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➡ From Child Welfare Information Gateway NJ: US: Tsunami of UACs May Be Nearing an End Center for Immigration Studies - April 03, 2017 The crisis of unaccompanied minors (UACs) and family units being apprehended by the U.S. Border Patrol is showing signs of going from a tsunami to a steady and … [Read more...]

➡ From Child Welfare Information Gateway NJ: US: State-sanctioned Ransom Should Have No Place in Child Welfare (Opinion) Youth Today - April 04, 2017 The Orwellian term typically used for these payments is "child support." But these payments from parents do not go to supporting their own … [Read more...]

➡ From Child Welfare Information Gateway NJ: US: Author Ties 'Whupping' of Black Kids to the Days of Slavery in 'Spare the Kids' Chronicle of Social Change - April 04, 2017 With the end of slavery, Patton states that "whupping was used as a survival tactic to teach black children proper racial … [Read more...]

➡ From Child Welfare Information Gateway NJ: NY: 'Raise the Age' bill concerns counties Press-Republican - April 04, 2017 Such a shift would put the responsibility of dealing with more younger people who are arrested with county Social Services systems instead of the … [Read more...]

➡ From Child Welfare Information Gateway NJ: India: Child adoption: relevant & contextual policy required Morung Express - March 26, 2017 Taking care of one's own child and an adopted child are two completely different matters. As tragic as this attitude may be, it has come to fore with … [Read more...]

➡ From Child Welfare Information Gateway NJ: China: Adoption law needs reform (Opinion) China.org.cn - March 25, 2017 Helping every child born in China survive and grow up healthily is a common wish of all Chinese people. However, the current adoption law which contains a number of problems has … [Read more...]

➡ From Child Welfare Information Gateway NJ: Canada: Government tells human rights tribunal that is has complied with ruling to stop discriminating against First Nation children (Includes video) APTN National News - March 24, 2017 The federal government told the Canadian Human Rights Tribunal … [Read more...]

➡ From Child Welfare Information Gateway NJ: US: Protect Homeschooled Children from Maltreatment (Opinion) Chronicle of Social Change - March 23, 2017 About 1.8 million children, or 3.4 percent of the school-aged population, were homeschooled in America in 2012, the most recent year for which … [Read more...]

➡ From Child Welfare Information Gateway NJ: US: Kids Who Suffer Hunger In First Years Lag Behind Their Peers In School National Public Radio - March 23, 2017 When infants and young kids grow up in homes without enough to eat, they're more likely to perform poorly in kindergarten, a study … [Read more...]

➡ From Child Welfare Information Gateway NJ: US: How Robots Could Help Police Interview Kids Involved In Child Abuse Cases Romper - March 23, 2017 Children can be very susceptible to suggestion and often struggle to understand that they aren't in trouble themselves, according to resources from … [Read more...]