➡ From Child Welfare Information Gateway NJ: United Kingdom: Britain's foster care system prepares for influx of host child migrants Christian Science Monitor - May 18, 2016 The care of hundreds, perhaps thousands, of unaccompanied minors fleeing the Middle East will put new demands on … [Read more...]

➡ From Child Welfare Information Gateway NJ: Pakistan: Enactment of Child Protection (Amendment) Act lauded The International News - May 18, 2016 Speakers of a sensitisation seminar appreciated the enactment of Child Protection (Amendment) Act 2016 but highlighted the fact that only effective … [Read more...]

➡ From Child Welfare Information Gateway NJ: Canada: Poverty Rates Speak to Suffering in First Nations Communities, Leader Says The Canadian Press - May 18, 2016 The study, which explored poverty rates and the territories as measured by income, also documented the dire conditions experienced by … [Read more...]

➡ From Child Welfare Information Gateway NJ: Canada: Clearer picture of Ontario's child protection system needed, author of report says Toronto Star - May 19, 2016 The Ontario government has no way of knowing whether vulnerable children are receiving quality care in foster homes and group … [Read more...]

➡ From Child Welfare Information Gateway NJ: US: Need for Better Collaboration on Crossover Youth Voiced in Senate Judiciary Hearing The Chronicle of Social Change - May 18, 2016 The solution to curbing juvenile arrests and improving permanency for abused and neglected children? Better … [Read more...]

➡ From Child Welfare Information Gateway NJ: US: Kin and Faith: The Right Ways to Grow a Foster Home Supply (Opinion) The Chronicle of Social Change - May 18, 2016 With the foster care population increasing, the reluctance to fire bad foster parents will only increase. In the meantime, the harm … [Read more...]

➡ From Child Welfare Information Gateway NJ: US: Child Welfare's Principal-Agent Problem (Opinion) The Chronicle of Social Change - May 18, 2016 The principal-agent problem arises because we humans need to do many important things that no one person can accomplish. Protecting a population of … [Read more...]

➡ From Child Welfare Information Gateway NJ: United Kingdom: Social workers should not ignore the benefits of adoption by foster carers (Opinion) The Guardian - May 17, 2016 One option that has not had enough attention is the potential contribution foster carers could make to improving the … [Read more...]

➡ From Child Welfare Information Gateway NJ: Tanzania: MPs Condemn Rising Wave of Child Abuse Tanzania Daily News - May 17, 2016 Several Members of Parliament yesterday rose in unison to condemn the increasing wave of child abuse in the country. Morogoro South legislator, Prosper Mbena, (CCM), … [Read more...]

➡ From Child Welfare Information Gateway NJ: Ireland: New Bill allows adoption regardless of parents' marital status The Irish Times - May 18, 2016 The right of children to be adopted irrespective of the marital status of their parents is part of the first Bill introduced in the Dail by the new … [Read more...]