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➡ From Child Welfare Information Gateway NJ: Gaza: Protecting children from violations and abuse in Gaza UNICEF - October 21, 2016 Families often cope by sending their children into the labour market, or into child marriage. Ninety-five per cent of children aged 1-14 experience psychosocial … [Read more...]

➡ From Child Welfare Information Gateway NJ: Canada: Black youth speak out on their experiences with province's care systems (Press release) Canada News Wire - October 21, 2016 More than 120 Black youth who receive services from the child welfare, youth criminal justice, special needs, mental … [Read more...]

➡ From Child Welfare Information Gateway NJ: US: November: National Adoption Awareness Month WCYB - October 21, 2016 In Northeast Tennessee, more than 800 kids were in foster care last year. That's a huge number Youth Villages in Johnson City is trying to … [Read more...]

➡ From Child Welfare Information Gateway NJ: US: Feds propose more international adoption restrictions World - October 21, 2016 New proposed regulations will make it harder for American families to adopt children outside of the U.S., according to a group of U.S. adoption agencies protesting the … [Read more...]

➡ From Child Welfare Information Gateway NJ: US: Doctors: Babies Can Safely be Raised Vegan Associated Press - October 21, 2016 There's a right way and a wrong way to raise a baby on vegan food. Those who get it wrong, parents say, give the responsible ones a bad name. Also: Raising a vegan … [Read more...]

➡ From Child Welfare Information Gateway NJ: US: Report: Youth Should Not Be Behind Bars (Includes audio) Public News Service - October 24, 2016 The Annie E. Casey Foundation president and CEO Patrick McCarthy says these prisons have high recidivism rates and do not improve long-term outcomes … [Read more...]

➡ From Child Welfare Information Gateway NJ: US: No Differences Noted Over Time for Children of Gay, Lesbian Adoptive Parents (Press release) University of Kentucky News - October 24, 2016 For nearly a decade, University of Kentucky Assistant Professor of Psychology Rachel H. Farr has studied … [Read more...]

➡ From Child Welfare Information Gateway NJ: US: Female Genital Mutilation Continues in Somali Community in US (Video) Voice of America - October 24, 2016 The U.S. state of Minnesota is home to a large number of refugees from Somalia and has a high rate of … [Read more...]

➡ From Child Welfare Information Gateway NJ: PA: Mike McQueary steps back into the Jerry Sandusky spotlight he never sought Penn Live - October 21, 2016 Here is McQueary's post-Sandusky reality: A self-described purgatory in which some see him as the guy who let a pedophile escape in 2001, and … [Read more...]

➡ From Child Welfare Information Gateway NJ: CT: State battles child trafficking Stamford Advocate - October 22, 2016 Child welfare authorities, faced with a growing number of suspected cases of child trafficking, are fighting back with educational programs aimed at police, teachers, medical … [Read more...]