➡ From Child Welfare Information Gateway NJ: US: Departments of Education and Health and Human Services Release Joint Guidance on Foster Youth (Press Release) JD Supra - July 11, 2016 On June 23, 2016, the U.S. Departments of Education (ED) and Health and Human Services (HHS) issued a joint … [Read more...]

➡ From Child Welfare Information Gateway NJ: PA: How much time is enough time to decide? Many seek update of state adoption laws Pittsburgh Post-Gazette - July 10, 2016 Although the adoption industry and societal expectations have since changed, Ms. Sharp remains one of many reformers - … [Read more...]

➡ From Child Welfare Information Gateway NJ: PA: Troubled child welfare office seeks more caseworkers York Daily Record - July 11, 2016 The York County Office of Children, Youth and Families, which is working to avoid being taken over by the state, is asking the county for five additional … [Read more...]

➡ From Child Welfare Information Gateway NJ: Kenya: War against FGM calls for change of tack (Opinion) East African Standard - July 11, 2016 While the law expressly forbids FGM in Kenya, the effects of enforcement of the law at the family level is an issue that requires brave and frank … [Read more...]

➡ From Child Welfare Information Gateway NJ: Gambia: Gambian leader bans child marriage BBC News - July 08, 2016 Gambia's President Yahya Jammeh has told lawmakers to introduce legislation to ban child marriage. Mr Jammeh said anyone marrying a girl aged below 18 would be jailed for up to 20 … [Read more...]

➡ From Child Welfare Information Gateway NJ: Egypt: Health Ministry to propose bill for stricter FGM penalties Daily News Egypt - July 11, 2016 The Ministry of Health and Population confirmed on Sunday that it prepared a bill that suggests much stricter penalties on those who practice female … [Read more...]

➡ From Child Welfare Information Gateway NJ: Canada: Chief coroner releases recommendations of Child Death Review Committee (News Release) New Brunswick - July 08, 2016 The committee reviews the deaths of children under the age of 19, including those who were in the legal care of the minister … [Read more...]

➡ From Child Welfare Information Gateway NJ: US: Social Work Professor's Research Shows Implicit Bias by Institutions Newswise - July 08, 2016 Susan McCarter has spent the last 20 years researching and talking about disproportionate minority contacts (DMC), or the over-representation of … [Read more...]

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➡ From Child Welfare Information Gateway NJ: US: Data Analytics Helps Agencies Transform Government GovLoop - July 08, 2016 Predictive data analytics uses all data available to identify most at-risk children, those least likely to be re-unified and the best services for each … [Read more...]

➡ From Child Welfare Information Gateway NJ: NJ: Adoptees can access records come January North Jersey News - July 08, 2016 The records of some 300,000 adopted persons - currently under seal - are to become available in January, as the second phase of the state's new adoption law is … [Read more...]