➡ From Child Welfare Information Gateway US: Child Maltreatment Statistics Show Slight Decline From Year to Year Youth Today - September 29, 2017 Child welfare officials found evidence of "maltreatment" in more than 683,000 cases in fiscal 2015, data newly released by nonprofit research group … [Read more...]

➡ From Child Welfare Information Gateway US: Why Family/CPS Courts Target 'Fit' Parents & Why the General Public is unaware of this National crisis. (short version) (Commentary) Huffington Post - September 30, 2017 "Rich, poor, middle-class - no child in America is safe." These words of … [Read more...]

➡ From Child Welfare Information Gateway US: Gazette editorial: Help for foster kids? Focus on relationships Charleston Gazette-Mail - October 01, 2017 The way to get more foster kids into school and jobs may be to look beyond reading and math tutoring and work harder on their relationship … [Read more...]

➡ From Child Welfare Information Gateway US: Congress lets Children's Health Insurance Program expire Washington Post - October 01, 2017 Congress has allowed the Children's Health Insurance Program, which provided low-cost health insurance to 9 million children, to expire. If action is not … [Read more...]

➡ From Child Welfare Information Gateway PR: Puerto Rico's Exodus Begins with a Trickle Into Orlando Politico - September 29, 2017 After waiting for nearly four hours, the Marquezes boarded a Southwest jet that was supposed to depart for Orlando at 9:30 a.m. The flight didn't take off for … [Read more...]

➡ From Child Welfare Information Gateway NY: David Hansell is ready to take on the city's embattled ACS New York Post - October 02, 2017 When David Hansell took the helm at the Administration for Children's Services earlier this year, the city's embattled child- welfare agency was still reeling … [Read more...]

➡ From Child Welfare Information Gateway International: Amid child porn scandal, Vatican backs push for child safety online Crux - October 03, 2017 As the Vatican deals with criticism of its handling of the case of a papal diplomat recalled to Rome from Washington facing allegations of child … [Read more...]

➡ From Child Welfare Information Gateway Bangladesh: Unicef launching US$76.1m appeal for Rohingya children Daily Observer - October 02, 2017 The Unicef is launching a US$76.1 million appeal for its emergency humanitarian response to the Rohingya refugee crisis in southern Bangladesh. The … [Read more...]

➡ From Child Welfare Information Gateway US: Tenth Circuit: Social Workers Held to Have Qualified Immunity on Foster Child's Special-Relationship Claims Legal Connection - October 02, 2017 The Tenth Circuit Court of Appeals issued its opinion in Dahn v. Amedei on Monday, August 14, 2017. This … [Read more...]

➡ From Child Welfare Information Gateway US: Q&A with Sen. Chuck Grassley, Long-time Champion for Kids Chronicle of Social Change - October 02, 2017 Among Congress' noted champions for disadvantaged and at-risk youth, there isn't a member with more power than Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa), … [Read more...]