➡ From Child Welfare Information Gateway NJ: US: For kids' sake, let's get lead out of the water (Opinion) Child Trends - April 19, 2016 Nationwide data have reported that the percentage of tested children with elevated blood lead levels has declined dramatically since 1997. The number has even … [Read more...]

➡ From Child Welfare Information Gateway NJ: US: New parents would get more time at home, under proposal in defense bill Military Times - April 28, 2016 Service members whose spouses give birth would get at least 14 days leave and dual military couples who adopt a child would both get two weeks … [Read more...]

➡ From Child Welfare Information Gateway NJ: CT: More layoffs issued at Department of Children and Families Associated Press - April 28, 2016 The Office of Policy and Management announced Wednesday that 14 employees at the state child welfare office received pink slips. To date, 127 DCF workers … [Read more...]

➡ From Child Welfare Information Gateway NJ: International: Child Homicide - Speaking of the Unspeakable Science Newsline - April 27, 2016 New estimates published in PLOS Medicine suggest that homicide could be responsible for just over 1% of all neonatal deaths in South Africa. Together with … [Read more...]

➡ From Child Welfare Information Gateway NJ: US: Risks of Harm from Spanking Confirmed by Analysis of Five Decades of Research UT News - April 25, 2016 The more children are spanked, the more likely they are to defy their parents and to experience increased anti-social behavior, aggression, … [Read more...]

➡ From Child Welfare Information Gateway NJ: US: What scientists know--and don't know--about sexual orientation (Press release) Medical News Today - April 26, 2016 In many parts of the world, political and popular support for LGB rights hinges on questions about the prevalence, causes, and … [Read more...]

➡ From Child Welfare Information Gateway NJ: US: Unadoptable is Unacceptable (Press release) (Opinion) Just Means - April 26, 2016 At the Dave Thomas Foundation for Adoption, we believe that "unadoptable" is unacceptable.Each year 23,000 children age out of the foster care system in the United … [Read more...]

➡ From Child Welfare Information Gateway NJ: US: Bureau of Prisons changes policies for prisoners with children The Hill - April 26, 2016 The federal Bureau of Prisons announced new policies Tuesday aimed at helping inmates visit with their children and other family members. The agency said … [Read more...]

➡ From Child Welfare Information Gateway NJ: PA: Meet Phila.'s first female prisons chief The Philadelphia Inquirer - April 26, 2016 "I knew, working with children in foster care-- sometimes they're in loving homes, but there's always that separation issue," she said, "and I thought, well, what … [Read more...]

➡ From Child Welfare Information Gateway NJ: NY: Editorial: Answering foster care, adoption need brings rewards Amherst Bee - April 27, 2016 Becoming a foster parent or adoptive parent means an person can change the course of a child's life, and while it can be difficult, the rewards are great, … [Read more...]