➡ From Child Welfare Information Gateway NJ: US: Female Genital Mutilation: Our Issue, Together Ebony - July 05, 2016 While most people think that this issue impacts girls and women in Africa, Asia and the Middle East, "vacation cutting"-the practice of sending young girls abroad (usually … [Read more...]

➡ From Child Welfare Information Gateway NJ: US: Annual Report to Congress: The U.S. Government Action Plan on Children in Adversity Relief Web - July 06, 2016 This is the eighth annual report on Public Law (PL) 109-95, The Assistance for Orphans and Other Vulnerable Children in Developing … [Read more...]

➡ From Child Welfare Information Gateway NJ: PA: CYS looking for at least 58 additional foster families Observer-Reporter - July 05, 2016 CYS deals with runaways and cases of child abuse, child neglect, truancy, incorrigibility, or circumstances in which a child is at risk of being abused or … [Read more...]

➡ From Child Welfare Information Gateway NJ: United Kingdom: New research suggests 'worrying trend' in abuse and neglect of adolescents Care Appointments - July 06, 2016 New research from the universities of East Anglia (UEA) and Warwick reveals an increase in adolescents who died or were … [Read more...]

➡ From Child Welfare Information Gateway NJ: United Kingdom: Swinney to meet child abuse survivors over troubled inquiry BBC Scotland - July 07, 2016 Education Secretary John Swinney is to meet survivors of child abuse after some groups said they had lost confidence in the government's … [Read more...]

➡ From Child Welfare Information Gateway NJ: Canada: House of Recovery to help women, children The Kingston Whig-Standard - July 06, 2016 If saving your life came at the cost of losing your child, would you take the chance? After years of work as an attending physician at Kingston General … [Read more...]

➡ From Child Welfare Information Gateway NJ: Canada: First Nations leaders leery of government measures on child welfare The Canadian Press - July 06, 2016 A new $382-million government announcement on First Nations child welfare is raising as many questions as it answers, Aboriginal leaders … [Read more...]

➡ From Child Welfare Information Gateway NJ: Canada: First foster care agency for LGBTQ youth now licensed to open (Includes video) Windsor Star - July 06, 2016 Canada's first and only foster care agency geared to LGBTQ youth is setting up shop in Windsor and actively recruiting foster parents … [Read more...]

➡ From Child Welfare Information Gateway NJ: Canada: Child Welfare in Canada: More Federal Assistance, Less Oversight Compared to US Chronicle of Social Change - July 07, 2016 Although the U.S. child welfare system is vastly different from Canada's, it is routinely criticized for the lack of … [Read more...]

➡ From Child Welfare Information Gateway NJ: Australia: Tech firms behind $100m NSW child protection overhaul CRN Magazine - July 07, 2016 With the first release of the upgraded tool planned to be deployed to caseworkers at the beginning of 2017, ChildStory will be an integrated system that … [Read more...]