➡ From Child Welfare Information Gateway NJ: US: Adoption competent mental health services can make all the difference (Opinion) The Hill - September 21, 2016 This September, a divided Congress is put to the test on whether to act for the most vulnerable among us. The bipartisan Family First … [Read more...]

➡ From Child Welfare Information Gateway NJ: Australia: NSW foster care system 'needs more fixing' Australian Associated Press (AAP) - September 22, 2016 Questions have been raised about whether a shake-up of the NSW foster care system does enough to help vulnerable … [Read more...]

➡ From Child Welfare Information Gateway NJ: Canada: 'She was happy. She was loved': Metis toddler taken from B.C. foster parents, moving to Ontario soon The Canadian Press - September 22, 2016 The case has raised cultural issues as the foster mother is Metis, while the adoptive parents in … [Read more...]

➡ From Child Welfare Information Gateway NJ: Gibraltar: Govt defends action on children's rights and domestic abuse Gibraltar Chronicle - September 22, 2016 The Gibraltar Government has said it is actively adopting strategies on both children's rights and combating domestic abuse. This comes … [Read more...]

➡ From Child Welfare Information Gateway NJ: South Africa: 'No protection' for refugee kids The Citizen - September 22, 2016 The constitution and the Children's Act do not guarantee that the needs of undocumented children are taken care of, and thus do not afford such children protection from … [Read more...]

➡ From Child Welfare Information Gateway NJ: South Africa: Cosatu backs ACDP's proposal for parental, adoption leave Eyewitness News - September 22, 2016 Congress of South African Trade Unions (Cosatu) says it hopes there will be cross-party support for a new Bill that aims to provide for paid … [Read more...]

➡ From Child Welfare Information Gateway NJ: Canada: "We want to encourage dialogue, not litigation," says CHRC (Press release) Canadian Human Rights Commission - September 20, 2016 In the wake of the most recent Canadian Human Rights Tribunal order that the federal government implement the … [Read more...]

➡ From Child Welfare Information Gateway NJ: US: Advocates Urge Senate to Pass Family First Act (Opinion) The Huffington Post - September 21, 2016 The fate of the most substantial piece of child welfare legislation in the last 10 years rests in the hands of a few U.S. Senators this week. The … [Read more...]

➡ From Child Welfare Information Gateway NJ: US: A Push for Family Court Reform Pacific Standard - September 21, 2016 Anti-domestic violence advocates planned to cite the Castillo case and others like it at a Congressional briefing in Washington last Tuesday in an attempt to gain support for … [Read more...]

➡ From Child Welfare Information Gateway NJ: PA: Meet the woman charged with protecting the city's children The Philadelphia Inquirer - September 21, 2016 When Cynthia Figueroa was named the commissioner of the Department of Human Services in July, she received more condolences than … [Read more...]