➡ From Child Welfare Information Gateway NJ: US: Our Juvenile Justice System Is Failing LGBTQ Youth Rewire - September 14, 2016 About 7 to 9 percent of young people in the United States identify as LGBTQ or gender-nonconforming. But recent research finds that percentage doubles among youth in … [Read more...]

➡ From Child Welfare Information Gateway NJ: US: Is Extreme Childhood Obesity 'Nutritional Neglect'? Psychology Today - September 14, 2016 How much are parents responsible for their children's excessive … [Read more...]

➡ From Child Welfare Information Gateway NJ: US: Hundreds of Foster Youth and Alumni Urge Action on Family First: Let's Listen (Opinion) Chronicle of Social Change - September 14, 2016 This week over 590 youth and alumni of foster care, along with concerned stakeholders, conveyed a letter to … [Read more...]

➡ From Child Welfare Information Gateway NJ: Egypt: Mothers Take On Female Genital Mutilation, Pinning Hopes on Younger Generations Global Voices - September 11, 2016 Egypt outlawed FGM in 2008. Eight years later, women's rights activists and non-governmental organizations say mothers' … [Read more...]

➡ From Child Welfare Information Gateway NJ: US: Foster Care Recruitment: Yesterday's Solutions No Longer Work (Opinion) Chronicle of Social Change - September 09, 2016 Why have foster homes become harder to find and retain? Has child welfare slacked off in its recruitment efforts? Have … [Read more...]

➡ From Child Welfare Information Gateway NJ: US: Hillary Clinton: The story of the Democratic presidential nominee Tolucan Times - September 11, 2016 In 1977, she co-founded Arkansas Advocates for Children and Families. She led a task force whose recommendations helped reform Arkansas's public … [Read more...]

➡ From Child Welfare Information Gateway NJ: PA: Prosecutors swamped with child abuse reports Seymour Tribune - September 09, 2016 A nearly 40 percent increase in the number of reported cases of child abuse in Pennsylvania is straining the resources of county district attorneys' offices, with … [Read more...]

➡ From Child Welfare Information Gateway NJ: PA: Adoption: More than 2,000 kids need a home in PA Daily Item - September 09, 2016 "I think it's true that many kids in foster care are overlooked because they are 'hidden' in foster homes," said Erin Eberspacher, project manager of Adoption & … [Read more...]

➡ From Child Welfare Information Gateway NJ: PA: DN editorial: Bureaucratic morass killed a 10-year-old boy Philly.com - September 12, 2016 The usual bureaucratic post-mortems are underway. The school nurse has been suspended by the school district with intent to dismiss. The foster mother has … [Read more...]

➡ From Child Welfare Information Gateway NJ: Vatican City: Pope's sex abuse panel to help new bishops improve child protection Reuters - September 12, 2016 The move, announced on Monday, is a big step for the panel - made up of clerics and lay people, including women, mostly with little … [Read more...]