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➡ 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...]

➡ From Child Welfare Information Gateway  France: Child Abductees from the Island of Réunion Are Grown and Want Answers VICE News - March 03, 2016 Sylvie told VICE News that the film was the key to a mystery she had been trying to solve for decades. Watching the documentary, she finally understood … [Read more...]

➡ From Child Welfare Information Gateway  Pakistan: Senate panel passes bill against child abuse The Express Tribune - March 03, 2016 Almost seven months after the country's largest child sex abuse case was uncovered, a Senate panel on Wednesday passed a bill which criminalises--among other … [Read more...]

➡ From Child Welfare Information Gateway  Papua New Guinea: Peter O'Neill 'surprised to hear' PNG child welfare law remains uncertified The Guardian - March 03, 2016 The prime minister of Papua New Guinea has expressed his surprise to learn a key piece of child protection legislation, which would … [Read more...]

➡ From Child Welfare Information Gateway Philippines: Legal adoption, foster care promotes children's well-being, says DSWD GOVPH - March 02, 2016 As the country observes the Adoption Consciousness Month, Mark Anthony Viernes of DSWD-10 said during the Philippine Information Agency's (PIA) media … [Read more...]