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➡ From Child Welfare Information Gateway NJ: US: U.S. appeals court strikes down Florida law in 'Docs vs. Glocks' case Reuters - February 16, 2017 The American Civil Liberties Union of Florida, which filed a friend-of-the-court brief on behalf of a group of medical and child welfare … [Read more...]

➡ From Child Welfare Information Gateway NJ: US: Foster Care Today Is Failing, And It Doesn't Have To Be Chronicle of Social Change - February 16, 2017 California is not alone. Throughout the nation, our current foster care system is suffering from a shortage of foster homes, unacceptable … [Read more...]

➡ From Child Welfare Information Gateway NJ: NY: County Jail Leads Way In Budget Overages Post-Journal - February 17, 2017 Legislators also approved to move funds to cover increased handicapped preschool education tuition costs, which totaled $380,000, and foster care costs, which totaled … [Read more...]

➡ From Child Welfare Information Gateway NJ: United Kingdom: Child sexual abuse: Agencies to get 40 Million Pound funding boost BBC News - February 16, 2017 The cash will go towards bringing offenders to justice, targeting online exploitation, and protecting vulnerable children at risk of … [Read more...]

➡ From Child Welfare Information Gateway NJ: Ireland: Body paid out 6m pounds to child abuse sufferers Raidió Teilifís Éireann - February 16, 2017 Survivors of institutional child abuse in industrial schools received around 6m pounds' worth of services over the second half of last year from the … [Read more...]

➡ From Child Welfare Information Gateway NJ: Canada: Williams Lake Indian Band moves toward independent child welfare Williams Lake Tribune - February 14, 2017 Responding to last week's report on the suicide death of 18-year-old Alex Gervais in government care, Williams Lake Indian Band Chief … [Read more...]

➡ From Child Welfare Information Gateway NJ: US: When Foster Care Overrides Common Sense (Opinion) Chronicle of Social Change - February 15, 2017 Last month I wrote a column called "Why the 'Foster-Care-at-All-Costs' Crowd Will Never Surrender Their Horror Stories." I offered those wedded to a … [Read more...]

➡ From Child Welfare Information Gateway NJ: US: Has Trump Order Put Internationally-Adopted Children at Risk? (Includes audio) Public News Service - February 16, 2017 An Asheville mom had an unpleasant surprise this week when she called the Social Security Administration and discovered her … [Read more...]

➡ From Child Welfare Information Gateway NJ: NY: Grand jury report blasts NY foster care system Associated Press - February 15, 2017 A foster parent accused of sexually abusing boys in his care could have been stopped years earlier if not for "abysmal" communication among the child-welfare … [Read more...]

➡ From Child Welfare Information Gateway NJ: International: Study looks at ways to prevent homelessness among youth with intellectual, developmental disabilities (Includes video) Medical Xpress - February 13, 2017 Taking place in Toronto, Hamilton and Niagara, the project is bringing together- … [Read more...]