➡ From Child Welfare Information Gateway NJ: US: Having a Parent Behind Bars Costs Children, States Stateline - May 24, 2016 Many states are beginning to look at a growing body of research that shows that having a parent behind bars can have a destabilizing effect on an estimated 1.7 million … [Read more...]

➡ From Child Welfare Information Gateway NJ: PA: State auditor general: 1 in 5 calls to state child abuse hotline went unanswered Bucks County Courier Times - May 24, 2016 Delays last year resulted in more than one in five calls to the state's child abuse hotline going unanswered, Pennsylvania … [Read more...]

➡ From Child Welfare Information Gateway NJ: PA: Bill to close background checks loophole for clergy, doctors wins House panel approval PennLive.com - May 24, 2016 Legislation to close a loophole in the state's child protection background checks requirement won House Children and Youth … [Read more...]

➡ From Child Welfare Information Gateway NJ: NY: Former Clients of Family & Children's Association Project Independence Program Discuss the Road to Success After Foster Care (Press release) Family & Children's Association - May 25, 2016 Project Independence is a comprehensive, … [Read more...]

➡ From Child Welfare Information Gateway NJ: NJ: Bucco, Oroho bill calls for child abuse checks for school employees New Jersey Herald - May 25, 2016 Two local legislators have proposed a bill in the state Senate that would require child abuse background checks for all school employees, … [Read more...]

➡ From Child Welfare Information Gateway NJ: United Kingdom: Protect Children In Care From Prosecution For Minor Offenses (Opinion) Parent Herald - May 23, 2016 Calls for cutting prosecutions for children in care are pushed in the U.K. after many complaints of misdemeanors in the behavior of … [Read more...]

➡ From Child Welfare Information Gateway NJ: New Zealand: Analysis Should (But Probably Won't) Burst the Predictive Analytics Bubble (Opinion) Chronicle of Social Change - May 23, 2016 "New Zealand Crunches Big Data to Prevent Child Abuse," declared a Chronicle of Social Change headline on a … [Read more...]

➡ From Child Welfare Information Gateway NJ: International: 'Save this generation of children' says Nobel laureate Kailash Satyarthi Reuters - May 23, 2016 The world must give urgent attention to children caught up in conflict, disasters or exploitation, Nobel Peace Laureate Kailash Satyarthi … [Read more...]

➡ From Child Welfare Information Gateway NJ: Canada: Three in 10 children neglected by parents, Quebec study finds -- though survey's definition of neglect in dispute National Post - May 23, 2016 The standardized survey used by the researchers suggests parents who sometimes leave children alone … [Read more...]

➡ From Child Welfare Information Gateway NJ: Canada: Inquiry into postwar adoption policies can start healing process (Opinion) Toronto Star - May 23, 2016 Many Canadians are unaware that in the immediate postwar decades, federal and provincial governments funded draconian adoption policies that … [Read more...]