➡ From Child Welfare Information Gateway NJ: CT: State, Advocates Broker Child Welfare Agreement (Includes video) CBS Connecticut - September 29, 2016 The state and child advocates appear closer to a plan to streamline the system and remove the Department of Children and Families from court … [Read more...]

➡ From Child Welfare Information Gateway NJ: NY: Union, lawmakers urge governor to sign Child Protective Services Safety Act Mid-Hudson News - September 29, 2016 Legislation that would limit the caseload of county child protective services workers to no more than 15 cleared the state … [Read more...]

➡ From Child Welfare Information Gateway NJ: NY: New York City's history of failure to prevent fatal child abuse (Opinion) New York Daily News - September 28, 2016 It's been a series of broken promises between the city and many of its abused … [Read more...]

➡ From Child Welfare Information Gateway NJ: US: Involving Dads in the Lives of Children Born out of Wedlock Stateline - September 29, 2016 States are starting to more closely examine custody arrangements for children born out of marriage, which have traditionally favored mothers, either by law … [Read more...]

➡ From Child Welfare Information Gateway NJ: US: The Newborn Illness That Is Costing Our Health Care System Billions -- And It's Not Zika (Opinion) Forbes - September 29, 2016 The medical expenditures for a Neonatal Abstinence Syndrome (NAS) baby are about $66,700 with an average … [Read more...]

➡ From Child Welfare Information Gateway NJ: Canada: 'Her hurt is what hurts us': Foster parents lose emergency motion to keep Metis toddler CTV News - September 29, 2016 The Vancouver Island couple has lost multiple court battles to adopt the nearly three-year-old girl. On Thursday, they … [Read more...]

➡ From Child Welfare Information Gateway NJ: Canada: Ministry-funded CAS report urges overhaul to keep black kids out of care The Toronto Star - September 29, 2016 A system that "undermines the stability of African Canadian families and can, in fact, destroy them" needs sweeping reforms, says a … [Read more...]

➡ From Child Welfare Information Gateway NJ: Philippines: RSCWC-NIR partner agencies urged to be pro-active vs child abuse (Press release) The Philippine Information Agency (PIA) - September 29, 2016 The Regional Sub-Committee Council for the Welfare of Children in Negros Island Region … [Read more...]

➡ From Child Welfare Information Gateway NJ: United Kingdom: Rise in English foster care for refugee children prompts call for govt action Thomson Reuters Foundation - September 29, 2016 "Given the unprecedented number of children facing crisis around the world, and the rise in the number of … [Read more...]

➡ From Child Welfare Information Gateway NJ: United Kingdom: Bullying Can Leave Children With Mental Health Scars For Life - We Need To Take It Seriously (Opinion) The Huffington Post - September 28, 2016 We also know that bullying has a toxic triple effect: feeling unsafe both at home and at … [Read more...]