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➡ From Child Welfare Information Gateway NJ: PA: Mike Zimmerman: Family Service Association tries to lessen lifelong impacts of childhood traumas, or ACEs Wilkes-Barre Times Leader - June 13, 2016 The original study on ACEs surveyed 17,500 adults regarding incidents in their childhoods of … [Read more...]

➡ From Child Welfare Information Gateway NJ: PA: Background checks law changes could prove child costly for colleges Penn Live - June 13, 2016 An effort to close a loophole in the 1-year-old child protection background checks law has given rise to a new controversy that grows out of a push to … [Read more...]

➡ From Child Welfare Information Gateway NJ: PA: Groups get $1.5M to find kids who need insurance Philly.com - June 14, 2016 Two Pennsylvania nonprofits will share nearly $1.5 million in federal money to increase low-income children's access to health care in the state -- an award that is … [Read more...]

➡ From Child Welfare Information Gateway NJ: United Kingdom: BREAKING NEWS: 29 children's centres to close across Derbyshire Derbyshire Times - June 14, 2016 Twenty-nine children's centres across the area will close as Derbyshire County Council bids to make savings of … [Read more...]

➡ From Child Welfare Information Gateway NJ: International: 5 Things You Need to Know About Female Circumcision and Genital Mutilation AlterNet - June 14, 2016 More than 200 million girls and women alive today have undergone procedures to alter their genitalia for non-medical reasons, known as … [Read more...]

➡ From Child Welfare Information Gateway NJ: Hungary: International Adoption Of Hungarian Children On The Rise Daily Hungary News - June 14, 2016 The number of Hungarian small children adopted from abroad has grown by more than twenty five percent around the previous 12 months, with a single in … [Read more...]

➡ From Child Welfare Information Gateway NJ: Germany: Mulling stricter child marriage laws The Local de - June 13, 2016 Authorities have registered hundreds of cases of children being married to adults before they arrive as refugees in Germany, Bild reported on Saturday. Bavaria, for example, … [Read more...]

➡ From Child Welfare Information Gateway NJ: US: Families First Child Welfare Bill Released, Goal To Move Quickly Child Welfare League of America - June 14, 2016 The legislation includes three overarching pieces: a reauthorization of the Title IV-B programs (Promoting Safe and Stable Families, … [Read more...]

➡ From Child Welfare Information Gateway NJ: US: Attorney: One need not be an actual parent to gain parental rights Walla Walla Union-Bulletin - June 14, 2016 It has become increasingly apparent in recent years that the affinity of certain nonbiological parents can become an integral part of a … [Read more...]

➡ From Child Welfare Information Gateway NJ: PA: The how and why behind Allegheny County's campaign to move teens out of group homes New Pittsburgh Courier - June 14, 2016 In Pennsylvania and nationwide, there?s a push to reduce the reliance on congregate care for youth. In group homes, they … [Read more...]