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➡ From Child Welfare Information Gateway NJ: Canada: Child protection wait times will be cut from months to weeks: judge CBC News - December 05, 2016 Changes are coming within Manitoba's court system that would shorten the length of time child protection matters take to get to court. A new … [Read more...]

➡ From Child Welfare Information Gateway NJ: US: The Great and Misunderstood Challenges of Adoption (Opinion) National Review - December 02, 2016 Adoption is hard. There is no easy path, whatever those who sit in judgment of adoptive families might think. As my pastor says, every single … [Read more...]

➡ From Child Welfare Information Gateway NJ: US: Don't Call Kids Prostitutes - Count the States Protecting Them (Opinion) Huffington Post - December 02, 2016 I was at first infuriated, then deeply unsettled, by the headline and language of a Washington Post story last month that described two … [Read more...]

➡ From Child Welfare Information Gateway NJ: US: A Sweeping Reform Of The Foster Care System Is Within Reach But Hanging By A Thread Huffington Post - December 02, 2016 Responding to an outcry from a sprawling network of group homes in North Carolina, Sen. Richard Burr (R) led a surprise … [Read more...]

➡ From Child Welfare Information Gateway NJ: NY: Why Child Protective Investigations Can Make Parents Fearful and Put Kids at Risk (Opinion) Urban Matters - November 23, 2016 I have a friend who recently gave birth and struggles with simple things, like having enough money for Pampers. I told … [Read more...]

➡ From Child Welfare Information Gateway NJ: NY: Missing My Children on the Holidays - Focusing on the future got me through this difficult time of year Rise Magazine - November 29, 2016 One year ago, Mandell, Alaysia and Diamond went into foster care and I went into a drug … [Read more...]

➡ From Child Welfare Information Gateway NJ: NY: Brooklyn Borough President Launches Multilingual Anti-Child Abuse Effort Observer - December 03, 2016 In the wake of the discovery of a three-year-old Brooklyn boy with a cracked skull earlier this week and the death of a six-year-old Zymere … [Read more...]

➡ From Child Welfare Information Gateway NJ: NY: 'Hack-a-Thon' Hopes to Use Tech to Help the City's Child Welfare Agency Connect Foster Kids With Adoptive Families (Includes video) NY 1 - December 04, 2016 Coders are working with the Administration for Children's Services to tackle issues in … [Read more...]

➡ From Child Welfare Information Gateway NJ: Greece: More Than 1,200 Unaccompanied Child Refugees Waiting for Suitable Accommodations Greek Reporter Greece - December 02, 2016 More than 1,200 unaccompanied child refugees are on waiting lists for a place in suitable accommodations, an associate … [Read more...]

➡ From Child Welfare Information Gateway NJ: Gambia: The Gambia, UNICEF Launch Child Protection Strategy 2016-2020 (Press release) United Nations Children's Fund - December 06, 2016 The Islamic Republic of The Gambia recently launched the National Child Protection Strategy 2016-2020, developed … [Read more...]