➡ From Child Welfare Information Gateway NJ: NY: Child protective workers continue to sound alarm about heavy caseloads WXXI - June 13, 2017 Child protective workers in Monroe County continue to voice their concerns about heavy caseloads which they say have put the community's most vulnerable … [Read more...]

➡ From Child Welfare Information Gateway NJ: Syrian Arab Republic: Whole of Syria - Child Protection Facts and Figures - January-April 2017 UNICEF - May 30, 2017 Child protection awareness-raising activities have reached about 112,000 children and caregivers in nine governorates. In addition, … [Read more...]

➡ From Child Welfare Information Gateway NJ: US: Foster care children: How their life experiences differ Journalist's Resource - June 06, 2017 When children in the United States are abused or neglected, government agencies sometimes remove them from their homes and place them in foster care … [Read more...]

➡ From Child Welfare Information Gateway NJ: US: DEA warns police of accidental OD risks Associated Press - June 06, 2017 In Ohio, an officer overdosed in a police station after using his bare hand to brush off a trace of white powder left from a drug scene. Even police dogs whose job it is to … [Read more...]

➡ From Child Welfare Information Gateway NJ: US: Abbey's Purple Winged Angels Foundation is Launching Soon (Press release) PRWeb - June 07, 2017 Foster children are among the highest groups at risk for poor or negative self-images. Yet, foster families have not received the training or been … [Read more...]

➡ From Child Welfare Information Gateway NJ: NJ: Family asks court to reinstate $102M ruling in abuse case Associated Press - June 06, 2017 The grandparents of a boy who was severely beaten by his father as an infant are asking the New Jersey Supreme Court to reinstate a $102 million judgment … [Read more...]

➡ From Child Welfare Information Gateway NJ: United Kingdom: Extend Staying Put foster care initiative to age 25, urges charity Children & Young People Now - June 07, 2017 Under the Staying Put policy, which was made law through the Children and Families Act 2014, councils have a duty to … [Read more...]

➡ From Child Welfare Information Gateway NJ: United Kingdom: Failings by child protection services are uncovered after baby's death BBC News - June 08, 2017 The baby, identified only as Child A, died in hospital in March 2015 after being found in a home strewn with dirty nappies and drug … [Read more...]

➡ From Child Welfare Information Gateway NJ: Swaziland: Kinship System and Social Work Practice (Opinion) Times of Swaziland - June 06, 2017 Do we have enough knowledge on kinship values and relations to families and their members? Standing to be corrected of course, I believe there are hidden … [Read more...]

➡ From Child Welfare Information Gateway NJ: Canada: Province Puts Forensic Labs Under the Microscope Toronto Star - May 30, 2017 The Motherisk scandal, which was revealed by a Star investigation in late 2014, has cast doubt over thousands of child protection proceedings across Canada that … [Read more...]