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➡ From Child Welfare Information Gateway US: Home Visits Help Parents Overcome Tough Histories, Raise Healthy Children Kaiser Health News - August 21, 2017 Home visiting organizations operated out of the national limelight for decades until the Affordable Care Act created a nationwide program … [Read more...]

➡ From Child Welfare Information Gateway PA: Lawmaker wants better response to drug-exposed babies New Castle News - August 19, 2017 State and federal law require that county agencies get alerted when doctors realize babies have been exposed to illicit drugs. But state law includes an exemption … [Read more...]

➡ From Child Welfare Information Gateway CT: Child Welfare Agency Cannot Vaccinate Children Without Parental Consent Chronicle of Social Change - August 18, 2017 Though emergency medical treatment can still be provided by DCF, the court ruled that parents have a right to continue making medical … [Read more...]

➡ From Child Welfare Information Gateway International: Study shows global estimates of Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder among children Medical Xpress - August 21, 2017 Globally, nearly eight out of every 1,000 children in the general population is estimated to have Fetal Alcohol Spectrum … [Read more...]

➡ From Child Welfare Information Gateway Australia: Royal Commission report highlights ADF failures allowed child abuse (Audio) ABC (Australia) - August 22, 2017 In its latest report, the commission focuses on two naval and army training bases in Western Australia and Victoria, where senior … [Read more...]

➡ From Child Welfare Information Gateway US: We Need to Work on Barriers to Educational Success for Youth Who Age Out of Foster Care Youth Today - August 21, 2017 As of September 2012, there were 399,546 children in foster care. In 2015, this number increased to 427,900 with 26,668 of them … [Read more...]

➡ From Child Welfare Information Gateway US: Big Changes Needed to Boost America's Foster Home Network (Opinion) Chronicle of Social Change - August 21, 2017 Fewer foster homes are available today, primarily because of changes in family structure and a steady migration to the cities. The image … [Read more...]

➡ From Child Welfare Information Gateway United Kingdom: Huge rise in reports of child neglect in Wales Capital Radio (UK) - August 23, 2017 Reports of neglect to the NSPCC in Wales have reached record numbers. The charity now refers an average of 16 reports of child neglect every week to Welsh … [Read more...]

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➡ From Child Welfare Information Gateway US: The possibility, hope, and uncertainty of being a foster-to-adopt parent (Includes audio) (Opinion) Medium - July 31, 2017 "You could have a kid who has issues even if they're your biological kid. You still have to take them to therapy. Or you can … [Read more...]

➡ From Child Welfare Information Gateway US: Hospitals Could Do More For Survivors Of Opioid Overdoses, Study Suggests National Public Radio - August 22, 2017 Clinicians and researchers trying to get a handle on the epidemic look at those non-fatal experiences as opportunities to jump in and … [Read more...]