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➡ From Child Welfare Information Gateway NJ: Australia: 14,000 child abuse calls go unanswered -- minister responds Advertiser - January 12, 2017 Susan Close says not all of the phone calls that are swamping the Child Protection Agency are ones the department should be looking at. "Really child … [Read more...]

➡ From Child Welfare Information Gateway NJ: US: Unfinished business: Bipartisan help for child victims of the opioid crisis (Opinion) Hill - January 12, 2017 Despite the significant progress on mental health issues in the bipartisan 21st Century Cures Act, Congress did not adequately address … [Read more...]

➡ From Child Welfare Information Gateway NJ: US: New Guide for Providing a Trauma-Informed Approach in Human Services (Includes audio) (Press release) Administration for Children & Families, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services - January 12, 2017 We're very pleased to announce that … [Read more...]

➡ From Child Welfare Information Gateway NJ: US: National Institute of Justice Releases Video With Sexual Assault Advocate (Press release) PR Newswire - January 12, 2017 The Office of Justice Programs' National Institute of Justice (NIJ) today released A Conversation with Natasha Alexenko, a … [Read more...]

➡ From Child Welfare Information Gateway NJ: US: Mental illness: A quiet storm (Press release) NAMI Southwest Ohio - January 12, 2017 Today's youth are exhibiting mental and behavioral health problems in growing numbers, and the system is ill-equipped to deal with the surge. Nationwide … [Read more...]

➡ From Child Welfare Information Gateway NJ: PA: Philadelphia Monsignor William Lynn Fights Retrial That He Covered Up Clergy Sexual Abuse (Includes video) NBC Philadelphia - January 12, 2017 Lynn's attorney, Thomas Bergstrom, says there was wrongdoing by prosecutors five years ago. He filed … [Read more...]

➡ From Child Welfare Information Gateway NJ: NY: NYC school changing lives (includes video) Fox5 - January 12, 2017 50 percent of the seats are set aside for students who are homeless, in foster care or the child welfare system. Let's be honest, they take students other schools don't want. To … [Read more...]

➡ From Child Welfare Information Gateway NJ: NY: Cuomo stands for justice for victims of child sexual abuse (Opinion) New York Daily News - January 12, 2017 Gov. Cuomo is at long last pushing to fix indefensible state statutes of limitation that bar men and women abused as children from seeking … [Read more...]

➡ From Child Welfare Information Gateway NJ: NJ: In critical ruling, court clears SJ dad of neglect (Includes video) Daily Journal - January 11, 2017 An appellate court has told judges to stop reading and start listening in cases alleging child neglect or abuse. In a decision Tuesday, a … [Read more...]

➡ From Child Welfare Information Gateway NJ: NJ: Editorial: Finally, adoptees have answers NorthJersey.com - January 12, 2017 A single piece of paper can never tell all there is to know about an individual. But for several hundred New Jerseyans who decades ago were placed for adoption, having … [Read more...]