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➡ From Child Welfare Information Gateway NJ: NY: Shineman Foundation Awards Child Advocacy Center $250,000 Grant Oswego Daily News - May 11, 2017 The grant serves as the kickoff to the CAC's capital campaign to fund its new location in Fulton. Predicated by the increase in cases of physical and … [Read more...]

➡ From Child Welfare Information Gateway NJ: CT: Opioid crisis puts pressure on Connecticut's child welfare system News Times - May 06, 2017 As the opioid crisis worsens in Connecticut, state agencies are coping not just with growing demand for treatment programs but also with added pressure on … [Read more...]

➡ From Child Welfare Information Gateway NJ: Canada: Indigenous families fight to get children in care back to their families Regina Leader-Post - May 15, 2017 Bunnie attended a workshop to learn more about how to get children out of care and back at home. The workshop, called Invest in Family, … [Read more...]

➡ From Child Welfare Information Gateway NJ: US: Let's Talk About Mothers Without Primary Custody Of Their Children (Opinion) Establishment - May 14, 2017 That leaves non-custodial mothers like myself with one of two labels: selfish or unfit. And, yes, there may be some women who either lost … [Read more...]

➡ From Child Welfare Information Gateway NJ: US: Neonatal Abstinence Syndrome (NAS): MA Taskforce Report Offers Path to Advancing Parent and Infant Health Community Catalyst - May 15, 2017 Opioid misuse is a multi-generational issue that requires supports along the lifespan. Massachusetts is … [Read more...]

➡ From Child Welfare Information Gateway NJ: PA: Public Input Requested for Clearfield Co. Human Services Plan Gant News - May 16, 2017 Clearfield County consumers interested in commenting on services provided for homeless assistance, child welfare and the human services development program, … [Read more...]

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➡ From Child Welfare Information Gateway NJ: NY: New tech for NYC child welfare investigators to alert police in dangerous situations New York Daily News - May 16, 2017 The city's beleaguered child-welfare agency plans to equip its front-line workers with high-tech devices that can alert the … [Read more...]

➡ From Child Welfare Information Gateway NJ: US: An Unknown in the Opioid-Child Welfare Nexus: Use By Workers Chronicle of Social Change - May 16, 2017 It is foolish to think that workers in this system are immune to the draw of drugs simply because they have social work training and a front … [Read more...]

➡ From Child Welfare Information Gateway NJ: International: UN: 300,000 children migrating solo, up nearly fivefold Associated Press - May 17, 2017 Authorities have documented more than 300,000 children migrating alone worldwide over a two-year period, marking a dramatic escalation of a trend … [Read more...]

➡ From Child Welfare Information Gateway NJ: US: Adoption by same-sex couple (Opinion: Father Kenneth Doyle) Boston Pilot - May 16, 2017 The Child Welfare Provider Inclusion Act, now before both houses of Congress, would prohibit discrimination against such agencies and allow them to continue … [Read more...]