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➡ From Child Welfare Information Gateway US: U.S. senator calls for GAO probe to protect babies born drug-dependent Reuters - March 03, 2016 The request comes in response to a Reuters investigation in December that identified the preventable deaths of 110 babies whose mothers used opioids during … [Read more...]

➡ From Child Welfare Information Gateway Uganda: Foreigners Banned From Adopting Children The Monitor - March 04, 2016 Parliament on Wednesday passed a new law on legal guardianship of children, in a radical measure targeting gangs of criminals who collude with foreigners to trade in children … [Read more...]

➡ From Child Welfare Information Gateway United Kingdom: Campaign against child abuse launched Wigan Today - March 03, 2016 A new campaign to tackle child abuse has been launched as a shocking study shows a third of people do not report their suspicions about a young person's welfare. Read the … [Read more...]

➡ From Child Welfare Information Gateway  CT: The Bridge kicks off 'Host Home' foster care program The Street - March 02, 2016 The Bridge Family Center is now licensed to offer a child-placement and foster care program called Host Home. This new program allows the Bridge to place youths, ages … [Read more...]

➡ From Child Welfare Information Gateway  NY: How to Measure Foster Care Outcomes (Includes video) WGY - March 03, 2016 Foster care. Two words that conjure up all kinds of imagery. Many different possible outcomes enter our field of vision as we strive to get it right. So how are we doing? The … [Read more...]

➡ From Child Welfare Information Gateway  PA: Inside the Mechanicsburg training center that trains child welfare caseworkers (Includes video) WHTM - March 02, 2016 "Imagine what it feels like to be separated from your families and your friends," a soothing-voiced teacher tells a dozen 20-something … [Read more...]

➡ From Child Welfare Information Gateway PA: Job seekers flagged for past child abuse case on the rise Associated Press - March 02, 2016 The number of adults in Pennsylvania who sought a child abuse clearance last year almost tripled after a new law took effect in response to the Jerry Sandusky … [Read more...]

➡ From Child Welfare Information Gateway PA: Reports of child abuse swamp police under updated Pennsylvania law Pittsburgh Tribune-Review - March 02, 2016 Although no one is questioning the push for greater awareness of possible abuse, the surge has created a crushing workload for police officers … [Read more...]

➡ From Child Welfare Information Gateway  US: As Substance Abuse Rises, Hospitals Drug Test Mothers, Newborns Health News Digest - March 02, 2016 Launched in September 2013, a regional universal drug screening program for moms delivering at Cincinnati-area hospitals, which involves dual screening … [Read more...]

➡ From Child Welfare Information Gateway  US: To Improve Child Welfare, Let Social Workers do Social Work (Opinion) Chronicle of Social Change - March 02, 2016 In Texas, one-sixth of new caseworkers quits within six months. In Florida, case worker turnover averaged 37 percent in 2014. I know … [Read more...]