➡ From Child Welfare Information Gateway NJ: US: After the Supreme Court Immigration Decision: Where Do We Go From Here? (Includes audio) Public News Service - June 27, 2016 "The original deferred action for childhood arrivals program, which was launched in 2012, remains available," she said. … [Read more...]

➡ From Child Welfare Information Gateway NJ: PA: A Downgraded License Is Among The Challenges New Commissioner Of Human Services Will Face CBS Philadelphia - June 24, 2016 DHS shifted to a new system, with most child welfare case work outsourced to Community Umbrella Agencies, or CUAs, two … [Read more...]

➡ From Child Welfare Information Gateway NJ: CT: Quality of life improving for Connecticut children, but effects from recession remain Register Citizen - June 26, 2016 The Annie E. Casey Foundation ranked Connecticut the fifth best state in the nation for children; the report ranked the state … [Read more...]

➡ From Child Welfare Information Gateway NJ: United Kingdom: NSPCC: rise in Northern Ireland child neglect cases BBC News - June 22, 2016 Criminal cases of cruelty and neglect involving children have increased by 60% in the last five years, according to research by NSPCC Northern Ireland. The … [Read more...]

➡ From Child Welfare Information Gateway NJ: Kenya: PBO to use maternity wards data to ascertain FGM prevalence rate Kenya News Agency - June 21, 2016 An international public benefit organisation wants to use data from maternity wards in areas prone to Female Genital Mutilation to ascertain the … [Read more...]

➡ From Child Welfare Information Gateway NJ: Canada: Declining number of foster parents in Canada becoming a crisis CTV News - June 21, 2016 Canada is having a foster-parent crisis, with so few people willing to serve that one province is preparing to house infants in group homes if … [Read more...]

➡ From Child Welfare Information Gateway NJ: Australia: Merged super-department Families SA and Education Department created by Jay Weatherill to finally split (Includes video) The Advertiser - June 22, 2016 Jay Weatherill has survived a no confidence brought against him by the Liberals ver his … [Read more...]

➡ From Child Welfare Information Gateway NJ: US: Reunification Month: Teaming Up For Families (Opinion) The Huffington Post - June 21, 2016 For many parents in the unfortunate and heart-breaking position of having their child placed in the hands of the state, this Iowa mother captures the … [Read more...]

➡ From Child Welfare Information Gateway NJ: US: Profits over care make case for immigration reform (Opinion) The Hill - June 21, 2016 This month, the California Senate passed the Dignity Not Detention Act (SB 1289), authored by Senator Ricardo Lara, and co-sponsored by the Immigrant Legal … [Read more...]

➡ From Child Welfare Information Gateway NJ: US: Opening New Doors to Recruit and Retain Foster Parents (Opinion) The Chronicle of Social Change - June 21, 2016 The concept of 'openness' in adoption has often been associated with the private adoption of infants. Although the bulk of research on … [Read more...]