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➡ From Child Welfare Information Gateway US: Happy Birthday Medicaid -- from Millions Who Love and Need You (Opinion) Black Star News - August 02, 2017 Why are so many people across our country standing up to protect Medicaid? Because Medicaid is a lean, efficient and essential safety net … [Read more...]

➡ From Child Welfare Information Gateway US: Children Don't Belong to Their Parents? (Opinion) Christian Post - August 02, 2017 There are plenty of instances where government intervention for children is sorely needed. Abuse, neglect, and exploitation are horrific wrongs that no child should … [Read more...]

➡ From Child Welfare Information Gateway NY: An ambitious reform agenda for keeping New York City's children safe (Opinion) City & State New York - August 02, 2017 As the new commissioner of the Administration for Children's Services, I, too, want to be sure our agency is keeping New York … [Read more...]

➡ From Child Welfare Information Gateway NJ: Breaking up families is as cold as ICE (Opinion) Jersey Journal - August 02, 2017 Principle 6 of the Declaration of the Rights of the Child, passed by the United Nations in 1959, states: "The child, for the full and harmonious development of his … [Read more...]

➡ From Child Welfare Information Gateway United Kingdom: Repeat child protection referrals linked to high caseloads Children & Young People Now - July 21, 2017 A report commissioned by the Department for Education looking into the issue of repeat referrals to children's services departments … [Read more...]

➡ From Child Welfare Information Gateway United Kingdom: Child Protection Improvement Programme - Child Rights and Wellbeing Impact Assessment Scotish Executive - July 21, 2017 The Child Protection Improvement Programme will directly affect children and young people who come into contact with … [Read more...]

➡ From Child Welfare Information Gateway United Kingdom: More than 100 child refugees missing in UK after being smuggled from Calais Independent - July 23, 2017 More than 100 unaccompanied minors known to have crossed from northern France via unauthorised routes since last August remain … [Read more...]

➡ From Child Welfare Information Gateway Russia: Why adoption plays such a big, contentious role in US-Russia relations Vox - July 22, 2017 For much of the period from the mid-'90s to 2012, Russia was one of the top three "sending" countries supplying adoptable children to the US. (Nos. 1 and 2 … [Read more...]

➡ From Child Welfare Information Gateway Greece: Leaving lone refugee minors unprotected: HRW (Includes video) Press TV - July 20, 2017 Human Rights Watch (HRW) says Greece is failing to protect unaccompanied refugee children on the Greek island of Lesbos, warning that Athens is registering … [Read more...]

➡ From Child Welfare Information Gateway Germany: Vatican says report on abuse in Germany shows progress in fight against abuse (Includes video) Catholic Online - July 21, 2017 "It will take time, but this kind of sensitivity that is created by publicly discussing these things of course will … [Read more...]