➡ From Child Welfare Information Gateway US: Editorial: States must respond to rising child abuse Herald-Dispatch - September 24, 2017 Child abuse is on the rise, in part because of the epidemic of drug use and neglect, but also because social service agencies, which have been understaffed for … [Read more...]

➡ From Child Welfare Information Gateway US: Survivor calls for increased awareness surrounding sex trafficking (Includes video) KCRG - September 25, 2017 The 29-year-old grew up in Iowa, was in foster care, and when she turned 18, she was living alone in Las Vegas. Information Gateway … [Read more...]

➡ From Child Welfare Information Gateway US: Day by Day: 'Unadoptable' label is one no child deserves This Week Community News - September 25, 2017 The Dave Thomas Foundation for Adoption began 25 years ago and believes every child deserves a loving family. "Unadoptable" is unacceptable. … [Read more...]

➡ From Child Welfare Information Gateway US: Check out the Top 100 Best Adoption-Friendly Workplaces! (Press release) Dave Thomas Foundation - September 25, 2017 The Dave Thomas Foundation for Adoption is celebrating its 11th year of honoring companies that offer the country's most impressive … [Read more...]

➡ From Child Welfare Information Gateway PA: Workload, experiences can be overwhelming for caseworkers Daily Item - September 23, 2017 Christina Jones majored in social work in college, but it didn't prepare her for the overwhelming dread she faced during her first weeks on the job as a … [Read more...]

➡ From Child Welfare Information Gateway PA: Low caseworker pay hampers child protection in PA CNHI State Reporter - September 23, 2017 Some of the people hired to help families in crisis in Pennsylvania need government assistance themselves to buy … [Read more...]

➡ From Child Welfare Information Gateway Europe: Countries have fulfilled less than a third of their asylum relocation promises Amnesty International - September 25, 2017 European countries have utterly failed to fulfil their commitments to relocate asylum-seekers from Greece and Italy, Amnesty … [Read more...]

➡ From Child Welfare Information Gateway US: Funding for home visiting set to expire, leaving early-intervention services in limbo for many Washington Post - September 22, 2017 Home-visiting programs pair low-income struggling parents with trained nurses, social workers or educators, who … [Read more...]

➡ From Child Welfare Information Gateway US: The Real Benefit of Child Welfare Waivers: Eliminating Title IV-E Eligibility Determination (Opinion) Fostering Reform - September 25, 2017 Around the country, most states are funding the same set of programs, few if any of which can document … [Read more...]

➡ From Child Welfare Information Gateway PA: Auditor general hears horror stories from children and youth workers Standard-Speaker - September 27, 2017 DePasquale, who recently released an 80-page "State of the Child" report following a year-long review of children and youth agencies around the … [Read more...]