growing number of states, expectant inmates are getting help dealing with the trauma of giving birth and then having to say … [Read more...]

➡ From Child Welfare Information Gateway NJ: US: Child Welfare Ideas from the Experts, #6: Requiring Educational-Vocational Specialists Chronicle of Social Change - August 10, 2016 Require states to designate one educational-vocational specialist (EVS) in each child welfare agency in order to … [Read more...]

➡ From Child Welfare Information Gateway NJ: NY: Oswego County grappling with lower state, federal funds for foster care (Requires registration) Oswego County News - July 30, 2016 A spike in the number of children needing foster care in Oswego County, coupled with a decrease in state and … [Read more...]

➡ From Child Welfare Information Gateway NJ: NY: 'Disturbed' kids at city foster-care center 'drugged' at hospital New York Post - July 31, 2016 Dozens of kids housed in a city-run foster-care center are labeled "emotionally disturbed persons" and hauled next door to Bellevue Hospital, where … [Read more...]

➡ From Child Welfare Information Gateway NJ: Canada: A 'Revolution' in Canada's Aboriginal Child Welfare System Chronicle of Social Change - August 02, 2016 Recent legislative action addressing the severely adverse outcomes that First Nations children face in Canada's child welfare system has … [Read more...]

➡ From Child Welfare Information Gateway NJ: Africa: Pan-African Parliament moves to end female genital mutilation Herald (Nigeria) - August 02, 2016 The Pan-African Parliament (PAP), the legislative organ of the African Union, on Friday commenced a two-day meeting with United Nations … [Read more...]

➡ From Child Welfare Information Gateway NJ: US: Huge Increase in Girls Victimized by Genital Mutilation in U.S. Washington Free Beacon - August 01, 2016 An estimated 513,000 women and girls are at risk or have already been subjected to female genital mutilation in the United States, with the … [Read more...]

➡ From Child Welfare Information Gateway NJ: US: Child Welfare Ideas from the Experts, #6: Curriculum on Building Personal Connections for Foster Youth, Caregivers Chronicle of Social Change - August 01, 2016 Congress should seed the development of what Dernier calls Secure Attachment Training … [Read more...]