➡ From Child Welfare Information Gateway NJ: United Kingdom: Social workers should not ignore the benefits of adoption by foster carers (Opinion) The Guardian - May 17, 2016 One option that has not had enough attention is the potential contribution foster carers could make to improving the … [Read more...]

➡ From Child Welfare Information Gateway NJ: Tanzania: MPs Condemn Rising Wave of Child Abuse Tanzania Daily News - May 17, 2016 Several Members of Parliament yesterday rose in unison to condemn the increasing wave of child abuse in the country. Morogoro South legislator, Prosper Mbena, (CCM), … [Read more...]

➡ From Child Welfare Information Gateway NJ: Ireland: New Bill allows adoption regardless of parents' marital status The Irish Times - May 18, 2016 The right of children to be adopted irrespective of the marital status of their parents is part of the first Bill introduced in the Dail by the new … [Read more...]

➡ From Child Welfare Information Gateway NJ: US: Grassley, Colleagues Introduce Legislation Recognizing National Foster Care Month (Press release) U.S. Senate Committee on Judiciary - May 16, 2016 Sen. Chuck Grassley, co-founder and co-chair of the Senate Caucus on Foster Youth, and a … [Read more...]

➡ From Child Welfare Information Gateway NJ: US: The Intersection of Love and Loss: Children of Incarcerated Parents Time - May 17, 2016 In her most recent project, published here for the first time, photographer Isadora Kosofsky follows incarcerated parents as they struggle to maintain … [Read more...]

➡ From Child Welfare Information Gateway NJ: US: Indian Child Welfare Act: The Real Tragedy Is That It's Not Enforced (Opinion) The Chronicle of Social Change - May 17, 2016 Opponents of ICWA respond exactly as the Supreme Court majority dealt with the Voting Rights Act: Well, yes, racism used … [Read more...]

➡ From Child Welfare Information Gateway NJ: US: Fueled by drugs, sex trafficking reaches 'crisis' on Native American reservation Thomson Reuters Foundation - May 17, 2016 Life on the remote Fort Peck Indian Reservation in northern Montana has all the ingredients for sex trafficking--poverty, … [Read more...]

➡ From Child Welfare Information Gateway NJ: US: Family rejection may more than triple suicide attempt risk by transgender individuals Medical News Today - May 17, 2016 Family rejection increases the risk of two critical health outcomes that are common among transgender individuals-suicide … [Read more...]

➡ From Child Welfare Information Gateway NJ: US: American Indian child 'welfare' law under fire (Includes video) (Opinion) Fox News - May 17, 2016 A child-welfare law passed by Congress nearly four decades ago specifically to protect Native American children and preserve their cultural heritage … [Read more...]

➡ From Child Welfare Information Gateway NJ: PA: Philadelphia's Child Welfare Agency Loses Its State Certification CBS Philly - May 17, 2016 State welfare officials has revoked the Philadelphia Department of Human Services' certificate of compliance and, instead, issued a provisional license to … [Read more...]