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➡ 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...]

➡ From Child Welfare Information Gateway US: Girls in White Dresses Ms. Magazine - October 31, 2017 When people in this country think of child marriage, their imaginations turn to images of child brides thousands of miles away, in West Africa or South Asia. They rarely think of the South Bronx … [Read more...]