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➡ From Child Welfare Information Gateway US: The number of teens who are depressed is soaring - and all signs point to smartphones Business Insider - November 18, 2017 In just the five years between 2010 and 2015, the number of U.S. teens who felt useless and joyless - classic symptoms of … [Read more...]

➡ From Child Welfare Information Gateway US: NOE: Talking with children when the talking gets tough (Commentary) Richmond Register - November 21, 2017 Recent media coverage of news events in Las Vegas, Spain, Puerto Rico and Texas, has focused on acts of violence and natural disasters that … [Read more...]

➡ From Child Welfare Information Gateway US: Judge orders hearings for teens detained as gang suspects Associated Press - November 21, 2017 Teenagers who crossed the border into the United States and were placed with sponsors under the unaccompanied-children program, then later detained because … [Read more...]

➡ From Child Welfare Information Gateway US: Tax Cuts Could Mean Coming Storm for Child Welfare, Juvenile Services (Commentary) Chronicle of Social Change - November 22, 2017 The Alliance for Strong Families and Communities, a national organization that represents hundreds of child welfare and … [Read more...]

➡ From Child Welfare Information Gateway US: Southwest: Supreme Court Won't Question Constitutionality of Indian Child Welfare Act Chronicle of Social Change - November 22, 2017 The U.S. Supreme Court denied a petition filed by the Goldwater Institute of Arizona to examine the constitutionality … [Read more...]

➡ From Child Welfare Information Gateway US: 'Our little missing link': DL parents talk growing their families through foster-to-adopt option Detroit Lakes Online - November 22, 2017 There are many pathways to parenthood: good, old-fashioned family planning, in vitro fertilization, … [Read more...]

➡ From Child Welfare Information Gateway US: Forum: Trump administration disaster request abandons the most vulnerable: young children (By U.S. Reps. Rosa DeLauro and Luis V. Gutiérrez)(Opinion) New Haven Register - November 22, 2017 In Puerto Rico, the U.S. Virgin Islands, and the Gulf States, … [Read more...]

➡ From Child Welfare Information Gateway US: Opinion: A national resilience strategy can help prevent deaths from despair STAT - November 28, 2017 Model programs for families struggling with opioid and other substance misuse disorders have been twice as effective in helping mothers achieve … [Read more...]

➡ From Child Welfare Information Gateway US: Fight over religious liberty vs. LGBT rights expands to adoption (Commentary) Washington Examiner - November 28, 2017 Though adoption by same-sex couples became legal nationwide in 2016, faith-based agencies have sought exemptions, saying that they … [Read more...]

➡ From Child Welfare Information Gateway Mexico: Why Child Marriage Persists In Mexico (Includes audio) National Public Radio - November 23, 2017 Child marriage was banned in Mexico in 2014, and while rates of child marriage around the world have fallen in recent decades, the numbers in Mexico … [Read more...]