[DCS] Marion Co. DCS, Partners, Celebrate Adoption Month: Adoption...
(Source: Indiana Department of Child Services) Entry Description INDIANAPOLIS (Oct. 29, 2014)-November is National Adoption Awareness Month, a time to raise awareness about the adoption of children...
View ArticleLI couple ask judge to void adoption of Russian children
A Long Island couple has asked a judge to vacate the adoption of two Russian-born children who suffer from serious mental disorders and are now living in state institutions. In a rare move, Nassau...
View ArticleParents Want To Void Adoption: After 6 Years, Parents Learn Adopted Children...
The New York Post reports that the couple has asked a judge to void their adoption because they allege that adoption agencies pulled a “bait and switch.” There are reportedly “disturbing facts”...
View Article[DCS] Adoptable Children's Portraits Exhibit Stops in Mishawaka: Heart...
(Source: Indiana Department of Child Services) Entry Description MISHAWAKA, Ind. (Oct. 21, 2014)-The Indiana Heart Gallery, a traveling exhibit featuring compelling portraits of children in need of...
View ArticleA Republican Senate means changing the chairmen
If Republicans win the Senate, the Pentagon should brace for constant grilling from Sen. John McCain, who has found fault with nearly every aspect of President Barack Obama's national security...
View ArticleResearch team makes progress on system to screen for trauma in foster youth...
(Source: KU - The University of Kansas) LAWRENCE - Researchers in the University of Kansas School of Social Welfare have completed initial efforts to learn more about adoption and the foster care...
View ArticleYvette McGee Brown commentary: Issue 4 would help to provide safe, loving...
Consider Sarah. Once a bright, inquisitive and carefree toddler, Sarah was loved by her mother until Mom got a new boyfriend and things began to change. Now, Sarah spends her nights cowering and hiding...
View ArticleAs Broward child wasted away, protectors looked but didn’t see
For about nine months, foster care caseworkers and their bosses made 13 visits to the Lauderhill home of Tamiyah Audain, held 30-minute meetings, conferred with other social service workers and filed...
View ArticleWeiss Awards in support of Michigan children and families presented in Mount...
(Source: Michigan Courts) FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Weiss Awards in support of Michigan children and families presented in Mount Pleasant LANSING, MI, October 30, 2014 - The fourth Honorable Robert E....
View ArticleElizabeth Warren Teams Up With Orrin Hatch To Push Huge Science Research Fund
WASHINGTON -- A bipartisan duo of Senate heavyweights is set to unveil an unusual bill that would give lawmakers an incentive to fund biomedical research and, potentially, add billions to that mission....
View ArticlePublic Radio report illustrates state foster care system improvements...
(Source: Michigan Department of Human Services) Public Radio report illustrates state foster care system improvements Documentary tells only part of success story, DHS director says CONTACT: Bob...
View Article>Initiative Aims to Transform Closing Naval Base into Career College for...
Nonprofit child welfare leader KVC Health Systems is spearheading a broadly-supported initiative to transform the closing Sugar Grove naval base in Pendleton County, West Va. into a national model for...
View ArticleKlobuchar, Cornyn Lead Bipartisan Group of Lawmakers Urging Democratic...
(Source: Amy Klobuchar) The DRC suspended the issuance of exit letters last year for intercountry adoptions until the Parliament passes new adoption laws, meaning hundreds of Congolese children who...
View ArticleKlobuchar, Cornyn Lead Bipartisan Group of Lawmakers Urging Democratic...
(Source: US Senate Committee on Judiciary) The DRC suspended the issuance of exit letters last year for intercountry adoptions until the Parliament passes new adoption laws, meaning hundreds of...
View ArticleCornyn, Klobuchar Lead Bipartisan Group of Lawmakers Urging Democratic...
(Source: John Cornyn) U.S. Senators John Cornyn (R-TX) and Amy Klobuchar (D-MN) today led a bipartisan group of 183 lawmakers urging parliamentary leaders in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) to...
View ArticleCornyn, Klobuchar Lead Bipartisan Group of Lawmakers Urging Democratic...
(Source: US Senate Committee on Judiciary) U.S. Senators John Cornyn (R-TX) and Amy Klobuchar (D-MN) today led a bipartisan group of 183 lawmakers urging parliamentary leaders in the Democratic...
View ArticleFoster Care Review Board to Present Child Welfare Awards for Exceptional Work...
(Source: Michigan Courts) FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Foster Care Review Board to Present Child Welfare Awards for Exceptional Work Benefitting Foster Children LANSING, MI, October 23, 2014 - The Foster Care...
View ArticleOp-ed: Hatch deserves praise for long history of helping children
With all the big-money lobbyists in Washington, it’s sometimes hard to find a public servant who’s looking out for the little guy. But Utah’s Sen. Orrin Hatch is looking out for the littlest of us all:...
View ArticleGood News for Children When Congress Works Together
While we rarely hear good news these days about Congress, I have some to share. Continuing a long tradition of bipartisan leadership on behalf of abused and neglected children, last month both the...
View ArticleGenerous Torontonians raise $1.7 million at the city's longest standing gala...
Guests at the 28th Annual Teddy Bear show their support for Canada's most vulnerable children TORONTO, Nov. 2, 2014 /CNW/ - Last night, the halls of the Metro Toronto Convention Centre were transformed...
View Article1,000 families for B.C. children and teens (Government of British Columbia)
(Source: Government of British Columbia) 1,000 families for B.C. children and teens VICTORIA - During Adoption Awareness Month in November, the Province is launching a new social media campaign to...
