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➡ From Child Welfare Information Gateway NJ: NY: Fight over child abuse bill turns rancorous The Legislative Gazette - June 23, 2016 Child abuse victims and their advocates are going on the offensive after the Legislature failed yet again to pass the Child Victims Act (S.7296/A.9877) a bill … [Read more...]

➡ From Child Welfare Information Gateway NJ: NY: Brooklyn Public Library Expands TeleStory for Children of Incarcerated Parents CivSource - June 23, 2016 The Brooklyn Public Library was announced as a winner of the Knight Foundation's most recent funding challenge for libraries. With the win, … [Read more...]

➡ From Child Welfare Information Gateway NJ: NJ: Child welfare worker charged with pressuring sex from mother he supervised NJ.com - June 23, 2016 A state child welfare caseworker faces official misconduct charges for abusing his position to have sex with a woman who was trying to get her son … [Read more...]

➡ From Child Welfare Information Gateway NJ: CT: State Debuts Online Program To Help Boost Graduation Rates For Foster Children (Includes video) Hartford Courant - June 23, 2016 The Department of Children and Families on Thursday publicly introduced an online education and tutoring program that … [Read more...]

➡ From Child Welfare Information Gateway NJ: United Kingdom: RCM calls for new anti-FGM action plan Mediplacements - June 15, 2016 The UK's Royal College of Midwives (RCM) is calling for the government to implement a new action plan to tackle female genital mutilation (FGM) in the … [Read more...]

➡ From Child Welfare Information Gateway NJ: United Kingdom: Adopting more children from care will save £310m, says government Community Care - June 17, 2016 An impact assessment on the Children and Social Work Bill found as much as £310 million could be saved over the next 10 years through … [Read more...]

➡ From Child Welfare Information Gateway NJ: United Arab Emirates: UAE makes reporting of child abuse, negligence mandatory ArabianBusiness.com - June 15, 2016 The law was drafted to ensure every child in the UAE, whether a resident or tourist, has the right to live and be safe, be educated, … [Read more...]

➡ From Child Welfare Information Gateway NJ: US: House Republicans Vote To Block Military From Using Bases To Temporarily Shelter Immigrant Kids Huffington Post - June 16, 2016 Those Republicans won on Thursday, when the House of Representatives voted to block the military from temporarily … [Read more...]

➡ From Child Welfare Information Gateway NJ: US: Final regulations to strengthen implementation of the Indian Child Welfare Act issued Char-Koosta News - June 16, 2016 Acting Assistant Secretary of Indian Affairs Lawrence S. Roberts announced final, updated measures to protect the rights of … [Read more...]

➡ From Child Welfare Information Gateway NJ: NY: NYC's child welfare agency keeps putting kids in harm's way New York Post - June 16, 2016 The city's child welfare agency failed to follow its own guidelines for investigating abuse and "continues to put children in harm's way," says a City … [Read more...]