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➡ From Child Welfare Information Gateway NJ: PA: State's largest refugee resettlement program to close next month The Morning Call - May 19, 2016 Lutheran Children and Family Services, which has headquarters in Philadelphia and helps settle about 100 refugees a year in the Lehigh Valley, cited … [Read more...]

➡ From Child Welfare Information Gateway NJ: NY: Cuomo gives child abuse survivors hope with 2-hour meeting New York Daily News - May 20, 2016 Survivors of childhood sex abuse felt a rare emotion Thursday in their fight for legislation targeting predators: Hope, courtesy of Gov. … [Read more...]

➡ From Child Welfare Information Gateway NJ: United Kingdom: Britain's foster care system prepares for influx of host child migrants Christian Science Monitor - May 18, 2016 The care of hundreds, perhaps thousands, of unaccompanied minors fleeing the Middle East will put new demands on … [Read more...]

➡ From Child Welfare Information Gateway NJ: Pakistan: Enactment of Child Protection (Amendment) Act lauded The International News - May 18, 2016 Speakers of a sensitisation seminar appreciated the enactment of Child Protection (Amendment) Act 2016 but highlighted the fact that only effective … [Read more...]

➡ From Child Welfare Information Gateway NJ: Canada: Poverty Rates Speak to Suffering in First Nations Communities, Leader Says The Canadian Press - May 18, 2016 The study, which explored poverty rates and the territories as measured by income, also documented the dire conditions experienced by … [Read more...]

➡ From Child Welfare Information Gateway NJ: Canada: Clearer picture of Ontario's child protection system needed, author of report says Toronto Star - May 19, 2016 The Ontario government has no way of knowing whether vulnerable children are receiving quality care in foster homes and group … [Read more...]

➡ From Child Welfare Information Gateway NJ: US: Need for Better Collaboration on Crossover Youth Voiced in Senate Judiciary Hearing The Chronicle of Social Change - May 18, 2016 The solution to curbing juvenile arrests and improving permanency for abused and neglected children? Better … [Read more...]

➡ From Child Welfare Information Gateway NJ: US: Kin and Faith: The Right Ways to Grow a Foster Home Supply (Opinion) The Chronicle of Social Change - May 18, 2016 With the foster care population increasing, the reluctance to fire bad foster parents will only increase. In the meantime, the harm … [Read more...]

➡ From Child Welfare Information Gateway NJ: US: Child Welfare's Principal-Agent Problem (Opinion) The Chronicle of Social Change - May 18, 2016 The principal-agent problem arises because we humans need to do many important things that no one person can accomplish. Protecting a population of … [Read more...]

➡ From Child Welfare Information Gateway NJ: United Kingdom: Social workers should not ignore the benefits of adoption by foster carers (Opinion) The Guardian - May 17, 2016 One option that has not had enough attention is the potential contribution foster carers could make to improving the … [Read more...]