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➡ From Child Welfare Information Gateway NJ: Malaysia: When Laws Do More Harm Than Good (in child sexual abuse cases) (Opinion) (Audio) Investor.com - February 28, 2017 Since Richard Huckle made headlines last year, the discussion surrounding child sexual predators and crimes have been in the … [Read more...]

➡ From Child Welfare Information Gateway NJ: Australia: UN Asks Australia to Better Protect Vulnerable Girls and Women Latin American Herald Tribune - February 27, 2017 The United Nations urged Australia on Monday to improve the protection of vulnerable girls and women, including indigenous, … [Read more...]

➡ From Child Welfare Information Gateway NJ: US: As They Dig Deeper Into Parenting, Fathers Seek Community, Support National Public Radio - February 21, 2017 Mohr's sense that he's parenting from a new and different playbook than the one that his father used is not uncommon. A survey published … [Read more...]

➡ From Child Welfare Information Gateway NJ: US: Parents Who Pay for Undocumented Children to Enter U.S. Could Be Prosecuted KQED - February 24, 2017 Immigrant parents who pay smugglers to bring their undocumented children into the United States could face criminal prosecution or deportation, … [Read more...]

➡ From Child Welfare Information Gateway NJ: US: America's Opioid Crisis: How Children Are Casualties (Opinion) Huffington Post - February 27, 2017 The opioid epidemic in the United States claimed more than 33,000 deaths in 2015, as public health officials call it the worst drug crisis in the … [Read more...]

➡ From Child Welfare Information Gateway NJ: NY: De Blasio appoints new ACS commissioner Times Ledger - February 25, 2017 Mayor Bill de Blasio appointed David Hansell as the new commissioner to the Administration for Children's Services. The city has a new commissioner of the Administration for … [Read more...]

➡ From Child Welfare Information Gateway NJ: NY: New hope for kids aging out of foster care New York Post - February 27, 2017 'You learn things from the program. They teach you to write a résumé, to talk in an interview. They teach you how to keep smiling," says Kaysanty Cabral. Perhaps this … [Read more...]

➡ From Child Welfare Information Gateway NJ: NY: Nancy M. Santiago Joins Astor Services For Children & Families As CFO New York City Biz List - February 27, 2017 Astor Services for Children & Families, a non-profit organization that provides children's mental health services, child … [Read more...]

➡ From Child Welfare Information Gateway NJ: NY: Data-Oriented Social Services Veteran Hansell Given Reins at Troubled ACS Chief Leader - February 27, 2017 A veteran manager who's held top-level social-service positions in the Obama Administration, state and city governments was chosen Feb. 21 … [Read more...]

➡ From Child Welfare Information Gateway NJ: United Kingdom: The child abuse scandal of the British children sent abroad BBC News - February 26, 2017 For several decades, the UK sent children across the world to new lives in institutions where many were abused and used as forced labour. It's a … [Read more...]