➡ 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...]

➡ From Child Welfare Information Gateway NJ: US: Amid Cuts to Youth Services, Trump Includes Big Increase to Child Welfare Entitlement Chronicle of Social Change - May 26, 2017 President Donald Trump's 2018 budget proposal includes a slate of deep cuts and eliminations of programs aimed at … [Read more...]

➡ From Child Welfare Information Gateway NJ: US: Why Child Abuse in Military Families May Be Going Unreported Pew Charitable Trust: Stateline - June 07, 2017 Advocates for children celebrated last year when President Barack Obama signed a law meant to keep military officials from concealing … [Read more...]

➡ From Child Welfare Information Gateway NJ: US: When Children Must Be Saved from Their Saviors (Opinion) Chronicle of Social Change - June 07, 2017 Back when cases involving missing children - many of them runaways from foster care - were making headlines in Washington, D.C., Marie Cohen … [Read more...]

➡ From Child Welfare Information Gateway NJ: US: Senators Introduce Legislation to Improve Affordable Care Act, Make Coverage More Affordable for Middle-Class Families (Press release) Office of U.S. Senator for California Dianne Feinstein - June 07, 2017 Senators Dianne Feinstein (D-Calif.), … [Read more...]

➡ From Child Welfare Information Gateway NJ: US: Bridging the Digital Divide to Help Youth Succeed After Foster Care Chronicle of Social Change - June 07, 2017 According to a study by nonprofit organizations iFoster and Foster Care Counts, a researcher at the University of Southern California … [Read more...]

➡ From Child Welfare Information Gateway NJ: US: Faces of the Social Services Block Grant National Association of Counties (NACO) - June 08, 2017 The Social Services Block Grant (SSBG), a flexible funding source that can used for nearly 30 different types of services, allows states and local … [Read more...]

➡ From Child Welfare Information Gateway NJ: PA: LGBTQ advocates say federal legislation would allow religious adoption agencies to discriminate Pittsburgh City Paper - June 07, 2017 Proposed federal legislation introduced by U.S. Rep. Mike Kelly (R-Butler) is looking to alter the national … [Read more...]

➡ From Child Welfare Information Gateway NJ: NY: State Could Be First State to Take Closer Look at Adoption Subsidies Chronicle of Social Change - June 02, 2017 When adoptions from foster care fall apart, youth often end up back in foster care, with a biological relative, or on the streets. But … [Read more...]