➡ From Child Welfare Information Gateway NJ: PA: Clearfield County Child Advocacy Center opens The Progress - August 17, 2016 The CCAC will provide a multi-disciplinary team approach in a child-friendly, safe and neutral location for law enforcement and child protective services investigators … [Read more...]

➡ From Child Welfare Information Gateway NJ: PA: Barletta, Grandparents Raising Grandchildren discuss struggles amid growing opioid crisis (Includes video) Citizens Voice - August 17, 2016 Barletta has been involved in a push for new laws attacking the growing opioid epidemic, including … [Read more...]

➡ From Child Welfare Information Gateway NJ: NJ: When NJ's foster kids leave the system, where do they go? New Jersey 101.5 FM Radio - August 17, 2016 Of the 7,138 foster children on New Jersey's books in 2014, the latest year for which data is available, hundreds transitioned out of foster … [Read more...]

➡ From Child Welfare Information Gateway NJ: Nauru: Review of the Child Protection system in Nauru Relief Web - August 16, 2016 Children are deemed especially important in Nauruan society, and the Government of Nauru has committed to better addressing the care and protection needs of children … [Read more...]

➡ From Child Welfare Information Gateway NJ: Australia: Child abuse claims: Rival bills in Queensland Parliament to remove child abuse claim time limit ABC News Australia - August 15, 2016 Child protection advocacy group Bravehearts is backing a private member's bill in Queensland Parliament to … [Read more...]

➡ From Child Welfare Information Gateway NJ: US: Taking Data Apart: Why a Data-Driven Approach Matters to Race Equity Annie E. Casey Foundation - August 08, 2016 Consider 2010 U.S. Census Bureau statistics that showed more than half of Asian Americans had a bachelor's degree or higher by the … [Read more...]

➡ From Child Welfare Information Gateway NJ: US: FY 2015 TANF Financial Data: How States Spent Their Funds (Includes audio) Administration for Children and Families - August 12, 2016 This year's financial data reflects the addition of new expenditure categories and changes to the accounting … [Read more...]

➡ From Child Welfare Information Gateway NJ: US: America's Foster Care Population is Growing - Again Kids Count Data Center - August 12, 2016 America's foster care population grew by 13,000 children and youth - to more than 415,000 kids total - from 2013 to 2014, according to the KIDS COUNT … [Read more...]

➡ From Child Welfare Information Gateway NJ: US: Do adopted children have a 'right' to know their birth parents? Deseret News - August 15, 2016 It's not a question without some concerns. Some fear that in an era of more open adoption, a woman might be reluctant to give up a child for adoption … [Read more...]

➡ From Child Welfare Information Gateway NJ: US: Fetal Alcohol Syndrome: A Hidden Epidemic? The Fix - August 16, 2016 "I'd seen this pattern in children as far back as med school. We were taught that rates of what was then called mild, mental retardation, were twice as high in low-income … [Read more...]