➡ From Child Welfare Information Gateway NJ: CT: State aims to end court monitoring Greenwich Time - April 10, 2016 A quarter-century has passed since the settlement of a landmark federal lawsuit aimed at forcing Connecticut to take better care of its abused and neglected … [Read more...]

➡ From Child Welfare Information Gateway NJ: Norway: Norwegian Christian Family Regains Custody of Youngest Son KPDQ - April 07, 2016 Although corporal punishment is illegal in Norway, many protested the Barnevernet's removal of the Bodnariu's children. Christian Today reports that a petition … [Read more...]

➡ From Child Welfare Information Gateway NJ: Finland: Partnership between Fazer and SOS Children's Villages continues -- co-operation enables building new types of children's villages (Press release) Fazer Group - April 07, 2016 The three-year partnership agreement between Fazer and SOS … [Read more...]

➡ From Child Welfare Information Gateway NJ: US: What Children's Brains Tell Us About Trauma: Invest Early (Opinion) The Chronicle of Social Change - March 09, 2016 If we are serious about helping children, we must ask ourselves with greater urgency: At what point should we begin to pay … [Read more...]

➡ From Child Welfare Information Gateway NJ: US: Eight Years Later, "Foster Care to 21" Moving Toward a Majority in U.S. The Chronicle of Social Change - April 07, 2016 The Alaska House of Representatives unanimously approved a bill late last week that would enable foster youth to remain in … [Read more...]

➡ From Child Welfare Information Gateway NJ: US: Breaking: Federal Agency Publishes Proposed Rule, Announces Major Grant to Implement ICWA Indian Country Today - April 07, 2016 Signaling continued federal intent to support the Indian Child Welfare Act, today the Administration for Children and … [Read more...]

➡ From Child Welfare Information Gateway NJ: NJ: Action on child abuse needs to improve Jersey Journal - April 07, 2016 A primary weakness in preventing abuse is the confounding reality that a majority of children who are abused do not get investigated by child protective … [Read more...]

➡ From Child Welfare Information Gateway NJ: Commonwealth of the Bahamas: 142 Child Abuse Cases In Grand Bahama Bahamas Tribune - April 06, 2016 There were 142 child abuse cases reported in Grand Bahama in 2015, Assistant Director of Social Services Paula Marshall said on Tuesday while … [Read more...]

➡ From Child Welfare Information Gateway NJ: Australia: Olympic chief: Child abuse laws as important as anti-doping Associated Press - April 07, 2016 The head of the Australian Olympic Committee says child abuse prevention needs to be elevated to the same importance as the anti-doping code … [Read more...]

➡ From Child Welfare Information Gateway NJ: US: So Little to Ask For: A Home (Opinion) New York Times - April 07, 2016 In a year in which there finally is serious talk about inequality, the ultimate poverty is lack of shelter. And the good news is that in the last decade or so, we've figured … [Read more...]