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➡ From Child Welfare Information Gateway NJ: Australia: NT child protection is fragmented and under-resourced, judge says Guardian - May 08, 2017 The Northern Territory system of child protection is fragmented and under-resourced, and left children in dangerous situations far beyond the point … [Read more...]

➡ From Child Welfare Information Gateway NJ: US: Developmental trauma disorder: the effects of child abuse and neglect Clinical Advisor - May 03, 2017 Mental health experts in trauma continue to investigate and apply a condition known as developmental trauma disorder (DTD), which is … [Read more...]

➡ From Child Welfare Information Gateway NJ: US: Editorial: Opioid crisis needs national strategy Herald-Tribune - May 07, 2017 The meetings have been held, the public health emergency has been declared, and significant yet small steps are being taken in response to an alarming, overwhelming … [Read more...]

➡ From Child Welfare Information Gateway NJ: US: Mass Incarceration and the Achievement Gap (Opinion) American Prospect - May 08, 2017 Our unjustified incarceration rates should be of urgent concern to anyone interested in narrowing the educational achievement gap-the persistently lower … [Read more...]

➡ From Child Welfare Information Gateway NJ: PA: Special Report: Drug epidemic impacting foster care system (Includes video) (Correction) WENY - May 03, 2017 The growing drug epidemic is affecting lives across the country, and right here in the Twin Tiers too. Local Family and Child Service … [Read more...]

➡ From Child Welfare Information Gateway NJ: NY: Agency helping to prevent child abuse Gloversville Leader-Herald - May 08, 2017 The Child Advocacy Center of Fulton County/ Mental Health Association in Fulton and Montgomery; The multi-disciplinary team members consist of law enforcement, child … [Read more...]

➡ From Child Welfare Information Gateway NJ: US: You Can't Fix Child Welfare Spending with Distorted Data and Doublethink (Opinion) Chronicle of Social Change - May 06, 2017 ... every single federal program designed to ease poverty - including housing assistance, food stamps, even the … [Read more...]

➡ From Child Welfare Information Gateway NJ: US: It takes a village-How parents with mental health conditions can be successful The Columbia Chronicle - May 08, 2017 Stories of abuse and neglect perpetuate the stereotype that parents with mental health conditions are unfit, leading to tragic, … [Read more...]

➡ From Child Welfare Information Gateway NJ: Chronicle of Social Change - May 08, 2017 The Indian Child Welfare Act (ICWA) came about because the federal government and states had a long history of treating Native American* parents as unfit just by their being Indian. As recently as the 1970s, … [Read more...]

➡ From Child Welfare Information Gateway NJ: PA: Child welfare under scrutiny after three children die in two years in Indiana County (Includes video) WTAE - May 08, 2017 Three toddlers were killed in fewer than two years in Indiana County. In all three cases, Action News Investigates learned … [Read more...]