➡ 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...]

➡ From Child Welfare Information Gateway NJ: Murphy vows to reverse Christie-era rule blocking details of child deaths New Jersey Advance Media - September 26, 2017 Rolling back the controversial measure, implemented four years ago under the auspices of protecting child privacy, would result in … [Read more...]

➡ From Child Welfare Information Gateway PA: Local Organizations Unite In Fight Against Suicide (Includes audio) KYW - September 18, 2017 Suicide prevention treatment took center stage in Philadelphia on Monday as specialists united in the fight against the causes of depression. Experts from … [Read more...]

➡ From Child Welfare Information Gateway NY: How public schools are failing foster kids (Opinion) New York Post - September 18, 2017 For the 5,000 or so school-age foster kids around the city and the thousands more who have spent time in the system, the educational options offered by the city … [Read more...]

➡ From Child Welfare Information Gateway NY: First Lady Chirlane Mccray Launches Nyc Unity Project, First Ever Citywide Commitment To Support Lgbtq Youth (Press release) NYN Media - September 19, 2017 In the face of dangerous, divisive rhetoric and policies coming from the Trump administration … [Read more...]

➡ From Child Welfare Information Gateway Uganda: The children of South Sudan's war face hunger, rape and other violence on their long, often-solitary walks to safety Los Angeles Times - September 15, 2017 Many children like Lutana have been arriving here in recent weeks, navigating a rickety … [Read more...]

➡ From Child Welfare Information Gateway Nigeria: Lagos considering review of adoption processes PM News Nigeria - September 17, 2017 The Lagos State Commissioner for Youth and Social Development, Uzamat Akinbile-Yussuf has said that the government is considering the review of its adoption … [Read more...]

➡ From Child Welfare Information Gateway Myanmar: More than half the refugees fleeing Myanmar are children Quartz - September 18, 2017 The number of people who have fled Myanmar for Bangladesh over the last three weeks has now crossed 400,000, according to the United Nations. If that's not bad … [Read more...]