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➡ From Child Welfare Information Gateway NJ: PA: Safety net helps Lehigh Valley kids 'aging out' of foster care (Includes video) Morning Call - August 27, 2016 Because he is on his own, Rodriguez is at a higher risk than most of his peers of becoming chronically homeless or involved in the … [Read more...]

➡ From Child Welfare Information Gateway NJ: PA: Inquirer editorial: Kenney's legacy should include saving kids from DHS's neglect Philadelphia Inquirer - August 28, 2016 There's another legacy that Mayor Kenney could leave Philadelphia besides his sugary beverage tax to pay for more … [Read more...]

➡ From Child Welfare Information Gateway NJ: NY: Neglect of Children's Services contributed to deaths of 8 kids: report New York Post - August 28, 2016 Lax oversight and egregious neglect by the city's Administration for Children's Services contributed to the brutal deaths of eight children in … [Read more...]

➡ From Child Welfare Information Gateway NJ: NY: 86 private agencies make millions helping city's vulnerable kids New York Post - August 28, 2016 Eighty-six private agencies rake in millions of taxpayer dollars to help the city's Administration for Children's Services care for New York's most … [Read more...]

➡ From Child Welfare Information Gateway NJ: NY: 'Golden Girls' star Bea Arthur's estate funds LGBT homeless shelter USA Today - August 29, 2016 The Bea Arthur Residence is an 18-bed shelter that will serve LGBT youth in New York City's East Village, scheduled to open by February … [Read more...]

➡ From Child Welfare Information Gateway NJ: United Kingdom: Parental Abuse By Children: Kids As Young As 10 Taken Into Care After Beating Up Their Parents Parent Herald - August 29, 2016 In England, at least 62 children -- one of them just 10 years old -- were taken into care since 2015 after … [Read more...]

➡ From Child Welfare Information Gateway NJ: South Korea: Adoptees turn to DNA tests to find birth kin Straights Times - August 29, 2016 For years, South Korea was the world's leading baby exporter, with stigma always being a factor in its international adoptions, which began in the mid-1950s. … [Read more...]

➡ From Child Welfare Information Gateway NJ: International: Female Genital Mutilation is a global Problem which has to been show Zero Tolerance Albany Daily Star - August 26, 2016 After being delivered a message from UN General Ban Ki-moon on the International Day of Zero Intolerance to Female … [Read more...]

➡ From Child Welfare Information Gateway NJ: Canada: Indigenous people sue Canada for taking them from their homes as children Vice News - August 26, 2016 This week, in a downtown Toronto courthouse, Indigenous people who were taken away from their families as children began what they hope will … [Read more...]

➡ From Child Welfare Information Gateway NJ: Afganistan: Afghan women's rights [program] (Video) Global Journalist - August 25, 2016 As several recent incidents have highlighted, women in the country still face high levels of violence - including honor killings, forced marriages and and … [Read more...]