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➡ From Child Welfare Information Gateway United Kingdom: Fathers' experiences of child protection process examined Science Daily - July 10, 2017 New research from the University of East Anglia (UEA) challenges assumptions that men in child protection cases do not stay involved in children's … [Read more...]

➡ From Child Welfare Information Gateway Canada: Indigenous children are dramatically overrepresented in Canada's child welfare system Vice - July 11, 2017 At the root of it all, many say, are longstanding systemic issues that continue to go ignored - from intergenerational trauma caused by … [Read more...]

➡ From Child Welfare Information Gateway US: Top Five Threats to Child Welfare from the Senate Health Care Repeal Proposal (Opinion) Chronicle of Social Change - July 11, 2017 The Senate's proposal to repeal the Affordable Care Act (ACA) and to sharply cut Medicaid payments to states through … [Read more...]

➡ From Child Welfare Information Gateway US: How severe, ongoing stress can affect a child's brain Associated Press - July 12, 2017 Mounting research on potential biological dangers of toxic stress is prompting a new public health approach to identifying and treating the effects of poverty, … [Read more...]

➡ From Child Welfare Information Gateway South Korea: South Korean adoptees call for end to international adoption Korea Times - July 13, 2017 Adoptee-led organisations called on the Korean government to immediately end the "industrialised international adoption" system. The joint declaration, … [Read more...]

➡ From Child Welfare Information Gateway US: For Opioids' Youngest Victims, Is Help Too Little, Too Late? Governing - July 01, 2017 Drug abuse is overwhelming the child welfare system at unprecedented rates. Solutions are slowly emerging. Opioids pose special challenges for child welfare … [Read more...]

➡ From Child Welfare Information Gateway US: Theresa (Teri) Martha Covington, M.P.H., Appointed Director of "Within Our Reach," an office established at the Alliance for Strong Families and Communities (Press release) Alliance for Strong Families and Communities - July 12, 2017 Within Our … [Read more...]

➡ From Child Welfare Information Gateway US: Tax consequences of domestic and foreign child adoptions (Opinion) Accounting Today - July 12, 2017 We favor Americans adopting American children from foster care when feasible, but current U.S. tax law benefits domestic and foreign adoptions. The … [Read more...]

➡ From Child Welfare Information Gateway US: New Award to Honor Those Who Work with Transition-Age Foster Youth Chronicle of Social Change - July 12, 2017 Last week, the Aging Out Institute (AOI) announced a new award designed to recognize individuals who are helping foster youth to succeed … [Read more...]

➡ From Child Welfare Information Gateway US: Here's What You Can Do to Support Foster Families (Opinion) Relevant Magazine - July 12, 2017 Struggle is interwoven with fostering because as much as God loves and supports orphan care, the enemy hates and opposes it. This is why the people of God … [Read more...]