➡ From Child Welfare Information Gateway NJ: US: Born Before 1970? You're Older Than 9 Native Civil Rights Indian Country Today Media Network - August 11, 2016 The wrongs of the past have become institutionalized-they are said to be structural. And because they are systemically embedded, since … [Read more...]

➡ From Child Welfare Information Gateway NJ: US: With Push From Adoptees, States Open Access to Birth Records Stateline - August 12, 2016 For many years, adults adopted as children who wanted to find out who their birth parents were ran up against a brick wall because they had no legal right to … [Read more...]

➡ From Child Welfare Information Gateway NJ: US: Supreme Court History in 'More Perfect': Baby Veronica (Opinion) FindLaw - August 12, 2016 The case "puts one little girl at the center of a storm of legal intricacies, Native American tribal culture, and heart-wrenching personal stakes," … [Read more...]

➡ From Child Welfare Information Gateway NJ: US: Number Of Women, Girls At Risk Of, Survivors Of FGM In U.S. Triples Since 1990, GAO Report Shows Kaiser Family Foundation - August 12, 2016 Government Accountability Office report reveals an alarming trend: the number of women and girls in the … [Read more...]

➡ From Child Welfare Information Gateway NJ: US: Inside the administration's $1 billion deal to detain Central American asylum seekers Washington Post - August 14, 2016 "For the most part, what I see is a very expensive incarceration scheme," said Rep. Zoe Lofgren (Calif.), the top Democrat on … [Read more...]

➡ From Child Welfare Information Gateway NJ: US: Foster Care to Reunification: Navigating the Child Welfare System (Includes audio) Psych Central - August 14, 2016 We know that children do well when they are raised by parents who are intentional in their parenting, who are proactive, provide … [Read more...]

➡ From Child Welfare Information Gateway NJ: US: Interaction between adoptive, biological parents can benefit kids (Opinion) Business Standard - August 15, 2016 For most of the 20th century, adoptions were largely "closed", meaning birth parents placed their child with an adoption agency and … [Read more...]

➡ From Child Welfare Information Gateway NJ: US: ESSA strengthens services for homeless students District Administration - August 15, 2016 Districts and states that have done the best job graduating homeless students have now seen some of their practices enshrined in federal law as part of the … [Read more...]

➡ From Child Welfare Information Gateway NJ: PA: Immigrant Mothers Stage Hunger Strike for Freedom (Includes audio) Public News Service - August 15, 2016 Federal courts have ruled that children, with or without parents, cannot be held in immigration detention for more than 20 days. And the … [Read more...]

➡ From Child Welfare Information Gateway NJ: NY: Judge rejects public advocate's settlement in foster-care case Politico - August 12, 2016 In a blistering decision that marks a significant victory for Mayor Bill de Blasio's administration, a federal judge on Friday struck down a proposed … [Read more...]