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➡ From Child Welfare Information Gateway NJ: US: When Children Must Be Saved from Their Saviors (Opinion) Chronicle of Social Change - June 07, 2017 Back when cases involving missing children - many of them runaways from foster care - were making headlines in Washington, D.C., Marie Cohen … [Read more...]

➡ From Child Welfare Information Gateway NJ: US: Senators Introduce Legislation to Improve Affordable Care Act, Make Coverage More Affordable for Middle-Class Families (Press release) Office of U.S. Senator for California Dianne Feinstein - June 07, 2017 Senators Dianne Feinstein (D-Calif.), … [Read more...]

➡ From Child Welfare Information Gateway NJ: US: Bridging the Digital Divide to Help Youth Succeed After Foster Care Chronicle of Social Change - June 07, 2017 According to a study by nonprofit organizations iFoster and Foster Care Counts, a researcher at the University of Southern California … [Read more...]

➡ From Child Welfare Information Gateway NJ: US: Faces of the Social Services Block Grant National Association of Counties (NACO) - June 08, 2017 The Social Services Block Grant (SSBG), a flexible funding source that can used for nearly 30 different types of services, allows states and local … [Read more...]

➡ From Child Welfare Information Gateway NJ: PA: LGBTQ advocates say federal legislation would allow religious adoption agencies to discriminate Pittsburgh City Paper - June 07, 2017 Proposed federal legislation introduced by U.S. Rep. Mike Kelly (R-Butler) is looking to alter the national … [Read more...]

➡ From Child Welfare Information Gateway NJ: NY: State Could Be First State to Take Closer Look at Adoption Subsidies Chronicle of Social Change - June 02, 2017 When adoptions from foster care fall apart, youth often end up back in foster care, with a biological relative, or on the streets. But … [Read more...]

Adoption Alert—Suspension of Adoptions from Ethiopia This updates our April 21, 2017 Adoption Alert to provide additional information on the Government of Ethiopia’s recent suspension of adoptions. On April 21, the Ethiopian Prime Minister’s Office declared an immediate suspension of … [Read more...]

➡ From Child Welfare Information Gateway NJ: Australia: Youth homeless hell: not enough beds for local kids Tweed Daily News - June 06, 2017 The Tweed has only four crisis accommodation beds for homeless children and teenagers - the worst in the state, according to a local provider. The … [Read more...]

➡ From Child Welfare Information Gateway NJ: US: AECF: Not enough is being done to help children overcome "toxic stress" WKRC - June 05, 2017 Maria Piombo of Central Clinic Behavior Health said that 80 percent of the kids they see have had "toxic stress" and instead of being helped, they simply … [Read more...]

➡ From Child Welfare Information Gateway NJ: PA: Proactive child abuse prevention gets increased attention as fatality rate rises in Pa. Keystone Crosswords - June 06, 2017 Currently, Pennsylvania funds child abuse prevention through the 67 county-level child and youth agencies. Those agencies … [Read more...]