➡ From Child Welfare Information Gateway NJ: US: Putting Childhood Poverty on Candidates' Radar (Includes audio) Public News Service - July 25, 2016 Bruce Lesley, president of the children's advocacy group First Focus, says more than one in five children in the U.S. lives in a family that falls … [Read more...]

➡ From Child Welfare Information Gateway NJ: US: In DNC speech, Philly man will seek more help for social workers and kids in their care News Works - July 25, 2016 A Philadelphia native with a compelling story will be speaking at the Democratic National Convention Tuesday night. Thaddeus … [Read more...]

➡ From Child Welfare Information Gateway NJ: US: 8 Steps to Take to Protect Children From Sexual Abuse at the Hands of Rabbis (Opinion) The Algemeiner - July 25, 2016 Many Orthodox rabbis and institutions are affiliated with one or more major Orthodox umbrella groups. These groups include the … [Read more...]

➡ From Child Welfare Information Gateway NJ: NY: APNewsBreak: NYC review of foster homes finds no abuse cases Associated Press - July 22, 2016 The city's Administration for Children's Services reviewed conditions at 370 homes operated by SCO Family of Services after one of the organization's … [Read more...]

➡ From Child Welfare Information Gateway NJ: International: WHO Issues First Guidelines On Treating Female Genital Mutilation Victims NDTV - July 27, 2016 The World Health Organization released its first-ever guidelines on how medical professionals should treat victims of female genital … [Read more...]

➡ From Child Welfare Information Gateway NJ: Europe: Children in crisis: Unaccompanied migrant children in the EU Reliefweb - July 26, 2016 It has become increasingly clear that children, many of them unaccompanied by a parent, relative or guardian, are in the forefront of the crisis. In 2015 … [Read more...]

➡ From Child Welfare Information Gateway NJ: US: Child Welfare Ideas from the Experts, #2: Incentivize Psychotropic Accountability Chronicle of Social Change - July 26, 2016 Price calls for special federal matching funds for any child welfare agency that employs a child psychiatrist as its … [Read more...]

➡ From Child Welfare Information Gateway NJ: US: Child Welfare Ideas from the Experts, #3: Fighting Bias, Stereotypes of Foster Youth Chronicle of Social Change - July 27, 2016 Wichman calls for Congress to require states to ensure that every foster youth has an advocate - not their caseworker … [Read more...]

➡ From Child Welfare Information Gateway NJ: PA: EDITORIAL: Stop CYF funding shell game York Dispatch - July 26, 2016 This year's budget includes funding for the CYF offices through June 30, 2017, with an actual 2.5 percent increase over the funding received last year, not the 20.7 percent the … [Read more...]

➡ From Child Welfare Information Gateway NJ: NY: NYC Foster Youth Nonprofit Turns Funding Crisis into Opportunity Chronicle of Social Change - July 27, 2016 While the concerns surrounding the ACS contract termination with You Gotta Believe were complex, compassion in the community for the work … [Read more...]