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➡ From Child Welfare Information Gateway US: Youth-led Advocacy Groups Empower Foster Youth Chronicle of Social Change - July 04, 2017 The independent programs vary from one state or chapter to another. However, across all the organizations youth find the opportunity to connect through … [Read more...]

➡ From Child Welfare Information Gateway US: The secret reason child-welfare agencies fail New York Post - July 04, 2017 The most obvious problem is simply retention. According to a report from the Child Welfare Workforce Institute, yearly turnover rates nationally can exceed 30 percent. While … [Read more...]

➡ From Child Welfare Information Gateway PA: Some Erie County OCY cases part of statewide data breach Erie Times-News - July 03, 2017 The data breach was reported in May and involved what's known as Child Accounting and Profile System databases maintained by Avanco International, a Fairfax, … [Read more...]

➡ From Child Welfare Information Gateway International: Coroner calls for changes to treatment of child refugees after death of teenager Guardian - July 05, 2017 A coroner has called for changes to the way Home Office officials in Calais and Dunkirk deal with vulnerable child refugees after a … [Read more...]

➡ From Child Welfare Information Gateway US: Foster care system flooded with children amid opioid epidemic: 5 things to know Becker's Hospital Review - July 05, 2017 The opioid epidemic has contributed to a dramatic increase in the number of children in foster care over last two years, … [Read more...]

➡ From Child Welfare Information Gateway US: Alliance for Children's Rights Names Next CEO Chronicle of Social Change - July 05, 2017 The Alliance for Children's Rights announced today that Laurie Rubiner, a long-time political staffer and advocate in Washington, D.C., will become the advocacy … [Read more...]

➡ From Child Welfare Information Gateway US: Health care for foster and adopted children is a real concern (Opinion) St. Louis Post Dispatch - July 06, 2017 As I read about the various attempts to replace Obamacare in Congress, I'm left wondering if our elected officials in Washington have … [Read more...]

➡ From Child Welfare Information Gateway US: Detained Immigrant Children Are Entitled to Hearings, Court Rules New York Times - July 06, 2017 Undocumented immigrant children detained by federal authorities are entitled to hearings to determine whether they should remain confined, a federal … [Read more...]

➡ From Child Welfare Information Gateway PA: Today's Editorial: Center shines light on dark crisis Daily Item - July 05, 2017 The opening of a new $11 million Center for Healthy Children at Penn State University is clearly an illuminating action plan emerging from the horrific child sex abuse … [Read more...]

➡ From Child Welfare Information Gateway PA: Judge keeps former Penn State leaders' sentences intact in first appellate reviews PennLive - July 05, 2017 A senior judge from Berks County has issued a batch of new orders in the cases of the three former Penn State administrators convicted of … [Read more...]