➡ From Child Welfare Information Gateway India: The threat posed by global child-rights conventions Sunday Guardian - October 21, 2017 Norway, whose child welfare agency is notorious for snatching children unreasonably, especially of immigrants, is already using the Hague Convention to force … [Read more...]

➡ From Child Welfare Information Gateway Canada: Ending homelessness means targeting youth early: Researcher Metro - October 22, 2017 Cities are still putting most of their resources into emergency response and moving people out of homelessness instead of preventing it in the first place, said … [Read more...]

➡ From Child Welfare Information Gateway US: Kaiser Family Foundation 50-State Budget Survey Provides Key Insights on Role of Medicaid Georgetown University Center for Children and Families - October 23, 2017 States developed their 2018 budgets amidst much uncertainty at the federal level - ACA … [Read more...]

➡ From Child Welfare Information Gateway PA: Child Advocacy Center moves to East Brown Street Pocono Record - October 23, 2017 The Monroe County CAC relocated Oct. 6 to a new facility in East Stroudsburg. It now serves from an office at 175 East Brown Street. A child can endure ten or more … [Read more...]

➡ From Child Welfare Information Gateway PA: Column Was Based on Incorrect Pennsylvania Statistics About Child Abuse Investigations (Commentary) Youth Today - October 24, 2017 Instead of striving to create hysteria, Wexler should have raised a legitimate question about how often (and why) those … [Read more...]

➡ From Child Welfare Information Gateway Israel: Education Ministry Committee Discusses Children's Rights And The Chareidi Sector Yeshiva World - October 25, 2017 During a discussion in the Knesset Committee on Children's Rights, which dealt with the helplessness of the authorities in … [Read more...]

➡ From Child Welfare Information Gateway Australia: DFAT Child Protection Policy - October 2017 Government of Australia - October 26, 2017 The Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade (DFAT) has a zero tolerance approach to child exploitation or abuse. DFAT recognises that it is the shared … [Read more...]

➡ From Child Welfare Information Gateway US: Immigrant teenager at center of U.S. legal fight has abortion Reuters - October 25, 2017 The 17-year-old illegal immigrant at the center of a high-profile legal fight over abortion underwent the procedure on Wednesday, a day after a U.S. appeals … [Read more...]

➡ From Child Welfare Information Gateway US: How 10 States Are Reforming Medicaid Payment and Delivery Commonwealth Fund - October 25, 2017 Most states are focusing efforts to improve and coordinate services on adults with chronic physical and mental health conditions, people with addiction and … [Read more...]

➡ From Child Welfare Information Gateway PA: Lower Nazareth Township will amend its policy on background checks for sports volunteers Morning Call - October 25, 2017 Lower Nazareth Township will amend its policy on background checks for volunteers working with children in its sports programs to … [Read more...]