➡ From Child Welfare Information Gateway NJ: Malta: More needs to be done for the most vulnerable Times of Malta - June 18, 2017 Roberta Lepre, whose name is synonymous with advocacy for victims of crime, is stepping down as director of the NGO Victim Support Malta nearly a decade after she … [Read more...]

➡ From Child Welfare Information Gateway NJ: Germany: Study reveals the scope of child sexual abuse within families Deutsche Welle - June 14, 2017 An independent commission investigating child sexual abuse in Germany released an interim report on Wednesday after conducting interviews and … [Read more...]

➡ From Child Welfare Information Gateway NJ: Australia: Inquiry to examine rate of Aboriginal kids going into foster care Canberra Times - June 15, 2017 A national body which advocates for the welfare of Indigenous kids has welcomed an ACT inquiry into the overrepresentation of Aboriginal … [Read more...]

➡ From Child Welfare Information Gateway NJ: US: Can we use big data to fight child abuse? The answer is complicated Salon - June 18, 2017 The mother's age. The parents' history with drug or alcohol abuse. The young person's experiences with child protective services. These are among the … [Read more...]

➡ From Child Welfare Information Gateway NJ: PA: Children and Youth Services Sees Firsthand Effects of Opioids Centre County Gazette - June 18, 2017 The opioid crisis is shaping the way Children and Youth Services workers operate, as caseworkers, who enter the homes of clients and become … [Read more...]

➡ From Child Welfare Information Gateway NJ: NY: Stand With Children or With Their Abusers (Opinion) Patheos - June 15, 2017 When victims of child sex abuse come forward to seek justice and stop abusers from harming others, unbelievably they are blocked by New York State law. New York ranks … [Read more...]

➡ From Child Welfare Information Gateway NJ: New Zealand: Review shows child protection services need further work Medical Xpress - June 19, 2017 One of the first academic and independent reviews of the Government's direction on child protection services has raised fundamental concerns that the … [Read more...]

➡ From Child Welfare Information Gateway NJ: Kenya: EU grants aid to Kenya for education and protection of refugee children KBC Channel 1 - June 19, 2017 The European Union has committed 92.6 million Kenyan shillings (800,000 Euros) for UNICEF's humanitarian response programmes to help refugee … [Read more...]

➡ From Child Welfare Information Gateway NJ: Canada: First Nations child welfare agency responds to concerns after death in Wapekeka First Nation CBC News - June 19, 2017 Tikinagan Child and Family Services is responding to concerns after a 12-year-old, who had been in the care of the First … [Read more...]

➡ From Child Welfare Information Gateway NJ: US: Why the Violence Against Women Act Is More Important Than Ever (Opinion) Woman's Day - June 19, 2017 It made a big difference by directing substantial new resources to local domestic violence programs. Also, VAWA funded communities to develop … [Read more...]