➡ From Child Welfare Information Gateway Jordan: More Syrian child brides in Jordan amid poverty, uncertainty Associated Press - August 07, 2017 Figures from Jordan's population census document the long suspected increase for the first time. In 2015, brides between the ages of 13 and 17 made up … [Read more...]

➡ From Child Welfare Information Gateway International: Tyler and Both Ends Burning announce Honduras as new partner (Press release) COMTEX News Network - August 06, 2017 Tyler Technologies, Inc. and non-profit Both Ends Burning have announced that Honduras is the most recent country to join … [Read more...]

➡ From Child Welfare Information Gateway India: WCD Ministry developed Standard Operating Procedure for tracking and rehabilitation of missing children India Education Diary - August 05, 2017 The Ministry of Women and Child Development has developed a Standard Operating Procedure (SOP) for … [Read more...]

➡ From Child Welfare Information Gateway Bulgaria: Refugee Children Caught in Bulgarian Limbo Balkan Insight - August 03, 2017 While the number of refugees in Bulgaria has fallen significantly, some refugee children still have little or no access to adequate care. Out of the 1,639 asylum … [Read more...]

➡ From Child Welfare Information Gateway US: Suicide rate hit 40-year peak among older teen girls in 2015 (Includes video) Cable News Network - August 03, 2017 The suicide rate among girls between the ages of 15 and 19 reached a 40-year high in 2015, according to new data from the National … [Read more...]

➡ From Child Welfare Information Gateway US: Child Welfare Ideas from the Experts #12: Connecting Foster Youth with Virtual Coaches Chronicle of Social Change - August 04, 2017 Harris proposes that Congress fund "a competitive pilot program" that would assign a virtual success coach to a foster … [Read more...]

➡ From Child Welfare Information Gateway US: Call the opioid crisis what it is: A national emergency (Opinion) Durham Herald-Sun - August 04, 2017 "With approximately 142 Americans dying every day, America is enduring a death toll equal to Sept. 11 every three weeks," the commission wrote in … [Read more...]

➡ From Child Welfare Information Gateway US: New attitudes toward adoption offers hope Washington Post - August 06, 2017 More than 110,000 children in the U.S. foster care system are legally free for adoption, yet more than 20,000 of these kids will never find an adoptive family. After a … [Read more...]

➡ From Child Welfare Information Gateway NY: Foster Care as Punishment: The New Reality of 'Jane Crow' New York Times - July 21, 2017 In interviews, dozens of lawyers working on these cases say the removals punish parents who have few resources. Their clients are predominantly poor black and … [Read more...]

➡ From Child Welfare Information Gateway NY: Judges are supposed to 'second guess' - it's their job (Commentary) Staten Island Live - August 04, 2017 Staten Island's state Sen. Diane Savino seems to have a problem with judges doing their jobs. She is upset that sometimes when caseworkers for … [Read more...]