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➡ From Child Welfare Information Gateway NJ: NY: ACS boss is MIA: From Myls Dobson to Zymere Perkins, child abuse caseloads continue to rise under her watch New York Daily News - October 02, 2016 During her nearly three years running ACS, Carrion has appeared next to the mayor only three times … [Read more...]

➡ From Child Welfare Information Gateway NJ: NY: Death of 6-Year-Old Boy in Harlem Not the First Time City's Child Welfare Agency on Hot Seat in de Blasio's Tenure NY 1 - September 30, 2016 Five people at the city's Administration for Children's Services have been put on desk duty after the … [Read more...]

➡ From Child Welfare Information Gateway NJ: NY: DA Vance Announces Investments to prevent crime and reform the justice system (Press release) New York County District Attorney's Office - September 29, 2016 Manhattan District Attorney Cyrus R. Vance, Jr., today announced three significant … [Read more...]

➡ From Child Welfare Information Gateway NJ: US: Doctors Said They Shook Their Baby to Death. They Didn't. Daily Beast - October 03, 2016 Over the past decade, both the science behind Shaken Baby Syndrome and the process by which doctors make the diagnosis have been challenged. Between 2001 and … [Read more...]

➡ From Child Welfare Information Gateway NJ: US: Congress Loses Long-Time Foster Youth Supporter Chronicle of Social Change - September 30, 2016 Overlooked amidst the recent debate in the child welfare advocacy community regarding the Family First Prevention Services Act is the fact that foster … [Read more...]

➡ From Child Welfare Information Gateway NJ: US: Is U.S. Opioid Crisis Straining State Child Welfare Systems? Youth Today - September 30, 2016 Time is running out for the U.S. Senate to pass a bipartisan bill that could spare children the trauma of being removed from their homes because of … [Read more...]

➡ From Child Welfare Information Gateway NJ: US: Senate adjourns without passing child welfare bill; ABA had warned of funds cut ABA Journal - September 30, 2016 The U.S. Senate adjourned on Thursday without passing a child welfare bill that had the backing of the … [Read more...]

➡ From Child Welfare Information Gateway NJ: Bangladesh: Ending Child Marriage: Building the evidence base (Opinion) Bangladesh Daily Star - September 30, 2016 For literally millions of girls like Rekha, child marriage violates their human rights. It threatens their lives and health, as well as … [Read more...]

➡ From Child Welfare Information Gateway NJ: Indonesia: Seeking End to Female Genital Mutilation Human Rights Watch - September 26, 2016 The campaign, led by Yohana Yembise, the country's minister for women's empowerment and child protection, will deploy "scientific evidence" to dissuade … [Read more...]

➡ From Child Welfare Information Gateway NJ: CT: Schools can't make up for generations of unloved kids (Opinion) Journal Inquirer - September 29, 2016 I am a retired professional social worker with a master's degree in social work administration and planning. I was educated to think in terms of … [Read more...]