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➡ From Child Welfare Information Gateway PA: Statewide data breach affects Adams County Gettysburg Times - July 06, 2017 A statewide data breach reached Adams County Children and Youth Services, compromising 53 people's personal information, officials said Wednesday at the commissioners' … [Read more...]

➡ From Child Welfare Information Gateway CT: Federal monitor: Too many foster children's needs still unmet Connecticut Mirror - July 05, 2017 Too many Connecticut children in foster care are not receiving the mental health services, child care and housing supports they need, partly because the … [Read more...]

➡ From Child Welfare Information Gateway United Kingdom: Child emotional abuse reports surge 200% amid cuts to child protection services Independent - June 20, 2017 The number of children being reported as victims of emotional abuse has soared by 200 per cent in seven years, more than any other … [Read more...]

➡ From Child Welfare Information Gateway Ireland: Foster care system 'besieged' Breaking News .ie - June 21, 2017 "The whole care system is under tremendous pressure and TUSLA is under tremendous pressure in terms of it's quite a besieged agency at the moment," he said. "One of the issues … [Read more...]

➡ From Child Welfare Information Gateway US: Reps. Terri Sewell and Lloyd Smucker: Congress can help foster children find a loving home (Opinion) Washington Examiner - June 20, 2017 Specifically, our bill will direct the Department of Health and Human Services to modernize licensing standards … [Read more...]

➡ From Child Welfare Information Gateway US: House Passes Rep. Chu Bill to Help Keep Families Together During Addiction Treatment (Press release) Office of U.S. Representative Judy Chu - June 20, 2017 Introduced by Rep. Judy Chu (CA-27), H.R. 2857 will allow for states to be reimbursed for the … [Read more...]

➡ From Child Welfare Information Gateway NY: Child-protective workers warn system is swamped New York Daily Star - June 20, 2017 New York's safety net for abused and neglected children is under stress - with caseworkers charged with keeping those youngsters safe often overwhelmed with more … [Read more...]

➡ From Child Welfare Information Gateway NY: Broome County releases findings on causes of childhood deaths (Includes video) Binghamton Homepage - June 20, 2017 The Broome County Child Fatality Review Team has released a report after looking into 83 cases of unexplained and unexpected deaths … [Read more...]

➡ From Child Welfare Information Gateway United Kingdom: Care system not to blame for increased risk of mental health issues in children Medical Xpress - June 21, 2017 Children in the care system - who are more likely to have mental health difficulties than others in the wider population - are … [Read more...]

➡ From Child Welfare Information Gateway Japan: Abused children find Japan's shelters provide little comfort Reuters - June 21, 2017 The conditions inside many of them are so regimented that the children can find the experience harrowing, according to interviews with more than a dozen people … [Read more...]