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➡ From Child Welfare Information Gateway NJ: PA: Saving Grace: A failed system? (Opinion) (Correction) Intelligencer - January 17, 2017 Did 14-year-old Grace Packer become a rape and murder victim because she was first a victim of deficient child welfare … [Read more...]

➡ From Child Welfare Information Gateway NJ: NY: WATCH: Protecting Monroe Co. Children & The Challenges For Child Protective Services (Video) WXXI - January 18, 2017 It's no secret that CPS workers have more cases than they can handle and the numbers are only going up. On this edition of … [Read more...]

➡ From Child Welfare Information Gateway NJ: Cuba: Child protection services in Cuba: Jorge's story UNICEF - January 18, 2017 Homes for children and adolescents without family protection, managed by the Cuban Ministry of Education, are centres that provide children with life conditions similar … [Read more...]

➡ From Child Welfare Information Gateway NJ: US: Fighting Sex Trafficking Is Harder Than It Seems Governing - January 01, 2017 When a young teen named Anjelique ran away from her home near San Francisco last summer, her trauma didn't end when police eventually found her. Instead, while her … [Read more...]

➡ From Child Welfare Information Gateway NJ: US: The Fight Against Child Trafficking -- We've Come A Long Way, But There's More To Do (Opinion) Forbes - January 18, 2017 The past few years have marked many victories for advocates and survivors of the illegal trafficking of boys, girls, women … [Read more...]

➡ From Child Welfare Information Gateway NJ: US: The fight against sex trafficking is bigger than Backpage (Opinion) CNN - January 19, 2017 On January 9, after an investigation lasting over 21 months, a Senate subcommittee published a scathing report, finding that classified ads website … [Read more...]

➡ From Child Welfare Information Gateway NJ: US: States hit hard by opioid crisis see increase in foster care kids Norman Transcript - January 19, 2017 The country's drug-addiction epidemic is putting strains on foster care services in states hit hardest by the opioid … [Read more...]

➡ From Child Welfare Information Gateway NJ: US: President appoints Native American leaders from ND, MN to commission Reuters - January 19, 2017 Native American leaders from North Dakota and Minnesota have been appointed by President Obama to serve on a national commission aimed at improving … [Read more...]

➡ From Child Welfare Information Gateway NJ: US: Just What We Need in Child Welfare: Less Accountability! (Opinion) Chronicle of Social Change - January 19, 2017 Pity the poor, oppressed "mandated reporter" of child abuse. Sure, they already have protections from lawsuits that are so strong … [Read more...]

➡ From Child Welfare Information Gateway NJ: US: Child abuse, neglect data released (Press release) Administration for Children and Families - January 19, 2017 The report shows an increase from Fiscal Year 2014 to 2015 in three key metrics: numbers of referrals to CPS agencies alleging … [Read more...]