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➡ From Child Welfare Information Gateway Bangladesh: South Asia floods put thousands of children at risk Plan International - August 18, 2017 "Our years of experience in Asia have also shown us that children (especially girls) are the most vulnerable victims of disasters and require specific … [Read more...]

➡ From Child Welfare Information Gateway US: What Do We Know About Sex Offenders? (Opinion) U.S. Department of Justice, Office of Justice Programs - August 15, 2017 Recognizing the ever-growing body of research on sex offenders and sexual offending, the Department of Justice's Sex Offender … [Read more...]

➡ From Child Welfare Information Gateway US: Trump administration shuts down Central American minor protection program (Includes video) Fox News - August 17, 2017 The Trump administration on Wednesday shut down yet another Obama-era program - this one created to give Central American minors … [Read more...]

➡ From Child Welfare Information Gateway US: PLF urges Supreme Court to review constitutionality of the Indian Child Welfare Act Pacific Legal Foundation - August 18, 2017 PLF filed this friend of the court brief at the Supreme Court today, urging the Court to take Goldwater Institute's … [Read more...]

➡ From Child Welfare Information Gateway US: Former Long Beach foster child interns for Kamala Harris, writes foster care policy paper Press-Telegram - August 18, 2017 The 29-year-old Long Beach woman served as an intern for Sen. Kamala Harris this summer, and as part of that work, has written … [Read more...]

➡ From Child Welfare Information Gateway US: Welfare as we know it now: 6 questions answered Salon - August 20, 2017 Who gets TANF benefits? More than three out of four of the people who get these benefits are children. For a growing share of TANF "families" - nearly half in 2015 - the only … [Read more...]

➡ From Child Welfare Information Gateway US: Opioid crisis strains foster care system; programs aim to keep kids with mom Kaiser Health News - August 20, 2017 Data from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services show that from October 2012 to September 2015, as addiction surged, the … [Read more...]

➡ From Child Welfare Information Gateway US: Interracial adoption is on the rise - and America is better for it (Opinion) New York Post - August 20, 2017 For one thing, one in six newlyweds in America is married to someone of a different race, according to a Pew poll from earlier this year. … [Read more...]

➡ From Child Welfare Information Gateway US: Most moms aren't putting babies to sleep safely, study says CNN - August 21, 2017 Despite a 23-year campaign urging that babies be put to bed on their backs, only 43.7% of US mothers report that they both intend to use this method and actually do so … [Read more...]

➡ From Child Welfare Information Gateway US: International Association of Chiefs of Police and TASC Announce National Initiative to Combat our Nation's Opioid Epidemic and Mainstream Diversion Programs (Press release) International Association of Chiefs of Police and TASC - August 21, … [Read more...]