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➡ From Child Welfare Information Gateway NJ: NY: Schenectady County Sees Drugmakers At Fault In Opioid Crisis (Includes audio) WAMC - March 23, 2017 With social services stressed and law enforcement often overwhelmed, a growing number of counties in New York are choosing to bring legal action … [Read more...]

➡ From Child Welfare Information Gateway NJ: India: Couples prefer girls to boys for adoption New Indian Express - March 21, 2017 People who are coming forward to adopt children in Krishna district are preferring girls to boys. According to records of the Child Protection Cell, Krishna … [Read more...]

➡ From Child Welfare Information Gateway NJ: Germany: Criticized by UNICEF over treatment of child refugees, after accepting 350,000 Russia Today - March 21, 2017 A new report produced by the German branch of UNICEF criticizes the government for providing insufficient quality housing and … [Read more...]

➡ From Child Welfare Information Gateway NJ: France: The horrible living conditions in Paris' shelters for unaccompanied minors Observers - March 22, 2017 While waiting for their asylum claims to be processed, unaccompanied minors in the French capital are often housed in deplorable conditions, … [Read more...]

➡ From Child Welfare Information Gateway NJ: China: Nationwide inspection of foster care services SINA English - March 22, 2017 The Ministry of Civil Affairs has issued an urgent circular ordering nationwide inspections of government foster care services? including those outsourced to the … [Read more...]

➡ From Child Welfare Information Gateway NJ: US: Helping Our Homeless Students Huffington Post - March 20, 2017 Efforts are underway to bring the challenge and opportunity of student homelessness to light and to bolster efforts by communities, states and the nation to do more about it. Schools … [Read more...]

➡ From Child Welfare Information Gateway NJ: US: Health and behavior problems can linger after child abuse Reuters - March 20, 2017 Children who have suffered from abuse or neglect may have physical or behavioral health problems even after the mistreatment stops, new guidelines for … [Read more...]

➡ From Child Welfare Information Gateway NJ: US: Heitkamp, Murkowski, McCollum, Cole Urge President and Key Administration Leaders to Prioritize Commission on Native Children, Appoint Members (Press release) Office of U.S. Senator for Alaska Lisa Murkowski - March 22, 2017 U.S. Senators Heidi … [Read more...]

➡ From Child Welfare Information Gateway NJ: US: Goodlatte Statement at Markup of the Child Protection Improvements Act (Press release) U.S. House Judiciary Committee - March 22, 2017 House Judiciary Committee Chairman Bob Goodlatte (R-Va.) today delivered the following remarks during the House … [Read more...]

➡ From Child Welfare Information Gateway NJ: PA: Former administrators testify at trial of ex-Penn State president (Includes video) WHTM - March 22, 2017 Two former Penn State administrators say they should have done more following a 2001 complaint that Jerry Sandusky was seen with a boy in a … [Read more...]