➡ From Child Welfare Information Gateway US: Child Welfare Ideas from the Experts #7: A Federal Foster Care Bill of Rights Chronicle of Social Change - July 28, 2017 Love proposes ushering in a federal bill of rights for youth who are placed into foster care. She proposes the following two-step … [Read more...]

➡ From Child Welfare Information Gateway US: Supreme Court rulings reshape penalties for young offenders Associated Press - July 30, 2017 Among the U.S. Supreme Court's many rulings on juveniles and crime, several big cases over the last dozen years have narrowed the instances in which those … [Read more...]

➡ From Child Welfare Information Gateway US: When Should a Child Be Taken from His Parents? New Yorker - August 07, 2017 You will hear a knock on the door, often late at night. You don't have to open it, but if you don't the caseworker outside may come back with the police. The caseworker will … [Read more...]

➡ From Child Welfare Information Gateway PA: Frazzled child welfare workers struggle as abuse reports soar Morning Call - July 28, 2017 There is little doubt many caseworkers could relate to the experience - if not before the Jerry Sandusky child sex-abuse scandal then afterward, when new … [Read more...]

➡ From Child Welfare Information Gateway Syrian Arab Republic: Whole of Syria Child Protection AOR 2017 Operational Strategy UN Children's Fund, Protection Cluster - July 31, 2017 The relentless violence and dire humanitarian situation in Syria are having a devastating impact on the protection … [Read more...]

➡ From Child Welfare Information Gateway International: The Importance of Intersectionality: Minority Mental Health and Foster Care Human Rights Campaign - July 31, 2017 For too long, studies have documented racial disproportionality and disparity in adoption and foster care. We also know that … [Read more...]

➡ From Child Welfare Information Gateway US: The vicious cycle of CPS intervention (Opinion) San Francisco Bay View - July 29, 2017 For many children who have been abused, the trauma unfortunately does not end after Child Protective Services intervenes. Failure to Protect laws serve to remove … [Read more...]

➡ From Child Welfare Information Gateway US: Parents' social media habits are teaching children the wrong lessons (Opinion) Washington Post - July 31, 2017 Children are constantly absorbing messages from many sources, including parents. They mimic these observed behaviors in adolescence and … [Read more...]

➡ From Child Welfare Information Gateway US: Child Welfare Ideas from the Experts #8: College Support Programs for Foster Youth The Chronicle of Social Change - July 31, 2017 Offer funding for foster youth mentoring programs on college campuses. Require that any college that received federal … [Read more...]

➡ From Child Welfare Information Gateway NY: No, it's not racist to save minority kids' lives (Opinion) New York Post - July 31, 2017 God knows there are problems with ACS - I have even written a few columns about them - but the idea that racial bias is at the heart of what plagues this … [Read more...]