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➡ From Child Welfare Information Gateway NJ: NY: Monroe County CPS workers rally for change (Includes video) WHAM - May 10, 2017 The Federation of Social Workers walked outside the Monroe County Office Building downtown, showing their concerns about high case loads and vacant caseworker … [Read more...]

➡ From Child Welfare Information Gateway NJ: Europe: How many unaccompanied minors applying for international protection in the EU in 2016 West - May 11, 2017 In 2016, 63 300 asylum seekers applying for international protection in the Member States of the European Union (EU) were considered to … [Read more...]

➡ From Child Welfare Information Gateway NJ: US: Fifth National GrandRally Brings Hundreds Of Grandparents And Other Relatives Raising Children To The U.S. Capitol (Press release) Children's Defense Fund - May 10, 2017 Today hundreds of grandparents and other relative caregivers from across the … [Read more...]

➡ From Child Welfare Information Gateway NJ: PA: Challenges mount for grandparents - due to opioid crisis Daily Item - May 11, 2017 More relatives, especially grandparents, are raising children because of their parents' addictions, according to a 2016 report from Generations United, a family … [Read more...]

➡ From Child Welfare Information Gateway NJ: NY: New NYC Children's Services Commissioner Will Try to Fix Agency By Reversing Predecessor's Policies Observer - May 10, 2017 The Administration for Children's Services will back features of the ChildStat program-a program similar to the NYPD's … [Read more...]

➡ From Child Welfare Information Gateway NJ: NY: Monroe County CPS workers rally for change (Includes video) WHAM - May 10, 2017 The Federation of Social Workers walked outside the Monroe County Office Building downtown, showing their concerns about high case loads and vacant caseworker … [Read more...]

➡ From Child Welfare Information Gateway NJ: US: National Foster Care Month: Empowering Caregivers, Strengthening Families (Press release) US Department of Health and Human Services - May 09, 2017 National Foster Care Month celebrates the families and individuals who work with children in … [Read more...]

➡ From Child Welfare Information Gateway NJ: US: Child Welfare Needs the Three Rs to Combat Opioid Impact (Opinion) Chronicle of Social Change - May 09, 2017 To improve the lives of children and families affected by the opioid epidemic, we have to go back to those fundamental elements of … [Read more...]

➡ From Child Welfare Information Gateway NJ: Europe: Asylum applications from unaccompanied minors fell sharply in Europe in 2016 Pew Research Center - May 04, 2017 The European Union, Norway and Switzerland received nearly 66,000 asylum applications from unaccompanied minor migrants in 2016, a … [Read more...]

➡ From Child Welfare Information Gateway NJ: Canada: Ontario First Nations call for mandatory inquests when children die in child welfare system CBC News - May 04, 2017 Chiefs from across Ontario are backing a call for mandatory inquests when children die while in the care of the child welfare … [Read more...]