➡ From Child Welfare Information Gateway NJ: US: Children's asylum approvals vary by US region Austin American-Statesman - June 01, 2016 For unaccompanied immigrant children seeking asylum in the U.S., where they apply seems to make a world of difference. Information Gateway Resource: … [Read more...]

➡ From Child Welfare Information Gateway NJ: PA: SPECIAL REPORT: Pa's troubled child abuse laws York Dispatch - June 01, 2016 Pennsylvania's child welfare workers were caught off guard by last year's dramatic increase in reported cases of abuse, and key lawmakers didn't question what now appear … [Read more...]

➡ From Child Welfare Information Gateway NJ: NY: State senator's ailment stalls child abuse reform in committee New York Daily News - June 01, 2016 The fate of a bill to make it easier for child abuse victims to seek justice faces yet another hurdle in the state Senate. The bills addressing the … [Read more...]

➡ From Child Welfare Information Gateway NJ: South Africa: Future of crime faces no-hope youths IOL - May 31, 2016 These children are generally ignored, and when attention turns towards them, they are made to feel like nuisances, and that hardens them," Yolande Singleton of Tshwane Child … [Read more...]

➡ From Child Welfare Information Gateway NJ: Nepal: SOS orphans raised by adoptive mothers Himalayan Times - June 01, 2016 SOS Children Village Chief Padam Bahadur Hamal said that it was challenging to run an artificial family. "Children are the future of the nation. We have make them feel that … [Read more...]

➡ From Child Welfare Information Gateway NJ: International: New Longitudinal Study Finds Epidemic of Fear, Not an Epidemic of Child Abuse Chronicle of Social Change - May 31, 2016 When a longitudinal study of children in California found that they are more likely to be reported as allegedly … [Read more...]

➡ From Child Welfare Information Gateway NJ: Ethiopia: Boys' & Girls' Towns of Ethiopia Gives 'A Chance In Life' to Young People Tadias - June 01, 2016 The Boys' & Girls' Towns of Ethiopia -- located in Emdibir of the Gurage Zone in Southwestern Ethiopia and supported by the New … [Read more...]

➡ From Child Welfare Information Gateway NJ: China: The Truth About China's Missing Daughters National Review - June 01, 2016 What Johnson and her research associates found, however, as they interviewed thousands of Chinese families, was that this picture was far from complete. Talking to rural … [Read more...]

➡ From Child Welfare Information Gateway NJ: Barbados: Attorney calls for child abuse cases to be heard Barbados Today - June 01, 2016 The legal advisor to the Barbados Child Care Board (CCB) is upset that sexual abuse cases involving minors are taking months, sometimes years, to be heard by the … [Read more...]

➡ From Child Welfare Information Gateway NJ: US: NEWS FROM THE SENATE: Committed to Protecting our Children (Opinion) Greenwood Democrat - May 31, 2016 As a father to three daughters and grandfather two granddaughters, I believe that protecting our children needs to be a priority. This includes … [Read more...]