➡ From Child Welfare Information Gateway NJ: US: Heitkamp's Bipartisan Bill to Help Protect Missing & Abducted Children in Indian Country Unanimously Passes Senate Committee (Press release) Office of U.S. Senator Heidi Heitkamp - June 13, 2017 U.S. Senator Heidi Heitkamp (D-ND) today … [Read more...]

➡ From Child Welfare Information Gateway NJ: US: States Where Welfare Supports the Fewest Poor Families (Includes video) 24/7 Wall St - June 14, 2017 The share of poor families who receive welfare in the United States through the Temporary Assistance for Needy Families program (TANF) has fallen … [Read more...]

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➡ From Child Welfare Information Gateway NJ: NY: NYN Podcast on Treating Trauma in Young Children (Audio) New York Nonprofit Media - June 07, 2017 Trauma can negatively affect the brain development of young children, yet there are few providers dedicated to counseling this population. The … [Read more...]

➡ From Child Welfare Information Gateway NJ: NY: Child protective workers continue to sound alarm about heavy caseloads WXXI - June 13, 2017 Child protective workers in Monroe County continue to voice their concerns about heavy caseloads which they say have put the community's most vulnerable … [Read more...]

➡ From Child Welfare Information Gateway NJ: Syrian Arab Republic: Whole of Syria - Child Protection Facts and Figures - January-April 2017 UNICEF - May 30, 2017 Child protection awareness-raising activities have reached about 112,000 children and caregivers in nine governorates. In addition, … [Read more...]

➡ From Child Welfare Information Gateway NJ: US: Foster care children: How their life experiences differ Journalist's Resource - June 06, 2017 When children in the United States are abused or neglected, government agencies sometimes remove them from their homes and place them in foster care … [Read more...]

➡ From Child Welfare Information Gateway NJ: US: DEA warns police of accidental OD risks Associated Press - June 06, 2017 In Ohio, an officer overdosed in a police station after using his bare hand to brush off a trace of white powder left from a drug scene. Even police dogs whose job it is to … [Read more...]

➡ From Child Welfare Information Gateway NJ: US: Abbey's Purple Winged Angels Foundation is Launching Soon (Press release) PRWeb - June 07, 2017 Foster children are among the highest groups at risk for poor or negative self-images. Yet, foster families have not received the training or been … [Read more...]

➡ From Child Welfare Information Gateway NJ: NJ: Family asks court to reinstate $102M ruling in abuse case Associated Press - June 06, 2017 The grandparents of a boy who was severely beaten by his father as an infant are asking the New Jersey Supreme Court to reinstate a $102 million judgment … [Read more...]

➡ From Child Welfare Information Gateway NJ: United Kingdom: Extend Staying Put foster care initiative to age 25, urges charity Children & Young People Now - June 07, 2017 Under the Staying Put policy, which was made law through the Children and Families Act 2014, councils have a duty to … [Read more...]