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➡ 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...]

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

➡ From Child Welfare Information Gateway CT: Report says teenager's death was preventable Record Journal - December 12, 2017 An investigation has found that the death of an autistic Connecticut teenager from malnutrition was preventable and there were problems with the state child welfare … [Read more...]

➡ From Child Welfare Information Gateway Canada: Canada signs MOU with Assembly of Manitoba Chiefs to drive change in child and families services (Press release) Indigenous and Northern Affairs Canada - December 07, 2017 Today the Minister of Indigenous Services, the Honourable Jane Philpott, … [Read more...]