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➡ From Child Welfare Information Gateway US: Nonprofits, not Silicon Valley startups, are creating AI apps for the greater good (Opinion) (Includes video) Recode - June 22, 2017 The tech for good use cases for AI are endless, ranging from refugee aid, to bankruptcy filings, to predictive … [Read more...]

➡ From Child Welfare Information Gateway US: How the Indian Child Welfare Act Preserves and Strengthens American Indian Families Indian Country Today Media Network - June 22, 2017 To this day, I have no idea what made me call my tribal Indian Child Welfare Act (ICWA) office back in January … [Read more...]

➡ From Child Welfare Information Gateway US: Adoption Subsidies Deserve A Closer Look in Child Welfare Field (Opinion) Chronicle of Social Change - June 22, 2017 Most adopted parents are loving and generous people who spend much more on their children than they receive in subsidies. But some … [Read more...]

➡ From Child Welfare Information Gateway US: Adjuncts as Allies? (Opinion) Inside Higher Ed - June 23, 2017 The debate over mandatory-reporter status is also particularly thorny for faculty members without the protection of … [Read more...]

➡ From Child Welfare Information Gateway PA: Valley Youth House receives $10,000 grant from Lincoln Financial Foundation for Supportive Housing Program Philadelphia Sun - June 23, 2017 Valley Youth House (VYH) has received a $10,000 grant for their Supportive Housing Program for Homeless … [Read more...]

➡ From Child Welfare Information Gateway PA: Grandparents raising grandchildren a growing trend in Pa. Standard-Speaker - June 23, 2017 There is a growing trend in Pennsylvania - more and more grandparents are raising their own grandchildren. We learned about the challenges these older … [Read more...]

➡ From Child Welfare Information Gateway Uganda: Over 800,000 child abuse cases registered Uganda Today - June 23, 2017 The Ministry of Gender, Labour and Social Development has said 823,277 cases of child abuse to children have been registered by National Child Helpline Call Centre since … [Read more...]

➡ From Child Welfare Information Gateway Ireland: Social workers 'retrained' to manage risk instead of remove it Irish Times - June 26, 2017 Ireland could have the "best child protection services in the developed world" within five years, according to an international expert. Dr Andrew Turnell, … [Read more...]

➡ From Child Welfare Information Gateway India: Role of schools in child protection Morung Express - June 24, 2017 Citing study data maintained by Childline India, Mali said that only 10 percent of schools nation-wide reported having a Child Protection Policy while only 1% schools have a sexual … [Read more...]

➡ From Child Welfare Information Gateway Canada: 'Am I Indian?': A young man's journey to reclaim identity (Includes audio) CBC News - June 26, 2017 Growing up, Matthew Shorting knew that he was Indigenous - but didn't know much more than that. At two months old, he was placed in foster care. … [Read more...]