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➡ From Child Welfare Information Gateway NJ: NY: Investigating Dysfunction at New York's Child Welfare Agency (Opinion) (Audio) WNYC - January 26, 2017 Propublica reporter Joaquin Sapien joins us to discuss his recent investigation into the powerful family court system in NYC. His article, … [Read more...]

➡ From Child Welfare Information Gateway NJ: CT: Committee Rejects Plan To End Child Welfare Agency Oversight WSHU - January 24, 2017 The plan would boost funding for DCF by more than $5 million. Under it, DCF would only need to meet six federal requirements for child care, instead of 22. DCF … [Read more...]

➡ From Child Welfare Information Gateway NJ: United Kingdom: Inquiry finds widespread child abuse in Northern Ireland homes Agence France-Presse - January 20, 2017 A four-year inquiry into abuses in care homes in Northern Ireland found widespread mistreatment in its final report on Friday and … [Read more...]

➡ From Child Welfare Information Gateway NJ: Russia: Wrong-Headed Move to Decriminalize Domestic Violence (Opinion) Human Rights Watch - January 24, 2017 If hitting an adult is considered assault, should it be permissible to hit children? More and more countries recognize that the answer is … [Read more...]

➡ From Child Welfare Information Gateway NJ: Netherlands: Dutch government mulls ban on international child adoption amid trafficking fears Thomson Reuters Foundation - January 23, 2017 The Dutch government is expected to vote on whether to ban international child adoption amid concerns over … [Read more...]

➡ From Child Welfare Information Gateway NJ: Ethiopia: UNHCR Ethiopia: Child Protection Factsheet (October 2016) Relief Web - October 31, 2016 Ethiopia is one of the countries selected for the roll-out of the global UNHCR Strategy on the Protection of Children. The National Child Protection … [Read more...]

➡ From Child Welfare Information Gateway NJ: US: Kickstarter pulls plug on adoption app campaign Adoptly (Includes video) Yahoo Finance - January 21, 2017 Initially, the whole point of launching on Kickstarter, Nawrocki told us, would be to get a "good gauge on whether people are actually … [Read more...]

➡ From Child Welfare Information Gateway NJ: US: Federal Child Abuse Numbers Climb Again Chronicle of Social Change - January 23, 2017 A federal report published today by the Administration on Children, Youth and Families (ACYF) showed that the number of children in the United States who … [Read more...]

➡ From Child Welfare Information Gateway NJ: PA: Grace Packer case raises questions about 2-year-old Pennsylvania child abuse law News Works - January 24, 2017 It's been a bit more than two years since Pennsylvania created a new law to protect kids from child abuse. The law requires background … [Read more...]

➡ From Child Welfare Information Gateway NJ: CT: DCF and the poor: Is the system fair? Day - January 21, 2017 Once poor parents become involved with DCF, they don't have the legal resources to fight; they're required to fix housing and financial problems to get their children back and there's … [Read more...]