➡ From Child Welfare Information Gateway NJ: US: Social Security offers online tools for foster care youths Amarillo Globe News - August 15, 2016 A new policy from the Social Security Administration allows foster youth of all ages with disabilities to apply for Supplemental Security Income … [Read more...]

➡ From Child Welfare Information Gateway NJ: PA: Schuylkill adds caseworkers Times News Onlin - August 16, 2016 Schuylkill County's Children and Youth Services Agency now has an additional six caseworkers to help handle an increase in the numbers of families needing … [Read more...]

➡ 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...]