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➡ From Child Welfare Information Gateway NJ: US: 21st Century Program Gets Budget Reprieve Until September Youth Today - May 02, 2017 Millions of low-income kids just got a guarantee they will be able to spend their summers learning in a safe, supportive environment. And the cadre of educators … [Read more...]

➡ From Child Welfare Information Gateway NJ: PA: Deluge of child abuse reports continued across Pennsylvania in 2016 Tribune-Democrat - May 02, 2017 Child abuse claimed at least 46 lives in Pennsylvania last year, a five-year high, according to data released Tuesday by the Department of Human … [Read more...]

➡ From Child Welfare Information Gateway NJ: CT: Police: Statute of limitations means accused Choate teachers won't be prosecuted Greenwich Time - May 02, 2017 Most of the 12 teachers accused of sexual misconduct at Choate Rosemary Hall, including three who also taught in Danbury-area schools, … [Read more...]

➡ From Child Welfare Information Gateway NJ: Guatemala: Fairy godmother or child trafficker? An American woman stands trial in Guatemala. PRI: World - April 26, 2017 A controversial child trafficking trial starts this Thursday for a 64-year-old American woman who throughout the late 1990s and … [Read more...]

➡ From Child Welfare Information Gateway NJ: Greece: The sexual exploitation of child migrants Harvard Gazette - April 26, 2017 Closed borders, unsafe holding camps, and increasing desperation have created an "emergency within an emergency" concerning child sexual abuse and exploitation among … [Read more...]

➡ From Child Welfare Information Gateway NJ: Canada: Child and youth advocate calls for better access to mental health care in remote communities CBC News - April 25, 2017 Saskatchewan's child and youth advocate is calling on the province to address a number of recommendations he says are … [Read more...]

➡ From Child Welfare Information Gateway NJ: US: How Trans Youth Are at Risk in Child Welfare, Juvenile Justice Systems Chronicle of Social Change - April 26, 2017 Lydia's experience is not an anomaly, according to a new study about gender nonconforming youth in state custody, released Monday … [Read more...]

➡ From Child Welfare Information Gateway NJ: India: Juvenile Justice System for effective legal assistance to children Morung Express - April 27, 2017 With an aim to ensure effective legal assistance to children who comes in conflict with law or are in need of care and protection, Dimapur … [Read more...]

➡ From Child Welfare Information Gateway NJ: US: Grandparents, Other Relatives and Advocates to Rally on Lawn of U.S. Capitol (Press release) Children's Defense Fund - April 27, 2017 On May 10, 2017 relative caregivers, children and advocates from around the country will join members of … [Read more...]

➡ From Child Welfare Information Gateway NJ: US: Cardinal Health: CN opioid suit will test reach of tribal court 4-Traders - April 27, 2017 There are questions now that a lawsuit has been filed by the Cherokee Nation in tribal court, accusing six drug distributors and pharmacies of failing to … [Read more...]