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➡ From Child Welfare Information Gateway NJ: NY: State to provide free legal aid to immigrants facing deportation Daily Orange - April 18, 2017 New York state will now offer legal counsel to immigrants facing deportation as part of a $11.5 million expansion to the Liberty Defense Project. The … [Read more...]

➡ From Child Welfare Information Gateway NJ: Ireland: Childcare for the homeless scheme will be extended New Irish News - April 18, 2017 A scheme to provide free childcare for under fives living in emergency accommodation is to be expanded. Fifty-two families have been availing of the service … [Read more...]

➡ From Child Welfare Information Gateway NJ: India: Workshop against child marriages Hindu - April 19, 2017 Mr. Rajiv explained about the Child Marriage Prohibition Act, 2006 and the consequences if a minor was married. Mr. Prasad said the Girls Advocacy Alliance (GAA) was a programme designed … [Read more...]

➡ From Child Welfare Information Gateway NJ: France: Child refugees in northern France facing exploitation and violence on a daily basis, Unicef warns Independent - April 19, 2017 Unaccompanied minors 'threatened by men armed with knives and machetes', according to report, as charities warn … [Read more...]

➡ From Child Welfare Information Gateway NJ: Canada: "Let's bring it back to the children," Canadian Human Rights Commission's Annual Report to Parliament Canada Newswire - April 19, 2017 In its newly released 2016 Annual Report to Parliament, Canada's human rights watchdog is shining a light … [Read more...]

➡ From Child Welfare Information Gateway NJ: US: USCCB: Child Welfare Provider Inclusion Act would protect religious liberty (Opinion) Catholic Culture - April 20, 2017 Three bishops who chair committees of the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops have called for support of the Child … [Read more...]

➡ From Child Welfare Information Gateway NJ: US: Student Affairs Officers as Makers of Meaning Inside Higher Ed - April 20, 2017 The student affairs conversation increasingly includes discussion of student hunger and homelessness -- realities that student affairs staffs have been dealing with … [Read more...]

➡ From Child Welfare Information Gateway NJ: PA: Westmoreland leaders OK raises for grant-funded child welfare workers Pittsburgh Tribune Review - April 19, 2017 The Westmoreland County salary board on Wednesday approved the reorganization of two departments that provide child welfare and … [Read more...]

➡ From Child Welfare Information Gateway NJ: NY: A gender-wage war Cuomo fails to fight (Opinion) New York Daily News - April 20, 2017 Human services workers are overwhelmingly women (more than 80%) and heavily women of color (44% of the total). And they are some of the lowest-paid workers in … [Read more...]

CT: Lawmaker tells colleagues to pay attention to federal audit of child welfare agency Middletown Press - April 19, 2017 It was largely a public hearing about the spending cap, which is why his message in support of Connecticut's children may have gotten lost. Senate Republican President Len … [Read more...]