➡ From Child Welfare Information Gateway US: Alcohol Use Among Homeless Youth Due to Victimization Varies by Gender and Type of Abuse Newswise - June 21, 2017 "Nearly 36,000 unaccompanied youths under the age of 25 are homeless on any given night in the U.S.," said Joan S. Tucker, senior … [Read more...]

➡ From Child Welfare Information Gateway US: States Should Forbid Homeschooling by Adoption Subsidy Recipients (Opinion) Chronicle of Social Change - June 28, 2017 When adoption subsidies are paired with homeschooling, the combination can be lethal, as blogger Sandra Halverson Reicks points out … [Read more...]

➡ From Child Welfare Information Gateway US: After Abuse Scandal, USA Gymnastics Says It Will Take Steps To Protect Athletes National Public Radio - June 28, 2017 USA Gymnastics announced Tuesday that it will adopt all 70 of the recommendations in an independent review of its policies about … [Read more...]

➡ From Child Welfare Information Gateway PA: Beyond Sandusky: Penn State Center aims to help prevent similar tragedies CNHI News Service - June 28, 2017 Penn State is preparing to open a new $11 million Center for Healthy Children this summer with a mission to research how to best treat and … [Read more...]

➡ From Child Welfare Information Gateway CT: DCF's New Strategy: Treating Children And Families In Their Own Homes Hartford Courant - June 28, 2017 Family-Based Recovery, or FBR, is an example of DCF's dramatic reversal in philosophy and practices, after years of a policy approach based largely … [Read more...]

➡ From Child Welfare Information Gateway US: Double Punishment: After Prison, Moms Face Legal Battles to Reunite With Kids Truthout - February 26, 2017 In 2013, an estimated 19,858 (8 percent) of the children who entered foster care in the US did so because of a parent's incarceration. Child … [Read more...]

➡ From Child Welfare Information Gateway US: "Trauma on Trauma on Trauma": For Refugee Children, the Journey Is Only the Beginning (Opinion) Truthout - March 29, 2017 Hundreds of thousands of other women and children have made the perilous journey to escape gang-related violence in Central … [Read more...]

➡ From Child Welfare Information Gateway US: The Fight for Racial Equity in Child Welfare Continues (Opinion) Chronicle of Social Change - June 29, 2017 While some will argue about whether racial disproportionality is a function of poverty or implicit racial bias, there should be a shared sense … [Read more...]

➡ From Child Welfare Information Gateway US: New CHAMPS Campaign to Focus On State-Level Foster Care Improvement Chronicle of Social Change - June 29, 2017 A large group of funders, advocates and service organizations are spearheading a new campaign to improve the quality of the foster care … [Read more...]

➡ From Child Welfare Information Gateway US: How the Opioid Epidemic Harms Youth and Families Chronicle of Social Change - June 29, 2017 The second most common cause for entry into foster care system nationwide, parental substance use disorder consistently jeopardizes child health and safety. … [Read more...]