NY: In the aftermath of FEGS, human service providers warn of crisis
➡ From Child Welfare Information Gateway NY: In the aftermath of FEGS, human service providers warn of crisis Politico - February 23, 2016 FEGS, the largest human services provider in New York, was thought to be too big to fail and its bankruptcy, officially declared last March, highlighted how … [Read more...]
PA: Advocate doubts latest clergy-abuse report will effect change, Pa. Catholic Conference backs current statute of limitations
➡ From Child Welfare Information Gateway PA: Advocate doubts latest clergy-abuse report will effect change, Pa. Catholic Conference backs current statute of limitations PennLive.com - March 01, 2016 But as of now, the Pennsylvania Catholic Conference backs a task force recommendation made in 2012 … [Read more...]
PA: Central Pa. diocese covered up widespread child abuse for decades: AG Kane
➡ From Child Welfare Information Gateway PA: Central Pa. diocese covered up widespread child abuse for decades: AG Kane Metro - March 01, 2016 After a two year investigation, Attorney General Kathleen Kane announced that she discovered cases of hundreds of young victims being abused by priests in … [Read more...]
PA: Everyone has a role to play in protecting Pennsylvania’s children: Angela Liddle (Opinion)
➡ From Child Welfare Information Gateway PA: Everyone has a role to play in protecting Pennsylvania's children: Angela Liddle (Opinion) Penn Live - February 24, 2016 After the Jerry Sandusky child sexual-abuse scandal laid bare PA's child-protection deficiencies, state legislators … [Read more...]
Italy: Italy tribunal approves lesbian couple’s adoption of each other’s children
➡ From Child Welfare Information Gateway Italy: Italy tribunal approves lesbian couple's adoption of each other's children Agence France-Presse - March 01, 2016 A Rome family court has approved a lesbian couple's request to simultaneously adopt each other's daughters in a legal first in … [Read more...]
Scoop: 20/20 on ABC
➡ From Child Welfare Information Gateway "20/20" investigates family mysteries sent in to ABC by viewers searching for their LONG LOST FAMILY members. With the help of investigative genealogist Pamela Slaton, whose passion is reuniting people, Elizabeth Vargas and "20/20" set out on three … [Read more...]
House passes bill to open adoptees’ birth records
➡ From Child Welfare Information Gateway Sen. Brent Steele, R-Bedford, authored Senate Bill 91, which would allow the state to release identifying adoption information to people who were adopted from 1941 through 1993 — unless their birth parents sign a form prohibiting it. That is how people … [Read more...]
The Littlest Victims: Protecting Babies from Abuse and Neglect
A startling statistic: Eighty percent of New Jersey children who died from abuse and neglect over a 5-year period were 3 years of age or younger. Nearly half of these babies and toddlers were known to the state’s child protection system. These facts tragically spotlight a tragic truth: Infants … [Read more...]
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