➡ From Child Welfare Information Gateway NJ: CT: State Rolls Out Program to Improve Child Welfare Services NBC Connecticut - April 08, 2016 The state Department of Children and Families is launching a new program aimed at improving child welfare services in Connecticut and they will be … [Read more...]

➡ 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...]