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➡ From Child Welfare Information Gateway US: Coming into Focus: States Can and Must Ensure School Stability for Youth in Foster Care Chronicle of Social Change - August 15, 2017 One of the most exciting recent developments in the field came in December 2015, when Congress passed the Every … [Read more...]

➡ From Child Welfare Information Gateway NY: Mental health care for children in need (Opinion) New York Daily News - August 16, 2017 Amanda is a client of the newly opened Brownsville Child Development Center in Brooklyn, an early childhood mental health clinic. Created and operated by the … [Read more...]

➡ From Child Welfare Information Gateway CT: Court: State can't vaccinate kids in temporary custody Associated Press - August 15, 2017 The Connecticut Supreme Court ruled Tuesday that the state's child welfare agency cannot vaccinate children placed temporarily in its custody when the parents … [Read more...]

➡ From Child Welfare Information Gateway Canada: Strong Link Between Child Welfare and Youth Homelessness in Canada McGill Newsroom - August 09, 2017 A new report shows that almost sixty percent (57.8%) of homeless youth in Canada report involvement with the child welfare system at some point … [Read more...]

➡ From Child Welfare Information Gateway Canada: Indigenous heritage doesn't overrule other factors in adoption: BC court Canadian Press - August 09, 2017 Aboriginal heritage must be considered when placing a child with an adoptive family, but it does not overrule all other factors in deciding … [Read more...]

➡ From Child Welfare Information Gateway US: Why Immigration Policy Should Matter to Youth-Serving Systems (Opinion) Juvenile Justice Information Exchange - August 09, 2017 Immigration policy touches a large percentage of young people in the United States. Twenty-three percent of children in … [Read more...]

➡ From Child Welfare Information Gateway US: The Opioid Epidemic: A National Public Health Emergency Huffington Post - August 09, 2017 Over the past two years, health professionals, policymakers, and the public have acknowledged the seriousness and scope of the opioid epidemic in America, and … [Read more...]

➡ From Child Welfare Information Gateway US: Housing Challenges for Youth Aging Out of Foster Care (Includes audio) WAMU - August 09, 2017 For foster children, the arrival of their 18th and 21st birthdays can be scary. That's when they age out of the state systems that have supported them. … [Read more...]

➡ From Child Welfare Information Gateway US: Combating neonatal abstinence syndrome amid opioid crisis Medical Health News - August 09, 2017 Although much of the national discourse has remained focused on adult opioid users, neonatologists and pediatricians across the country have been treating … [Read more...]

➡ From Child Welfare Information Gateway US: AAP warns that oral, dental injuries may indicate child abuse Healio - August 10, 2017 Pediatric and dental providers are encouraged to collaborate in documenting and reporting suspicious oral/dental injuries and diseases that may be indicative of … [Read more...]