➡ From Child Welfare Information Gateway CT: Kidsave Program A Channel To Finding Homes For Older Children Newtown Bee - July 21, 2017 Ms Dale and Ms Jones are hosting Victor, a native of Colombia, for five weeks this summer through a program called Kidsave, a volunteer-driven effort to help … [Read more...]

➡ From Child Welfare Information Gateway Australia: Changes provide forever homes for vulnerable Queensland kids (Press release) State Government of Queensland - July 22, 2017 Queensland's most vulnerable children will have a more certain and stable future under proposed changes to the Child … [Read more...]

➡ From Child Welfare Information Gateway Australia: South Australia reportedly drafting laws to force passwords out of suspects ZDNet / Australian Associated Press - July 26, 2017 State Attorney-General John Rau said the new laws will help police and the courts investigate and prosecute … [Read more...]

➡ From Child Welfare Information Gateway US: Stephen Mihm: The U.S. faced, and beat, an opiate-addiction crisis 150 years ago (Opinion) Associated Press - July 23, 2017 It's true that there's an opioid epidemic, a public health disaster. It's not true that it's unprecedented. A remarkably … [Read more...]

➡ From Child Welfare Information Gateway US: Recovering after human trafficking News Interactive - July 23, 2017 Trafficking crimes take many forms and often can ensnare U.S.-born citizens. But immigrants are vulnerable in unique ways, particularly those without legal status or whose visas … [Read more...]

➡ From Child Welfare Information Gateway US: Children: The unseen victims of addiction Seacoast Online - July 23, 2017 Children of addicted parents are unseen victims of a situation they do not understand and are not equipped to handle. They are often angry, embarrassed and fearful and they … [Read more...]

➡ From Child Welfare Information Gateway US: House task force hears from experts about impact of addiction crisis on children, foster system Burlington County Times - July 25, 2017 Data from a 2016 report by the Adoption and Foster Care Analysis and Reporting System indicates that 32 percent of … [Read more...]

➡ From Child Welfare Information Gateway US: Child Welfare Ideas from the Experts #4: A National Foster Youth Taxonomy Chronicle of Social Change - July 25, 2017 The Chronicle of Social Change is highlighting each of the policy recommendations made this summer by the participants of the Foster … [Read more...]

➡ From Child Welfare Information Gateway US: Child Welfare Ideas from the Experts #5: A National Standard of Care for Foster Youth Chronicle of Social Change - July 26, 2017 The Chronicle of Social Change is highlighting each of the policy recommendations made this summer by the participants of … [Read more...]

➡ From Child Welfare Information Gateway PA: Law keeps some drug-exposed infants off child welfare radar, advocates say (Includes video) Bucks County Courier Times - July 26, 2017 The Pennsylvania Department of Human Services interpreted the federal mandate to apply only to babies whose mothers … [Read more...]