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➡ From Child Welfare Information Gateway NJ: NY: ACS workers sue over demotions after Zymere Perkins' death New York Post - February 02, 2017 Two senior Administration for Children's Services workers are suing the city claiming they were scapegoated and demoted in the agency's rush to blame … [Read more...]

➡ From Child Welfare Information Gateway NJ: United Kingdom: Yasmin Qureshi backs bill to end child poverty in UK Manchester Gazette - February 01, 2017 Yasmin Qureshi MP has backed a Private Member's Bill which would reinstate a target to reduce child poverty in the UK. The target to reduce … [Read more...]

➡ From Child Welfare Information Gateway NJ: Canada: Minister Bennett Announces Launch of Negotiations Towards National Resolution to Sixties Scoop Litigation (Press release) Office of the Honourable Carolyn Bennett, Minister of Indigenous and Northern Affairs - February 01, 2017 Today, the … [Read more...]

➡ From Child Welfare Information Gateway NJ: PA: POPPYN's video report on foster care in Philly is making waves at DHS (Includes video) Generosity - February 01, 2017 POPPYN, or Presenting Our Perspective on Philly Youth News, is a program that gives Philadelphia high school students the chance … [Read more...]

➡ From Child Welfare Information Gateway NJ: NY: Monroe Co. CPS workers make less compared to other counties (Includes video) (Correction) WHEC TV-10 - February 01, 2017 Monroe County's starting pay came in at the bottom at $34,600. In neighboring Erie County, it's $38,700, $46,000 in Ontario … [Read more...]

➡ From Child Welfare Information Gateway NJ: NY: Grandfather of slain child puts up billboards pushing for changes to CPS WROC-TV - February 01, 2017 The grandfather of Brook Stagles, a 3-year-old child who died in November after being beaten, is putting up billboards to raise awareness of … [Read more...]

➡ From Child Welfare Information Gateway NJ: NJ: More than 1,000 adoptees receive records Advertiser-News - February 01, 2017 The Christie Administration today announced over the past month, more than 1,000 adult adoptees have received birth records from the New Jersey Department of Health … [Read more...]

➡ From Child Welfare Information Gateway NJ: CT: House, Senate reject child welfare agency oversight plan Associated Press - February 01, 2017 Democratic and Republican state lawmakers joined forces Wednesday to overwhelmingly reject an agreement Gov. Dannel P. Malloy argued would have helped … [Read more...]

➡ From Child Welfare Information Gateway NJ: United Kingdom: Stricter rules to be introduced for new teachers to enhance child protection Press and Journal - January 28, 2017 In the past, new teachers were allowed to step into the classroom, prior to the city council receiving a PVG [Protecting … [Read more...]

➡ From Child Welfare Information Gateway NJ: St. Vincent and the Grenadines: Committee on the Rights of the Child Examines the Report of Saint Vincent and the Grenadines United Nations Office at Geneva - January 27, 2017 Introducing the report, Frederick Stephenson, Minister of National … [Read more...]