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➡ From Child Welfare Information Gateway US: Trump's opioid plan is not enough (Commentary) Washington Post - October 28, 2017 Given the scale of the opioid epidemic, the nation should be mobilizing. More people are dying than at the peak of the HIV/AIDS scourge. In some places, overdose deaths … [Read more...]

➡ From Child Welfare Information Gateway US: Supreme Court won't take up race-based challenge to Indian Child Welfare Act (Commentary) Indianz - October 30, 2017 Another conservative attack on the Indian Child Welfare Act has been rebuffed by the nation's highest court. Without comment, the … [Read more...]

➡ From Child Welfare Information Gateway US: Head Start Prevents Foster Care? To Be Decided Chronicle of Social Change - October 30, 2017 The jury is decidedly out on the academic track record of Head Start, the education-oriented pre-school program for low-income families invented in the 1960s … [Read more...]

➡ From Child Welfare Information Gateway PA: November is Adoption Awareness Month Pocono Record - October 28, 2017 November is National Adoption Awareness Month, when adoptive families are honored and other families are invited to learn more about adoption. This is Monroe County's fifth year … [Read more...]

➡ From Child Welfare Information Gateway PA: Children's Aid Society in celebrates National Adoption Month Progress News - October 30, 2017 November was officially proclaimed National Adoption Month in 1990 to provide national awareness, to celebrate adoptive children and families, and to call … [Read more...]

➡ From Child Welfare Information Gateway NJ: Prosecutor creates safe place for child abuse victims NJ.com - October 28, 2017 The Gloucester County Prosecutor's Office opened a Child Advocacy Center, where children believed to have been abused can be interviewed in a safe and child-friendly … [Read more...]

➡ From Child Welfare Information Gateway Ireland: Govt not prepared for mandatory reporting - Rabbitte (Press release) Fianna Fail - October 31, 2017 Fianna Fáil Spokesperson on Children & Youth Affairs Anne Rabbitte has accused Minister Katherine Zappone of failing to adequately prepare … [Read more...]

➡ From Child Welfare Information Gateway International: Issuing Presidential Statement, Security Council Expresses Deep Concern over Scale, Severity of Violations against Children in Armed Conflict (Press release) United Nations Security Council - October 31, 2017 The Security Council today … [Read more...]

➡ From Child Welfare Information Gateway US: Three Ways Funders Can Change Systems And Drive Impact (Commentary) Forbes - October 31, 2017 Changing systems in our society is complex, difficult and overwhelming work that is practically impossible for a foundation to achieve on its own. There are … [Read more...]

➡ From Child Welfare Information Gateway US: Research finds substance abuse varies widely in association with child abuse, neglect Medical Xpress - October 31, 2017 Alcohol and other drug use are regularly linked to child abuse or neglect in families, but simply assuming the former causes the … [Read more...]