➡ From Child Welfare Information Gateway US: Administrator of the Administration for Children and Families: Who Is Lynn A. Johnson? AllGov - July 23, 2017 The next safety net chief will be Lynn A. Johnson, currently executive director of the Jefferson County (Colorado) Department of Human … [Read more...]

➡ From Child Welfare Information Gateway US: SURVEY : More Americans Are Considering Children in Foster Care When Looking to Adopt (Press release) Glob Newswire - July 24, 2017 According to a new national survey conducted by Nielson on behalf of the Dave Thomas Foundation for Adoption, 25 … [Read more...]

➡ From Child Welfare Information Gateway PA: Child Advocacy Center scheduled to open at end of month Times Observer - July 24, 2017 At the height of the Sandusky ordeal in State College, the idea of Child Advocacy Centers became well known, said Greene. Child Advocacy Centers (CACs) are … [Read more...]

➡ From Child Welfare Information Gateway NY: Upstate Creates Pediatric Fellowship with Special Focus on Treating Child Abuse, Neglect Newswise - July 20, 2017 Upstate Golisano Children's Hospital will offer for the first time a three-year pediatric fellowship with a special focus on treating … [Read more...]

➡ From Child Welfare Information Gateway NY: State's top child welfare agency is doing bad job overseeing foster care providers, DiNapoli study says New York Daily News - July 21, 2017 "The agency is not ensuring that caseworkers are making timely and frequent contact with children, their … [Read more...]

➡ From Child Welfare Information Gateway NY: Pinkerton Awards $1 Million for New York City Foster Care Program Philanthropy News Digest - July 22, 2017 The Pinkerton Foundation has announced grants totaling nearly $1 million to eight New York City foster care agencies in support of in-house … [Read more...]

➡ 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...]