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➡ From Child Welfare Information Gateway NJ: US: McMartin: Child Welfare's Prelude to #Pizzagate Chronicle of Social Change - December 13, 2016 The 2016 election campaign and its aftermath have been awash in fake news stories created by everyone from right-wing extremists to clickbait … [Read more...]

➡ From Child Welfare Information Gateway NJ: US: 'Talia's Law' aimed at protecting children on military bases Hawaii News Now - December 13, 2016 After Congressional approval earlier this week, the president is expected to sign "Talia's Law," which will require military officials to report all … [Read more...]

➡ From Child Welfare Information Gateway NJ: US: UNL grant will study retention rates for child welfare workers Lincoln Journal Star - December 14, 2016 Michelle Graef, a research associate professor at UNL's Center on Children, Families and the Law will lead a five-year effort funded through … [Read more...]

➡ From Child Welfare Information Gateway NJ: NY: State Orders Monitor for New York City's Child Welfare Agency New York Times - December 13, 2016 The state has ordered New York City to install an independent monitor to review the city's troubled child welfare agency, the latest fallout from the … [Read more...]

➡ From Child Welfare Information Gateway NJ: NY: Damning Report on Zymere Perkins Case Details Months of Abuse, Missed Opportunities (Includes video) NBC New York - December 14, 2016 The city's child welfare agency, the Administration for Children's Services, has come under fire in a state … [Read more...]

➡ From Child Welfare Information Gateway NJ: United Kingdom: UK football sex abuse: 83 suspects and 98 clubs involved in inquiry CNN - December 09, 2016 There are now 83 potential suspects and 98 teams involved in the inquiry into historic child sexual abuse in English football, the National … [Read more...]

➡ From Child Welfare Information Gateway NJ: Canada: Ontario introduces 'historic' changes to child-protection laws Toronto Star - December 08, 2016 Advocates, child protection workers and youth are praising the introduction of historic provincial legislation that puts the needs of Ontario's … [Read more...]

➡ From Child Welfare Information Gateway NJ: US: Reunification: The Ultimate Goal? (Opinion) Chronicle of Social Change - December 07, 2016 The thing I heard the most from adults during my time in the system was that "the ultimate goal is reunification," but never did I hear about how the state … [Read more...]

➡ From Child Welfare Information Gateway NJ: US: What Parents Need To Know About Having A Foster Child And How It Could Change Their Life For The Better Parent Herald - December 08, 2016 For those of you who don't know what foster parenting is, with the help of LACDCFS, this means that one … [Read more...]

➡ From Child Welfare Information Gateway NJ: US: A Prison Sentence Impacts Many (Opinion) Whitman Wire - December 08, 2016 There are many victims of America's unjust system of mass incarceration, but there is a particular demographic that is deeply affected yet often goes unacknowledged: the … [Read more...]