➡ From Child Welfare Information Gateway NJ: Canada: 'Urgent action is needed': PM Trudeau pledges $70M over 3 years to address Indigenous mental health Health Medicine Network - June 13, 2016 The Liberal government will invest nearly $70 million in new funding over three years to address the … [Read more...]

➡ From Child Welfare Information Gateway NJ: Australia: Delivering on Digital: The Innovators and Technologies That Are Transforming Government Stanford Social Innovation Review - June 13, 2016 Old and outdated desktop applications require caseworkers to slog through page after page of often … [Read more...]

➡ From Child Welfare Information Gateway NJ: US: Bill to Overhaul Child Welfare Funds Will Move in Both Chambers Chronicle of Social Change - June 11, 2016 The slightly re-named Family First Prevention Services Act, an overhaul of federal child welfare financing aimed at supporting more efforts … [Read more...]

➡ From Child Welfare Information Gateway NJ: US: New federal rule could prevent litigation over Native children in state custody (Includes audio) KTOO - June 13, 2016 The 360-page rule issued by the Bureau of Indian Affairs Wednesday aims to make interpretation of the Indian Child Welfare Act … [Read more...]

➡ From Child Welfare Information Gateway NJ: US: Child Maltreatment History Should Be a Bar to Being a Foster Parent (Opinion) Youth Today - June 13, 2016 It's just common sense: An adult's past criminal history or history of child maltreatment is not to be balanced against the safety of a … [Read more...]

➡ From Child Welfare Information Gateway NJ: US: 'Vacation Cutting': The Little Known Global Health Crisis Affecting Girls In The U.S. Think Progress - June 13, 2016 For some girls living in the United States, summer vacation will not involve campsites and s'mores. They may instead be subjected … [Read more...]

➡ From Child Welfare Information Gateway NJ: US: Child protection: a universal concern and a permanent challenge in the field of child and adolescent mental health Health Medicine Network - June 14, 2016 More recently, fatal cases of abuse such as those of eight-year-old Victoria Climbié in the … [Read more...]

➡ From Child Welfare Information Gateway NJ: PA: Solicitor general calls provision of child abuse bill unconstitutional Tribune-Review - June 13, 2016 A key provision of a House-passed bill to expand the statute of limitations for child abuse victims is unconstitutional. Solicitor General Bruce … [Read more...]

➡ From Child Welfare Information Gateway NJ: PA: Mike Zimmerman: Family Service Association tries to lessen lifelong impacts of childhood traumas, or ACEs Wilkes-Barre Times Leader - June 13, 2016 The original study on ACEs surveyed 17,500 adults regarding incidents in their childhoods of … [Read more...]

➡ From Child Welfare Information Gateway NJ: PA: Background checks law changes could prove child costly for colleges Penn Live - June 13, 2016 An effort to close a loophole in the 1-year-old child protection background checks law has given rise to a new controversy that grows out of a push to … [Read more...]