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➡ From Child Welfare Information Gateway NJ: United Kingdom: UK LATEST: Social Services Taking Away Kids From Immigrant Parents ZimEye - June 13, 2017 Charities around the country working with people with no recourse to public funds have said they have encountered multiple cases in which people … [Read more...]

➡ From Child Welfare Information Gateway NJ: International: New Report Ranks Easiest and Hardest Places to Be a Kid Smithsonian - June 13, 2017 Using data from the United Nations and governmental sources, Save the Children ranked 172 countries based on the prevalence of eight "childhood … [Read more...]

➡ From Child Welfare Information Gateway NJ: US: The Honorable Karen Aileen Howze (Ret.), District of Columbia Superior Court, Joins the NCJFCJ (Press release) EIN Presswire - June 13, 2017 As the NCJFCJ's Judge-in-Residence, Howze will work extensively on curriculum development across judicial … [Read more...]

➡ From Child Welfare Information Gateway NJ: US: House Ways and Means introduces bill that would reauthorize home visitation program National Association of Counties - June 13, 2017 On June 8, the U.S. House Ways and Means Committee's Human Resources Subcommittee Chairman Adrian Smith (R-Neb.) … [Read more...]

➡ From Child Welfare Information Gateway NJ: US: House Markup Tomorrow for Small Pieces of Family First Act Chronicle of Social Change - June 13, 2017 The House Ways and Means Committee will mark up several bills tomorrow that are derivative pieces of the larger Family First Prevention Services … [Read more...]

➡ From Child Welfare Information Gateway NJ: US: Heitkamp's Bipartisan Bill to Help Protect Missing & Abducted Children in Indian Country Unanimously Passes Senate Committee (Press release) Office of U.S. Senator Heidi Heitkamp - June 13, 2017 U.S. Senator Heidi Heitkamp (D-ND) today … [Read more...]

➡ From Child Welfare Information Gateway NJ: US: States Where Welfare Supports the Fewest Poor Families (Includes video) 24/7 Wall St - June 14, 2017 The share of poor families who receive welfare in the United States through the Temporary Assistance for Needy Families program (TANF) has fallen … [Read more...]

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➡ From Child Welfare Information Gateway NJ: NY: NYN Podcast on Treating Trauma in Young Children (Audio) New York Nonprofit Media - June 07, 2017 Trauma can negatively affect the brain development of young children, yet there are few providers dedicated to counseling this population. The … [Read more...]

➡ From Child Welfare Information Gateway NJ: NY: Child protective workers continue to sound alarm about heavy caseloads WXXI - June 13, 2017 Child protective workers in Monroe County continue to voice their concerns about heavy caseloads which they say have put the community's most vulnerable … [Read more...]

➡ From Child Welfare Information Gateway NJ: Syrian Arab Republic: Whole of Syria - Child Protection Facts and Figures - January-April 2017 UNICEF - May 30, 2017 Child protection awareness-raising activities have reached about 112,000 children and caregivers in nine governorates. In addition, … [Read more...]