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➡ From Child Welfare Information Gateway NJ: US: Families Fear Federal Budget Cuts Could Make It Harder To Adopt Children (Includes video) KSTP - March 24, 2017 Specifically, they point to the adoption tax credit, which Republican lawmakers have said is on the chopping block. Introduced in the … [Read more...]

➡ From Child Welfare Information Gateway NJ: US: AAP issues policy statement on children in kinship care 2 Minute Medicine - March 27, 2017 There is growing evidence that children unable to live with their biological parents fare better when living with extended family rather than nonrelated … [Read more...]

➡ From Child Welfare Information Gateway NJ: NY: Proposal Could Reduce Homelessness Statewide (Includes audio) Public News Service - March 27, 2017 Advocates for the homeless are supporting a proposal called the Home Stability Support program, which they say could drastically reduce and prevent … [Read more...]

➡ From Child Welfare Information Gateway NJ: DE: The frontline of child abuse in Delaware Delaware Online - March 24, 2017 To make real progress, those in the trenches call for statewide action - more funding for organizations working directly with abused children; increased recognition of … [Read more...]

➡ From Child Welfare Information Gateway NJ: CT: OPIOID CRISIS: How Did Connecticut Get Here? Greenwich Patch - March 26, 2017 You have to be living under a rock to not know that we have an opioid crisis not only in Connecticut, but across the entire country. But just how did this crisis start. … [Read more...]

➡ From Child Welfare Information Gateway NJ: Canada: Montrealer blames Quebec government for botching international adoption (Includes audio) Global News Canada - March 28, 2017 Quebecers who want to adopt children are often forced to look outside the province and even outside Canada. But the … [Read more...]

➡ From Child Welfare Information Gateway NJ: US: Gymnasts testify before Congress about sex abuse claims (Video) ABC News - March 29, 2017 Former olympians share emotional testimony. Information Gateway resource: Reporting Child Abuse and Neglect: … [Read more...]

➡ From Child Welfare Information Gateway NJ: US: Black Women's Roundtable Releases Annual Report NBC News - March 29, 2017 The Black Women's Roundtable, a national civic group, released its fourth annual report today about African-American women in the U.S., providing a "prescriptive agenda" of … [Read more...]

➡ From Child Welfare Information Gateway NJ: PA: The lesson of the trial of former Penn State President Graham Spanier: When a child's safety is at stake, always do more (Editorial) Lancaster Online - March 29, 2017 Former Penn State University President Graham Spanier was convicted Friday of … [Read more...]

➡ From Child Welfare Information Gateway NJ: PA: Paid parental leave extended to Pitt staff Pitt News - March 30, 2017 The University of Pittsburgh announced the first paid parental leave program for staff on Wednesday, providing four consecutive weeks of paid leave to new mothers and fathers. … [Read more...]