➡ From Child Welfare Information Gateway US: Adoption through foster care on the rise: 'Every child deserves a childhood' Yahoo News - September 01, 2017 As of 2015, about 450,000 children were living in foster care in the United States, and more than 110,000 others were waiting to be placed in … [Read more...]

➡ From Child Welfare Information Gateway US: This Is What The Foster Care System Is Like For Muslims BuzzFeed News - September 02, 2017 His grandmother had been a practicing Muslim, although his mother hadn't, but none of the three foster families that he was placed with were Muslim, so he had … [Read more...]

➡ From Child Welfare Information Gateway US: Medicaid crucial in lives of adopted kids with disabilities Island Packet - September 02, 2017 The life the Betzers have built would be impossible without Medicaid. "It allows them to go to school, because Medicaid pays for the supports they have at … [Read more...]

➡ From Child Welfare Information Gateway US: How Changes In Country Policy Affect International Adoption Adoption.com - September 02, 2017 A look at the top 5 intercountry adoption nations from 2004-2016. https://adoption.com/how-changes-in-country-policy-affect-international-adoption … [Read more...]

➡ From Child Welfare Information Gateway US: Indian Country Today Media Network To Cease Active Operations Indian Country Today Media Network - September 04, 2017 As of today, September 4, 2017, Indian Country Today Media Network, publisher of Indian Country magazine and … [Read more...]

➡ From Child Welfare Information Gateway PA: Group Aims to Put up Homeless Families in Churches Associated Press - September 02, 2017 The group is the core of Family Promise of Lehigh County, a fledgling chapter of a national organization that unites denominations in an ecumenical charge … [Read more...]

➡ From Child Welfare Information Gateway PA: Recovery Town: Washington's opioid epidemic Observer-Reporter - September 03, 2017 In August 2015, Washington County gained widespread attention when 25 people overdosed in two days. Like the rest of the country, Washington continues to deal with the … [Read more...]

➡ From Child Welfare Information Gateway NY: Fostering has benefits for parents and children Daily News - September 02, 2017 If "foster care" has a bad reputation, it's not because of the kids. If anything, it's because there aren't enough good foster homes to care for the innocents caught up … [Read more...]

➡ From Child Welfare Information Gateway NY: Drug overdose deaths accelerated in 2016 New York Times - September 02, 2017 Drug overdoses killed roughly 64,000 people in the United States last year, according to the first governmental account of nationwide drug deaths to cover all of 2016. … [Read more...]

➡ From Child Welfare Information Gateway NY: Avella and Hevesi Bill Expanding Protections for New York's Foster Children Passes Legislature (Press release) Epoch Times - September 04, 2017 As the New York State Legislature's 2017 Legislative Session came to an end in June, a piece of … [Read more...]