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➡ From Child Welfare Information Gateway NJ: US: Senators Urge Implementation of Key Reforms to Improve Educational Stability for Children in Foster Care U.S. Senate. Committee on Finance - May 05, 2016 During National Foster Care Month, a bipartisan group of Senators calls on HHS and ED to … [Read more...]

➡ From Child Welfare Information Gateway NJ: US: Hey, Look Everybody! The Magic Orphanage Is Back! (Opinion) Chronicle of Social Change - May 09, 2016 Every few years media and politicians fall in love with another Magic Orphanage. News stories assure us that the Magic Orphanage is nothing like … [Read more...]

➡ From Child Welfare Information Gateway NJ: PA: Legal off-shoots of Jerry Sandusky child sex abuse scandal continue to flourish: a PennLive recap Penn Live - May 09, 2016 It's far from the only Sandusky-related case still open. What follows is a quick catch-up on some of the other court cases … [Read more...]

➡ From Child Welfare Information Gateway NJ: NY: The Investigators Exclusive: Some city caseworkers who protect children stalked, attacked (Includes video) WABC - May 09, 2016 In the words of one ACS caseworker, "We are risking our lives every day to protect the children of New York City." That … [Read more...]

➡ From Child Welfare Information Gateway NJ: India: 2,100 juvenile cases pending in Assam Asian Age - May 09, 2016 Chief Justice Ajit Singh, however, expressed his concern over the number of pending cases dealing with children in conflict with the law. "It is certainly a matter of concern. … [Read more...]

➡ From Child Welfare Information Gateway NJ: Australia: Child protection as important as doping battle: Australian Olympic Committee chief Reuters - May 07, 2016 Sports organizations will be expected to establish and comply with a child protection policy or their athletes will not be considered … [Read more...]

➡ From Child Welfare Information Gateway NJ: US: Family Separation, A Natural Byproduct of the U.S. Immigration System (Opinion) Rewire - May 06, 2016 There are millions of children in the United States born into households where one or more of their parents are undocumented -- and thousands of … [Read more...]

➡ From Child Welfare Information Gateway NJ: US: OCD and Medical Child Abuse (Opinion) Psych Central - May 08, 2016 As I've written about before, our family faced many issues when my son Dan spent nine weeks at a residential treatment center for OCD. There's no question the staff there knew how … [Read more...]

➡ From Child Welfare Information Gateway NJ: US: A Mother's Story Of Her Son's Adoption: 'My Greatest Accomplishment & Deepest Regret' (Audio) National Public Radio - May 08, 2016 Open adoptions are can be an "awkward choreography." In this excerpt from "Modern Love: The Podcast," a story … [Read more...]

➡ From Child Welfare Information Gateway NJ: PA: Report: Sandusky victim says Joe Paterno tried to quash sexual abuse accusation Washington Post - May 06, 2016 Raspy, nasal and grounded in a Brooklyn accent, Joe Paterno's voice was hard to mistake. That voice is at the center of another round … [Read more...]