➡ From Child Welfare Information Gateway NJ: US: The Senate Must Act Now to Put Families First (Opinion) Huffington Post - July 07, 2016 If passed, it will be good news for the more than 2.5 million children currently being raised in grandfamilies. For the first time, this Act will allow … [Read more...]

➡ From Child Welfare Information Gateway NJ: PA: Child welfare offices to get far less funding than budget suggests York Dispatch - July 07, 2016 State funding earmarked for county-operated child protection agencies in Pennsylvania is far less than what is laid out in the state budget awaiting … [Read more...]

➡ From Child Welfare Information Gateway NJ: DE: Thousands learn to prevent child abuse (Includes video) Delaware Online - July 07, 2016 The foundation to combat child sexual abuse started by former Attorney General Beau Biden has trained more than 20,000 Delawareans in identification and … [Read more...]

➡ From Child Welfare Information Gateway NJ: United Kingdom: Family day to raise FGM awareness ahead of summer danger period GetWestLondon - July 12, 2016 Hounslow Council has teamed up with anti-FGM charity FORWARD to organize the Keeping Our Girls Safe day on Saturday, July … [Read more...]

➡ From Child Welfare Information Gateway NJ: Egypt: MP's endorsement of FGM stirs controversy but unlikely to have effect Ahram - July 12, 2016 Egyptian MP and doctor Ahmed El-Tahawy says female genital mutilation (FGM), from a medical and religious stand, is a necessity as long as it is … [Read more...]

➡ From Child Welfare Information Gateway NJ: US: Our Kids Deserve Better Than Rushed Family First Bill (Opinion) Chronicle of Social Change - July 12, 2016 So you can imagine the challenge of our nation's foster care system, which is tasked with getting it right for more than 415,000 abused and … [Read more...]

➡ From Child Welfare Information Gateway NJ: US: Don't Make Our Most Vulnerable Children Wait Longer! (Opinion) Huffington Post - July 12, 2016 In an important show of bipartisanship, Congress is on the cusp of an historic step to help many of the most vulnerable children in our nation who are … [Read more...]

➡ From Child Welfare Information Gateway NJ: PA: Child abuse and neglect cases skyrocket; help needed York Daily Record - July 12, 2015 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: PA: Kenney to appoint new DHS commissioner Philly.com - July 12, 2016 Cynthia Figueroa, CEO of Congreso de Latinos Unidos, a nonprofit focused on Latino communities, will be named commissioner of the Department of Human Services Wednesday, sources … [Read more...]

➡ From Child Welfare Information Gateway NJ: PA: Infamous Ex-NFL Coach "Saw Jerry [Sandusky] Doing Something to a Boy," Testimony Says Slate - July 12, 2016 The assertion was made in testimony by former Penn State player and staff member Mike McQueary, who in 2001 reported to both Paterno and … [Read more...]