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➡ From Child Welfare Information Gateway NJ: NY: Parents in Custody Fights Lack Right to See Expert Reports Pro Publica - March 29, 2017 New York State Assembly Bill 1533 does not seem to ask for terribly much: The proposed legislation would grant parents in custody proceedings the legal right … [Read more...]

➡ From Child Welfare Information Gateway NJ: US: Star gymnasts testify at Congress about sex-abuse scandal Associated Press - March 28, 2017 Retired star gymnasts testified before Congress on Tuesday that they were sexually abused by a former USA Gymnastics doctor and recommended a bill that … [Read more...]

➡ From Child Welfare Information Gateway NJ: US: Protect Homeschooled Children from Child Savers (Opinion) Chronicle of Social Change - March 28, 2017 The singling out of homeschoolers is odd for other reasons as well. The children most at risk of abuse or neglect are the youngest. So the same … [Read more...]

➡ From Child Welfare Information Gateway NJ: US: Judge throws out Arizona challenge to Indian Child Welfare Act Navajo-Hopi Observer - March 28, 2017 In an extensive ruling, U.S. District Court Judge Neil Wake said attorneys for the Goldwater Institute had not proven that any of the children … [Read more...]

➡ From Child Welfare Information Gateway NJ: CT: Feds: 'Systemic issues' still hamper DCF care for foster kids Connecticut Mirror - March 28, 2017 The Department of Children and Families often places abused or neglected youths in living situations without making a concerted effort to provide … [Read more...]

➡ From Child Welfare Information Gateway NJ: International: Vatican reform on sexual abuse has stalled Catholic Culture - March 22, 2017 Three weeks have passed since Marie Collins resigned from the Pontifical Commission for the Protection of Minors (PCPM), complaining that the group's work has … [Read more...]

➡ From Child Welfare Information Gateway NJ: Hungary: Law risks exposing migrant children to sex abuse: watchdog Reuters - March 24, 2017 Hungary's new law to detain migrants in transit zones on its southern border will put children on the move at risk of exposure to sexual abuse, the watchdog … [Read more...]

➡ From Child Welfare Information Gateway NJ: Canada: Troubled Manitoba FN child welfare agency enters into co-management agreement APTN National News - March 23, 2017 A Manitoba child welfare agency plunged into turmoil after the political intervention of First Nation chiefs is now being … [Read more...]

➡ From Child Welfare Information Gateway NJ: Canada: Advocates once again push federal government to comply with First Nations child welfare ruling CBC News - March 23, 2017 First Nations child advocates are before the Canadian Human Rights Tribunal in Ottawa again this week, trying to force … [Read more...]

➡ From Child Welfare Information Gateway NJ: PA: Editorial: Putting children first is right approach in adoption process Tribune-Democrat - March 24, 2017 Currently in Pennsylvania, about 2,500 children are waiting to be adopted. But members of the state House say the adoption process is too … [Read more...]