View Article[DCS] Adoptable Children's Portraits Exhibit Stops in Evansville: Heart...
(Source: Indiana Department of Child Services) Entry Description EVANSVILLE, Ind. (Nov. 3, 2014)-The Indiana Heart Gallery, a traveling exhibit featuring compelling portraits of children in need of...
View ArticleBetty Colt case: Mother of abused children jailed for trying to kidnap them...
The property from which the children were removed Photo: Andrew Meares The matriarch of a 40-strong family being investigated over allegations of inter-generational incest has received 12 months' jail...
View ArticleSweeping reforms to child protection in NSW take effect (Housing NSW)
(Source: Housing NSW) Minister for Family and Community Services Gabrielle Upton said a major transformation of the child protection system takes effect from today. "The NSW Government's most important...
View Article1,000 families for B.C. children and teens (Ministry of Children and Family...
(Source: Ministry of Children and Family Development) 1,000 families for B.C. children and teens VICTORIA - During Adoption Awareness Month in November, the Province is launching a new social media...
View Article1,000 families needed for B.C. children and youth (Ministry of Children and...
(Source: Ministry of Children and Family Development) 1,000 families needed for B.C. children and youth By Stephanie Cadieux Minister of Children and Family Development and Mary Ellen Turpel-Lafond,...
View ArticleKU lands $2.9M grant to serve state's most vulnerable children affected by...
(Source: KU - The University of Kansas) LAWRENCE - The number of children in foster care in Kansas has hit a new record, and one in five of those children are there because of issues related to...
View ArticleCommunity investment key to protecting children
Keeping children safe and stable is the most important element of the child welfare system. The children and families involved are facing multiple challenges, and despite diligent oversight, services,...
View ArticleToronto's longest standing gala celebrates Viva Italia at the 28th Annual...
TORONTO, Oct. 29, 2014 /CNW/ - On November 1, the 28th annual Teddy Bear Affair will travel to the piazzas of Italy to raise funds for the Children's Aid Foundation. Over 1,200 guests will be treated...
View ArticleSchuette Urges Congress to Support Legislation to Prevent Child Sex...
(Source: Office of the Attorney General of Michigan) Schuette Urges Congress to Support Legislation to Prevent Child Sex Trafficking on Internet Contact: Joy Yearout 517-373-8060 October 21, 2014...
View ArticleCounty Releases Children, Youth and Family Budget 2013-2015 (San Mateo...
(Source: San Mateo County, CA) San Mateo County for fiscal years 2013-2015 will spend more than half a billion dollars of federal, state and local funds for programs that directly benefit children and...
View ArticleSchuette Urges Congress to Support Legislation to Prevent Child Sex...
(Source: State of Michigan) Schuette Urges Congress to Support Legislation to Prevent Child Sex Trafficking on Internet Contact: Joy Yearout 517-373-8060 October 21, 2014 LANSING, Mich. - Attorney...
View Article14th Annual Stand Up for Kids Awards Honour Local Child Advocates
TORONTO, Oct 30, 2014 /CNW/ - October is Child Abuse Prevention month, a time to raise awareness about the duty to report and steps that can be taken to keep children safe from abuse and neglect. As...
View ArticleUrgency around permanency: A stakeholder's summit (Embassy of Canada in France)
(Source: Embassy of Canada in France) Ottawa, Ontario, Wednesday, November 5, 2014 Check against delivery Thank you for inviting me to speak to you about adoption in Canada. This is a subject that is...
View ArticleEckerd Foster Youth Advocates for Change in the Foster Care System (Vermont...
(Source: Vermont Department for Children and Families) A foster youth in Eckerd's Youth Development Program is seeking change in the foster care system through the New England Youth Coalition (NEYC)....
View ArticleThe benefits of guardianship in mental disorder and older age
John M. Cachia and Miriam Camilleri December 2012 was a milestone for all those working with and on behalf of vulnerable people in the fields of mental disorder, disability and old age. This is because...
View Article>A Republican Senate means changing the chairmen
WASHINGTON (AP) — If Republicans win the Senate, the Pentagon should brace for constant grilling from Sen. John McCain, who has found fault with nearly every aspect of President Barack Obama's national...
View Article[DCS] Adoptable Children's Portraits Exhibit Stops in Indianapolis: Heart...
(Source: Indiana Department of Child Services) Entry Description INDIANAPOLIS (Nov. 6, 2014)-The Indiana Heart Gallery, a traveling exhibit featuring compelling portraits of children in need of...
View ArticleProtecting B.C.’s children and youth from sexual exploitation (Government of...
(Source: Government of British Columbia) VICTORIA - Sexual exploitation can happen to anyone. But the average age when children are first exploited is 13 to 15 years old, making them particularly...
View ArticleAPNewsBreak: Child welfare agency settles lawsuits
HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) — Five employees who had their names added to a child abuse registry as a form of discipline by Connecticut's child welfare agency will be taken off the list, union officials told...
View Article>APNewsBreak: Child welfare agency settles lawsuits
HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) — Five employees who had their names added to a child abuse registry as a form of discipline by Connecticut's child welfare agency will be taken off the list, union officials told...
View ArticleHelping High-Need Families Stay Housed and Together
Many communities have embraced supportive housing for their highest-need populations, including families facing homelessness or other forms of housing instability. Supportive housing harnesses the...
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