➡ From Child Welfare Information Gateway NJ: US: The religious freedom battles playing out across the U.S. Linn County Leader - April 18, 2016 More than 100 religious freedom bills have been proposed in state legislatures since the Obergefell v. Hodges ruling. Their sponsors argue that … [Read more...]

➡ From Child Welfare Information Gateway NJ: US: Supreme Court Seems Divided on Obama Immigration Showdown NBC News - April 18, 2016 Sixteen other states are urging the justice to let the policy take effect. It would allow "millions of hard-working immigrants to work legally, dramatically … [Read more...]

➡ From Child Welfare Information Gateway NJ: US: Starving the Foster Care Beast Hurts Only the Children (Opinion) Chronicle of Social Change - April 18, 2016 In his brilliant column of April 5, Sean Hughes explains why 20 years after the federal Aid to Families with Dependent Children (AFDC) … [Read more...]

➡ From Child Welfare Information Gateway NJ: US: Standardizing care improves outcomes for infants born with neonatal abstinence syndrome Medical News Today - April 18, 2016 Standardizing hospital care policies across institutions for infants diagnosed with drug withdrawal symptoms at birth … [Read more...]

➡ From Child Welfare Information Gateway NJ: US: More than half of homeless youth were asked to leave San Diego Union Tribune - April 18, 2016 More than half of the young people with no place to live first became homeless when a parent or guardian asked them to leave, according to a … [Read more...]

➡ From Child Welfare Information Gateway NJ: US: ACF at 25: Impacting People, Affecting Change, Empowering Families (Press release) HHS.gov - April 18, 2016 Twenty-five years ago, on April 15, 1991, the Administration for Children and Families (ACF) was born. ACF was created to bring together a … [Read more...]

➡ From Child Welfare Information Gateway NJ: PA: DePasquale to take closer look at York County child welfare office York Dispatch - April 18, 2016 The state's top fiscal watchdog will take a closer look at the York County Office of Children, Youth & Families during an upcoming scheduled … [Read more...]

➡ From Child Welfare Information Gateway NJ: NY: Family services agency sued over abuse of special needs child in Bronx New York Daily News - April 18, 2016 The troubled agency that placed foster care children into the care of an alleged sexual predator was slapped with a multi-million dollar … [Read more...]

➡ From Child Welfare Information Gateway NJ: NY: Adults sexually abused as kids get support from group of Democrats to push legislation New York Daily News - April 18, 2016 The five members of a breakaway group of state Senate Democrats say they will support new legislation to help adults who … [Read more...]

➡ From Child Welfare Information Gateway NJ: CT: Teen forced to undergo cancer treatment says new mass found Associated Press - April 18, 2016 Cassandra Callender and her mother initially refused the chemotherapy, saying they wanted to explore more natural alternative treatments. The state … [Read more...]