➡ From Child Welfare Information Gateway NJ: US: Accounting for Racial Bias When Applying Predictive Analytics to Child Welfare (Opinion) Chronicle of Social Change - May 31, 2017 Research on implicit racial bias teaches us that individual-level, subjective decision-making practices are likely … [Read more...]
US: A medical look at child abuse (Video)
➡ From Child Welfare Information Gateway NJ: US: A medical look at child abuse (Video) Star-Telegram - May 31, 2017 Dr. Jamye Coffman, medical director, The Center for Prevention of Child Maltreatment and Care at Cook Children's Medical Center, talks about putting the puzzle … [Read more...]
NY: Doctors worried about increased marijuana use in pregnant women
➡ From Child Welfare Information Gateway NJ: NY: Doctors worried about increased marijuana use in pregnant women WJBD - May 31, 2017 As more states legalize recreational marijuana -- and its use continues to climb -- the number of pregnant women using the drug has doctors concerned. The … [Read more...]
India: For India’s sex trafficking victims, family members often bear part of the blame
➡ From Child Welfare Information Gateway NJ: India: For India's sex trafficking victims, family members often bear part of the blame Public Radio International - May 24, 2017 If the girls are rescued, a lot of state and NGO machinery gets involved - there are police raids and rescues, and then … [Read more...]
US: McCarthy: We can end human trafficking (Includes video)(Opinion)
➡ From Child Welfare Information Gateway NJ: US: McCarthy: We can end human trafficking (Includes video)(Opinion) Cable News Network - May 24, 2017 The International Labor Organization estimates that 20.9 million people are trafficked globally. Of those, 68% are subjected to forced labor, 26% … [Read more...]
US: Guest editorial: Growing in compassion-the blessing of family reunification
➡ From Child Welfare Information Gateway NJ: US: Guest editorial: Growing in compassion-the blessing of family reunification Baptist Standard - May 24, 2017 "This is the work of a parent who's going to try as hard as she can to get her child back," I thought. I sorted the things she'd sent into … [Read more...]
US: Foster parent shortage dire as heroin overdoses rise
➡ From Child Welfare Information Gateway NJ: US: Foster parent shortage dire as heroin overdoses rise WBAL - May 24, 2017 In a policy brief from July 2016 titled "Families in Crisis," the HRSA stated that the National Advisory Committee on Rural Health and Health Services "is concerned that the … [Read more...]
NY: How red tape leaves foster kids out in the cold (Opinion)
➡ From Child Welfare Information Gateway NJ: NY: How red tape leaves foster kids out in the cold (Opinion) New York Post - May 24, 2017 Unfortunately, the system, which is currently responsible for some 400,000 children across the country, seems to suffer from the same kind of bureaucratic … [Read more...]
Czechoslovakia: Children saved from Nazi camps unveil monument to parents
➡ From Child Welfare Information Gateway NJ: Czechoslovakia: Children saved from Nazi camps unveil monument to parents Associated Press - May 27, 2017 The children saved by Sir Nicholas Winton from Nazi death camps have unveiled a monument in Prague's main train station to honor their parents. … [Read more...]
US: Murphy, Booker Reintroduce Bill to Protect Kids With Mental Illness in the Juvenile Justice System (Press release)
➡ From Child Welfare Information Gateway NJ: US: Murphy, Booker Reintroduce Bill to Protect Kids With Mental Illness in the Juvenile Justice System (Press release) Office of U.S. Senator for Connecticut Christopher Murphy - April 06, 2017 U.S. Senator Chris Murphy (D-Conn.), a member of the … [Read more...]
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