➡ From Child Welfare Information Gateway NJ: US: International adoptions decline, hope remains Mission Network News - April 22, 2016 Christianity Today reports 2004 saw an all-time high when Americans adopted 22,884 children from foreign nations. Yet over the last 12 years, international … [Read more...]

➡ From Child Welfare Information Gateway NJ: PA: Our view: Give child abuse victims path to justice (Opinion) Go Erie - April 22, 2016 The state House of Representative--spurred by the litany of horrors contained in the state grand jury report on child sex abuse in the Catholic Diocese of … [Read more...]

➡ From Child Welfare Information Gateway NJ: PA: County social services recruit new hires, honor longtime employees at courthouse event Times Leader - April 22, 2016 Joanne Van Saun, Children & Youth director, said both aspects of the event, the recruitment and the honoring of longtime … [Read more...]

➡ From Child Welfare Information Gateway NJ: NJ: Passaic County prosecutor hosts community meeting on child abuse, domestic violence Associated Press - April 21, 2016 Chief Assistant Prosecutor Christopher Freid, whose special victims unit handles cases of physical and sexual abuse of children, … [Read more...]

➡ From Child Welfare Information Gateway NJ: Australia: Fact check: Are Indigenous children 10 times more likely than non-Indigenous children to be living out of home? (Includes video) ABC News Australia - April 13, 2016 Are Indigenous children 10 times more likely to be living out of home than … [Read more...]

➡ From Child Welfare Information Gateway NJ: US: The Brief: Foster Care Pressures Mean Longer Psych Stays The Texas Tribune - April 08, 2016 Time spent in psychiatric facilities by abused children is up from six years ago, an effect of increased federal scrutiny of the foster care program and … [Read more...]

➡ From Child Welfare Information Gateway NJ: US: Why Rapid Rehousing May Be Increasing Family Homelessness (Opinion) The Huffington Post - April 12, 2016 Rapid rehousing's key component is the provision of rental vouchers. But could rent vouchers distributed in the name of ending homelessness … [Read more...]

➡ From Child Welfare Information Gateway NJ: US: Letting them die: parents refuse medical help for children in the name of Christ The Guardian - April 13, 2016 The Followers of Christ is a religious sect that preaches faith healing in states such as Idaho, which offers a faith-based shield for … [Read more...]

➡ From Child Welfare Information Gateway NJ: US: Grassley Bill to Aid States, Public in Tracking Sex Offenders Advances to Full Senate (Press release) Office of U.S. Senator for Iowa Chuck Grassley - April 14, 2016 The Senate Judiciary Committee today reported to the full Senate Chairman Chuck … [Read more...]

➡ From Child Welfare Information Gateway NJ: US: GIS and Child Welfare: A Map Is Worth More Than a Thousand Words (Opinion) The Chronicle of Social Change - April 14, 2016 Over the past fifteen years, while GIS emerged as crucial tools for practice and research in multiple fields, child welfare … [Read more...]