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➡ From Child Welfare Information Gateway Scandinavia: 5 Things You Can Learn From Scandinavian Parents Parents Magazine - November 12, 2017 When U.S. News ranked the best countries to raise a child in 2017, Sweden came in on top, followed by Norway and Denmark in second and third place. Their … [Read more...]

➡ From Child Welfare Information Gateway US: Aly Raisman: I was sexually abused by former USA Gymnastics doctor (Includes video) Cable News Network (CNN) - November 10, 2017 "Why are we looking at why didn't the girls speak up?" Raisman said in a short clip released by 60 Minutes. "Why not look … [Read more...]

➡ From Child Welfare Information Gateway US: National Adoption Month: KVC Health Systems Celebrates 4,000 Children's Adoptions (Press release) KVC Health Systems - November 14, 2017 More than 110,000 U.S. children in foster care are awaiting for permanent, loving families. KVC Health Systems is … [Read more...]

➡ From Child Welfare Information Gateway NY: Child abuse prevention advocates aim to restore funding to 2018 county budget (Includes video) WHAM - November 13, 2017 More than a dozen agencies in the Rochester area called on Monroe County to focus more money on preventing child … [Read more...]

➡ From Child Welfare Information Gateway Japan: Submission to the United Nations Committee on the Rights of the Child concerning Japan (Commentary) Human Rights Watch - November 14, 2017 Human Rights Watch writes in advance of the 79th pre-sessional working group of the Committee on the Rights … [Read more...]

➡ From Child Welfare Information Gateway Iceland: Foster Parent Court Case Could Be a First for Iceland Iceland Review - November 14, 2017 Freyja Haraldsdóttir, former substitute MP for Bright Future, has filed a case against the Government Agency for Child Protection (Barnaverndarstofa or BVS) … [Read more...]

➡ From Child Welfare Information Gateway Greece: At least 19,000 refugee and migrant minors "trapped" in hotspots in Greece Thema News - November 15, 2017 At least 19,000 refugee and immigrant children are trapped in Greece, according to estimates based on data collected and analysed by UNISEF. … [Read more...]

➡ From Child Welfare Information Gateway US: Senate Passes Bill Requiring U.S. Amateur Athletic Organizations to Report Sexual Abuse (Press release) Office of U.S. Senator for California Dianne Feinstein - November 14, 2017 The Senate today passed legislation led by Senators Dianne Feinstein … [Read more...]

➡ From Child Welfare Information Gateway US: Patchwork services fail youth aging out of foster care, national survey concludes Richmond Times-Dispatch - November 14, 2017 The research, conducted by the national nonprofit Child Trends at the request of the Children's Home Society of Virginia and … [Read more...]

➡ From Child Welfare Information Gateway US: Domestic violence and child abuse: a lethal combination (Commentary) Child Welfare Monitor - November 14, 2017 The connection between domestic violence and child abuse is well-documented. Research suggests that "in an estimated 30 to 60 percent of … [Read more...]