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➡ From Child Welfare Information Gateway NJ: NY: Social services costs skyrocket Rochester Post Bulletin - February 11, 2017 Starting in 2017, counties are facing a new cost with out-of-home placements: Making sure social workers are available to respond and evaluate within 24 hours. In a … [Read more...]

➡ From Child Welfare Information Gateway NJ: Canada: Ontario judge rules in favour of 'Sixties Scoop' survivors Vice - February 14, 2017 An Ontario court has ruled in favour of thousands of Indigenous people who were stripped of their cultural identities when they were taken from their homes on … [Read more...]

➡ From Child Welfare Information Gateway NJ: US: An athlete accused her coach of sex abuse. Olympic officials stayed on the sideline Washington Post - February 14, 2017 A Washington Post examination of the case, based on a review of thousands of pages of documents produced from a lawsuit filed … [Read more...]

➡ From Child Welfare Information Gateway NJ: NY: Fewer Foster Parents in Monroe County (Includes video) WHEC TV-10 - February 14, 2017 More than 400 children are pulled out of their homes every year in Monroe County, and between the opioid crisis and the rising poverty level, it could be … [Read more...]

➡ From Child Welfare Information Gateway NJ: PA: Social services commissioner: More people working Leader-Herald - February 09, 2017 In other statistical data provided by DSS, most of the caseloads were down. Fulton County's foster caseload decreased by about 18 percent, from 45 cases in 2015 … [Read more...]

➡ From Child Welfare Information Gateway NJ: CT: Attorney General seeks to dismiss claim by New London parents against DCF Day - February 09, 2017 The state Office of the Attorney General has filed a motion to dismiss a claim brought by the parents of a New London toddler who suffered broken … [Read more...]

➡ From Child Welfare Information Gateway NJ: US: New Federal Rule Aims to Bolster Child Support Program National Conference of State Legislatures - February 10, 2017 A new federal rule intends to increase the effectiveness of the child support program for all families and provide for more … [Read more...]

➡ From Child Welfare Information Gateway NJ: PA: Social services commissioner: More people working Leader-Herald - February 09, 2017 In other statistical data provided by DSS, most of the caseloads were down. Fulton County's foster caseload decreased by about 18 percent, from 45 cases in 2015 … [Read more...]

➡ From Child Welfare Information Gateway NJ: CT: Attorney General seeks to dismiss claim by New London parents against DCF Day - February 09, 2017 The state Office of the Attorney General has filed a motion to dismiss a claim brought by the parents of a New London toddler who suffered broken … [Read more...]

➡ From Child Welfare Information Gateway NJ: US: What's behind the three-year rise in federal child abuse numbers? Deseret News - February 06, 2017 The Child Maltreatment 2015 report by the Administration on Children, Youth and Families noted 683,000 victims of child maltreatment or 9.2 victims … [Read more...]