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➡ From Child Welfare Information Gateway NJ: PA: Richard Wexler: Child welfare's double standards at heart of Grace Packer tragedy Morning Call - April 08, 2017 Yet there has been no outcry about the state doing too little to keep families together, no demand that the state curb the needless … [Read more...]

➡ From Child Welfare Information Gateway NJ: PA: Protecting our children: Sandusky case changed everything CNHI News Service - April 08, 2017 More than two dozen child protection bills created in response to the Jerry Sandusky sex abuse scandal have created more work for caseworkers, but no … [Read more...]

➡ From Child Welfare Information Gateway NJ: PA: Allegheny County DHS using algorithm to assist in child welfare screening Pittsburgh Post-Gazette - April 09, 2017 Of the thousands of calls to the state's and Allegheny County's child protection hotlines, alleging potential child neglect, call … [Read more...]

➡ From Child Welfare Information Gateway NJ: India: In a first, welfare officials stop underage wedding Times of India - April 11, 2017 Members of the Child Welfare Committee, along with a team from the woman and child helpline, prevented a child marriage in the periphery of Chandigarh. The … [Read more...]

➡ From Child Welfare Information Gateway NJ: US: How The Heroin Crisis Is Straining Foster Care Huffington Post - April 11, 2017 With the increase in children being placed into foster care, the foster care system is struggling to keep up. With roughly 450,000 children in foster care across the … [Read more...]

➡ From Child Welfare Information Gateway NJ: US: Can the child welfare system handle trans children? Part Two Windy City Times - April 11, 2017 From the conversations, which her parents' groups have shared with those in Illinois, Martha told Windy City Times that she knows of two cases of … [Read more...]

➡ From Child Welfare Information Gateway NJ: US: Bishops back bill to let agencies opt out of adoption for same-sex couples Catholic Herald - April 11, 2017 Three bishops, in a joint letter to the measure's sponsor, voiced their support of the Child Welfare Provider Inclusion Act, which would … [Read more...]

➡ From Child Welfare Information Gateway NJ: US: Big Data's Latest Brainstorm: Target Poor People and Make Parents Suspects If They Ask For Help (Opinion) Chronicle of Social Change - April 11, 2017 SAS' evidence that its new approach works consists of pointing out that a lot of those it … [Read more...]

➡ From Child Welfare Information Gateway NJ: Japan: Japan has officially recognised a same-sex couple as foster parents Mashable - April 06, 2017 Japan has officially recognised a same-sex couple as foster parents, marking a first for the country and signalling a growing recognition of LGBTQ … [Read more...]

➡ From Child Welfare Information Gateway NJ: US: States Seek Medicaid Dollars for Addiction Treatment Beds Pew Charitable Trusts - April 05, 2017 The federal government is encouraging all states to seek a waiver of Medicaid's residential treatment rule, but only if the care is offered as part … [Read more...]