➡ From Child Welfare Information Gateway NJ: US: Where Lead Lurks And Why Even Small Amounts Matter (Includes audio) National Public Radio - August 12, 2016 Lead problems with the water in Flint, Mich., have prompted people across the country to ask whether they or their families have been … [Read more...]

➡ From Child Welfare Information Gateway NJ: US: Religious Freedom Is A Shield Not A Weapon (Opinion) The Huffington Post - August 12, 2016 Congress is considering...the Child Welfare Provider Inclusion Act, which would allow child welfare agencies to refuse to provide services that "conflict … [Read more...]

➡ From Child Welfare Information Gateway NJ: US: Foster care survivor forced to move 50 times during childhood; brings her story Downriver Heritage News-Herald - August 12, 2016 Social activist and former foster care youth Shenandoah Chefalo was forced to move 50 times during her childhood, and … [Read more...]

➡ From Child Welfare Information Gateway NJ: NJ: State Court Finds Right to Counsel for Birth Parents in Disputed Adoptions Chronicle of Social Change - August 11, 2016 The New Jersey Supreme Court ruled that a parent whose child is subject to private adoption has the right to counsel. Birth … [Read more...]

➡ From Child Welfare Information Gateway NJ: Uganda: The Countless Dangers of Female Genital Mutilation This Day Online - August 11, 2016 Killing of twins and albinos, and the drawing of tribal marks on faces, are some of the traditions that have gone into extinction in Nigeria, but female … [Read more...]

➡ From Child Welfare Information Gateway NJ: US: Measuring the impact of poverty in education Education Dive - August 08, 2016 U.S. Secretary of Education John King was addressing members of the media about new proposed policies under the Every Student Succeeds Act, which will support mandated … [Read more...]

➡ From Child Welfare Information Gateway NJ: US: Twelve Child Welfare Reform Ideas from Former Foster Youth Chronicle of Social Change - August 10, 2016 Every year, one of Youth Services Insider's favorite assignments is poring over the policy recommendations of the 12 young people selected for … [Read more...]

➡ From Child Welfare Information Gateway NJ: US: The Classroom: A Place Of Failure For Children In Foster Care (Opinion) Huffington Post - August 10, 2016 For many children in foster care, our schools are the last place they want to be. For that foster child who has been taken from his family, … [Read more...]

➡ From Child Welfare Information Gateway NJ: US: Are adoptive parents 'parents'? Analyst's word choice sparks backlash (Includes video) Christian Science Monitor - August 10, 2016 "I think people don't really understand adoption," Ms. Caughman tells the Monitor. "They don't really understand … [Read more...]

NBC announcer says he regrets tweet about Biles' parents NEW YORK — NBC announcer Al Trautwig said Monday he regrets tweeting that the adoptive mother and father of American gymnastics star Simone Biles were not her parents, a declaration that angered advocates for adoption. Trautwig had been … [Read more...]