➡ From Child Welfare Information Gateway NJ: PA: Lackawanna County CFS workers get new contract Times-Tribune - June 15, 2017 The Lackawanna County administration and workers from the office of youth and family services agreed to a new contract - without a strike this … [Read more...]

➡ From Child Welfare Information Gateway NJ: NY: Child protective workers voice concerns at County Legislature meeting (Includes video) WHAM - June 14, 2017 Child protective workers crowded the Monroe County Legislature meeting Tuesday night to highlight what they say is a crisis in their … [Read more...]

➡ From Child Welfare Information Gateway NJ: Sudan: International street artists help South Sudanese child refugees tell their stories (Press release) World Vision International - June 16, 2017 Ahead of World Refugee Day, World Vision partnered with Apartial, an online community of artists, to … [Read more...]

➡ From Child Welfare Information Gateway NJ: New Zealand: Government disputes damning Unicef report on child welfare New Zealand Herald - June 16, 2017 Ministers have disputed New Zealand's shameful ranking near the bottom of a child wellbeing report released yesterday. A Ministry for … [Read more...]

➡ From Child Welfare Information Gateway NJ: Haiti: Haiti fears deportations will see increase in child servitude Westside Gazette - June 15, 2017 Studies indicate the population Haitian of child domestic workers rose from some 172,000 in 2002 to roughly 286,000 in 2014 - four years after an … [Read more...]

➡ From Child Welfare Information Gateway NJ: Canada: Canada lags when it comes to child hunger, violence: UNICEF ranking Health Medicine Network - June 16, 2017 Canada ranks 37th on a list of 41 wealthy countries for children having access to enough nutritious food, a UNICEF report says, and … [Read more...]

➡ From Child Welfare Information Gateway NJ: US: The Real Costs of Adoption: What Everyone Needs to Know Readers Digest - June 16, 2017 Becky Fawcett, co-founder of helpusadopt.org in New York City explains, "Adoptive parents are expected to pay for everything. There is no one to share the cost … [Read more...]

➡ From Child Welfare Information Gateway NJ: US: New Findings from Diagnostica Stago Describe Advances in Medicare and Medicaid (Can Medicaid Claims Validly Ascertain Foster Care Status?) Managed Care Weekly Digest - June 16, 2017 Investigators discuss new findings in Medicare and Medicaid. … [Read more...]

➡ From Child Welfare Information Gateway NJ: Romania: Among last places in UNICEF ranking for child welfare Romania Insider - June 16, 2017 Romania has recorded some of the worst results for progress related to child welfare, according to a UNICEF … [Read more...]

➡ From Child Welfare Information Gateway NJ: New Zealand: UNICEF on our appalling child welfare record - but apparently we don't care (Opinion) Standard (NZ) - June 16, 2017 The wellbeing of New Zealand's children places us 34th out of 41 developed countries, according to a report released by … [Read more...]