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➡ 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...]

➡ From Child Welfare Information Gateway NJ: PA: Child welfare workers, doctors accused of responsibility in false abuse claim Pennsylvania Record - January 19, 2017 A mother and her child are suing Mifflin County; child welfare caseworkers Casey O'Dell and Kristen Matula and supervisor David … [Read more...]

➡ From Child Welfare Information Gateway NJ: NY: Urgent need for foster parents in Chaut. Co. (Includes video) WKBW News 7 - January 19, 2017 There are currently over one hundred children in foster care but only 68 certified foster homes "which isn't enough to meet the needs of children coming … [Read more...]

➡ From Child Welfare Information Gateway NJ: International: Making a significant, long-term impact on children Mission Network - January 16, 2017 The ministry work now spans Eastern Europe, Latin America, Africa, India, and the United States. But even after a decade of serving orphans and … [Read more...]

➡ From Child Welfare Information Gateway NJ: International: January: Human Trafficking Awareness Month (Includes audio) Mission Network - January 16, 2017 The issue of human trafficking is one that makes people uncomfortable. It reveals a casual disregard for the sanctity of human life - by … [Read more...]

➡ From Child Welfare Information Gateway NJ: Greece: Bay Area mom creates havens amid chaos for the littlest refugees San Francisco Chronicle - January 16, 2017 After a tumultuous journey, fraught with peril, took them to Iran and then Turkey, they braved rough seas on a small, rickety boat … [Read more...]

➡ From Child Welfare Information Gateway NJ: US: Fostering Families Today and Adoption Today Magazines Move to Southern California (Press release) Chronicle of Social Change - January 10, 2017 Two award-winning magazines, Fostering Families Today and Adoption Today, have been acquired by … [Read more...]

➡ From Child Welfare Information Gateway NJ: US: Top Five Threats to Child Welfare from ACA Repeal and Proposals to Alter Medicaid (Opinion) Chronicle of Social Change - January 13, 2017 Proposals by Congress and President-elect to repeal the Affordable Care Act (ACA) - including the Medicaid … [Read more...]

➡ From Child Welfare Information Gateway NJ: US: This app wants to be Tinder for adoption (Includes video) Daily Dot - January 13, 2017 Adoptly argues that adoption is a "slow, outdated process," which it can bring to the speed of modern life by basically making it work more like Tinder. In … [Read more...]