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➡ From Child Welfare Information Gateway US: Connie Hickman Tanner, National Council of Juvenile and Family Court Judges Northern Nevada Business Weekly - December 08, 2017 Connie Hickman Tanner has been appointed chief program officer, Child Welfare and Juvenile Law at the Reno-based National … [Read more...]

➡ From Child Welfare Information Gateway US: Immigration-rights advocates say Homeland Security is using minors as 'bait' (Commentary) Global Sisters Report - December 11, 2017 The complaint is on behalf of the approximately 400 people arrested this summer in an Immigration and Customs … [Read more...]

➡ From Child Welfare Information Gateway PA: PROTECTING OUR CHILDREN: Safety worries spawn variety of bills against child abuse Tribune-Democrat - December 11, 2017 The struggle to help the state's child protection safety net cope with the increased demands placed on it by the opioid crisis has … [Read more...]

➡ From Child Welfare Information Gateway PA: PROTECTING OUR CHILDREN: Despite scrutiny, counties still struggling to relieve overworked caseworkers Tribune-Democrat - December 11, 2017 There is broad consensus that the state needs to fix the child protection system as it strains under the … [Read more...]

➡ From Child Welfare Information Gateway PA: Heroin crisis turns back clock on grandparents, making them struggling parents again Penn Live - December 11, 2017 In Pennsylvania, about 88,000 grandparents are raising 195,000 grandchildren. In about 40 percent of those cases, drug or alcohol … [Read more...]

➡ From Child Welfare Information Gateway Australia: Pedophile Barred From Leaving Australia as Sex Tourism Law Takes Effect New York Times - December 13, 2017 An Australian law barring registered child sex offenders from international travel had an immediate impact when it took effect on … [Read more...]

➡ From Child Welfare Information Gateway US: Indian Child Welfare Act under attack again as conservative group submits appeal to Supreme Court (Commentary) Indianz - December 12, 2017 The conservative Goldwater Institute is attacking the Indian Child Welfare Act again. The group has asked the … [Read more...]

➡ From Child Welfare Information Gateway US: How is the opioid crisis affecting children? (Commentary) Associated Press - December 12, 2017 Public attention to the historic wave of opioid addiction gripping the U.S. has focused mostly on its effect on adults and the thousands who have died of … [Read more...]

➡ From Child Welfare Information Gateway US: The Policy Labs We Urgently Need (Commentary) Governing - December 13, 2017 Following a bipartisan call to "improve the evidence available for making decisions about government programs and policies," Congress is poised to pass legislation to … [Read more...]

➡ From Child Welfare Information Gateway PA: Protecting our children: Transitioning from foster care New Castle News - December 13, 2017 There is good news and bad news about child abuse in Lawrence County. The good news is that increased reporting requirements have resulted in the removal of … [Read more...]