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➡ From Child Welfare Information Gateway NY: Avella, Hevesi bill to amend foster care law passes both houses Times Ledger - August 28, 2017 "Recognizing that children's notions of 'family' extend beyond the people they are related to by blood, marriage, and adoption, New York has long allowed … [Read more...]

➡ From Child Welfare Information Gateway NJ: Cranford library takes part in Baby Box program NJ.com - August 21, 2017 The Baby Box program is a project of New Jersey's CFNFRB, which reviews fatalities and near fatalities of children in order to identify their causes, their relationship to … [Read more...]

➡ From Child Welfare Information Gateway CT: McHaelen: Despite social changes, LGBT kids continue to have more difficult adolescence Connecticut Mirror - August 27, 2017 True Colors began as a field project for McHaelen when she was in social work school. At the time, she just wanted to help … [Read more...]

➡ From Child Welfare Information Gateway CT: To be a trauma-informed city takes a cultural shift and partnership Connecticut Mirror - August 28, 2017 When a kid acts out in New Britain, the first question teachers, administrators and mental health professionals are asking is no longer, "What's … [Read more...]

➡ From Child Welfare Information Gateway United Kingdom: Scandal of 700 babies born addicted to drugs in Scotland Herald Scotland - August 26, 2017 Direct government funding to alcohol and drug partnerships have been slashed in Scotland with a freedom of information request revealing that half … [Read more...]

➡ From Child Welfare Information Gateway US: Why Taking Care of My Own Mental Health Is Difficult as a Foster Care Caseworker (Opinion)(May require registration) Mighty - August 28, 2017 I am a foster care caseworker. I am responsible for putting families back together, for helping parents do … [Read more...]

➡ From Child Welfare Information Gateway US: Students Displaced by Hurricane Protected by Federal Law on Homeless Education Week - August 28, 2017 The vast majority of students who may end up temporarily or permanently displaced by Hurricane Harvey are entitled to full protections under the … [Read more...]

➡ From Child Welfare Information Gateway US: Budget Cuts to Teen Pregnancy Prevention Program Create Concern Mothering - August 28, 2017 The controversial cuts will continue to be a hot-topic. According to data from the CDC, teen pregnancy and childbirth cost taxpayers $9.4 billion in 2010. … [Read more...]

➡ From Child Welfare Information Gateway US: & Russia: US withholding data on fate of orphaned Russian-American boy - children's rights commissioner Russia Today - August 28, 2017 The US is not providing Russia with any information on a 9-year-old boy who lost both of his parents in a … [Read more...]

➡ From Child Welfare Information Gateway CT: Op-Ed: There's nothing liberal in being a 'fixed cost' NCAdvertiser - August 26, 2017 How much money could state government save if, instead of social workers, children had parents prepared to support them? Why don't children have such parents? … [Read more...]