➡ From Child Welfare Information Gateway NJ: CT: After Details Revealed In Baby's Near-Fatal Starvation, DCF Pledges Reforms, Defends Discipline Of 3 Workers (Includes video) Hartford Courant - October 05, 2016 The day after the release of a searing study of the near-fatal starvation of a baby … [Read more...]

➡ From Child Welfare Information Gateway NJ: Canada: First Nations advocates call foster care sex abuse report 'tragic' CBC News - October 05, 2016 First Nations advocates are calling for provincial action after B.C.'s representative of children and youth report found hundreds of B.C. children … [Read more...]

➡ From Child Welfare Information Gateway NJ: CT: Report finds fault with DCF for near-starvation of toddler Associated Press - October 04, 2016 The state's child advocate on Tuesday blamed "the utter collapse of all safeguards" for the abuse and near-starvation of a toddler who was under the … [Read more...]

➡ From Child Welfare Information Gateway NJ: NY: De Blasio Administration Adding Child Welfare Protections in Wake of Beating Death of 6-Year-Old Boy (Includes video) NY1 News - October 05, 2016 The mayor will announce Wednesday that Administration for Children's Services staffers will be given … [Read more...]

➡ From Child Welfare Information Gateway NJ: NY: Number of Kids in Foster Care Cut in Half Amid City Policy Change: Data DNAinfo - October 05, 2016 The number of children placed in foster care in New York City has been cut nearly in half in recent years, statistics … [Read more...]

➡ From Child Welfare Information Gateway NJ: NY: Press Release: New York City Council Announces Oversight Hearing To Examine How The City Responds To Child Abuse And Neglect (Press release) New York Nonprofit Media - October 04, 2016 New York City Council Speaker Melissa Mark-Viverito and … [Read more...]

➡ From Child Welfare Information Gateway NJ: PA: Department of Human Services Corrects Child Abuse History Clearance Errors (Press release) Pennsylvania Department of Human Services - October 04, 2016 "Protecting Pennsylvania's children is our priority. When the Department became aware that it … [Read more...]

➡ From Child Welfare Information Gateway NJ: Canada: Provincial Advocate for Children and Youth echoes calls to end the practice of detaining children in detention facilities or separating them from their detained parents (Press release) Office of the Provincial Advocate for Children and Youth - … [Read more...]

➡ From Child Welfare Information Gateway NJ: United Kingdom: Rudd 'determined' Government will be first to successfully prosecute for FGM Jersey Evening Post - October 04, 2016 Home Secretary Amber Rudd has declared that she is determined to see the first successful prosecution for Female … [Read more...]

➡ From Child Welfare Information Gateway NJ: CT: New DCF system may predict families at high risk of fatalities Greenwich Time - October 03, 2016 The Eckerd Rapid Safety Feedback uses information from DCF's internal data system to identify children who are at the greatest risk for a poor … [Read more...]