➡ From Child Welfare Information Gateway NJ: PA: Report: Sandusky victim says Joe Paterno tried to quash sexual abuse accusation Washington Post - May 06, 2016 Raspy, nasal and grounded in a Brooklyn accent, Joe Paterno's voice was hard to mistake. That voice is at the center of another round … [Read more...]

➡ From Child Welfare Information Gateway NJ: PA: Parent heroin addiction putting strain on Monroe County youth services agencies Pocono Record - May 08, 2016 The agency recruits foster parents to care in their homes for at-risk infants and youngsters up to age 20, while Children and Youth and … [Read more...]

➡ From Child Welfare Information Gateway NJ: CT: State passes bill to put stricter regs on DCF Central Connecticut Communications - May 06, 2016 A bill unanimously approved this week by the Connecticut General Assembly aims to put stricter regulations on the state's Department of Children and … [Read more...]

➡ From Child Welfare Information Gateway NJ: Canada: FNHA Partners with KUU-US on Culturally Safe Crisis Response in British Columbia Intercontinental Cry - May 04, 2016 A partnership between the First Nations Health Authority (FNHA) and KUU-US Crisis Response Services will result in additional … [Read more...]

➡ From Child Welfare Information Gateway NJ: US: How Child Protection Agencies Are Trying to Predict Which Parents Will Abuse Kids VICE News - May 04, 2016 The new approach is called "predictive analytics," and it's taking the child welfare system by storm. Across the country, from suburban … [Read more...]

➡ From Child Welfare Information Gateway NJ: US: An Ounce of Prevention (Opinion) Psychology Today - May 04, 2016 The value of prevention science remains underappreciated. While candidates at the national, state, and local levels for the presidency and other offices hone their policy agendas, … [Read more...]

➡ From Child Welfare Information Gateway NJ: US: Childhood Is a Birthright (Opinion) (Includes video) The Huffington Post - May 05, 2016 The "lucky" kids have deeply committed foster parents and live with them just as children who are not in the system live with their parents. The majority … [Read more...]

➡ From Child Welfare Information Gateway NJ: PA: To really fight crime--you have to start early and the state needs to fund it: Dave Arnold (Opinion) PennLive - May 04, 2016 If these parents were abused or raised in homes where learning was an afterthought, chances are significantly greater … [Read more...]

➡ From Child Welfare Information Gateway NJ: PA: Expanding Family-Based Foster Care in PA (Includes audio) Public News Service - May 05, 2016 Joan Benso, president of the group, said the commonwealth has made a lot of progress, but still places children in group homes or institutions more often … [Read more...]

➡ From Child Welfare Information Gateway NJ: United Kingdom: Child safeguarding hub misses targets (Includes video) BBC News - May 04, 2016 A child protection agency set up in the wake of an organized sex ring in Oxfordshire has missed referral response … [Read more...]