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➡ From Child Welfare Information Gateway NJ: NY: State's big three politicians don't have time to discuss reforms to child-abuse law (Opinion) New York Daily News - May 11, 2016 The News wanted to know if the Assembly was going to take action on efforts to reform the statute of limitations on … [Read more...]

➡ From Child Welfare Information Gateway NJ: NY: Senate legislation better tracks alleged child abusers Arcade Herald - May 11, 2016 The New York State Senate has passed a bill, S.398, requiring the state to notify local child protective services if the operator of a licensed day care center or … [Read more...]

➡ From Child Welfare Information Gateway NJ: NY: Child abuse up in Clinton County The Sun - May 11, 2016 Over 160 child abuse cases have been reported this year across the region, according to the Clinton County District Attorney's Child Advocacy Center. That's up from 140 total cases in … [Read more...]

➡ From Child Welfare Information Gateway NJ: United Kingdom: British Association of Social Workers launches inquiry into adoption ethics The Guardian - May 10, 2016 The intention is to interrogate the ethical and human rights bases on which recommendations for severing a birth family's legal … [Read more...]

➡ From Child Welfare Information Gateway NJ: International: Could swaddling babies for sleep raise risk of SIDS? Medical News Today - May 10, 2016 The researchers found that risk of sudden infant death syndrome (SIDS) appears to increase when swaddled infants are placed on their stomachs or … [Read more...]

➡ From Child Welfare Information Gateway NJ: Europe: No end in sight for refugee plight Nouse - May 10, 2016 Supporters, including a cross-party coalition in the House of Commons and civil society groups such as 'Save the Children', stressed the dangers faced by these child refugees once they … [Read more...]

➡ From Child Welfare Information Gateway NJ: Canada: Ottawa has until today to confirm equal child welfare treatment for First Nations CBC News - May 10, 2016 The deadline comes as the tribunal ruled in January that the Canadian government knowingly discriminated against tens of thousands of … [Read more...]

➡ From Child Welfare Information Gateway NJ: US: Where Do We Go From Here? (Opinion) The Chronicle of Social Change - May 10, 2016 The "sea change" I am pointing to is the field's move away from the institutional care of children - whether in group homes or other congregate-care facilities - … [Read more...]

➡ From Child Welfare Information Gateway NJ: US: Professors Are Being Forced To Reveal Sexual Assault Confidences, Like It Or Not Huffington Post - May 10, 2016 Nationally, schools are essentially taking one of two tracks: either declaring that all but a small handful of employees are mandatory … [Read more...]

➡ From Child Welfare Information Gateway NJ: US: Jurisdictions with Flexible Federal Funds Can Better Invest in Families and Communities (Opinion) The Chronicle of Social Change - May 10, 2016 A primary reason for removing a child from their family home is parental "neglect." Much of this … [Read more...]