US: How Good Therapy Can Treat Trauma in a #MeToo World (Commentary) Represent - January 23, 2019 How does therapy help people who have survived trauma? Ruth Gerson, MD, and Patrick Heppell, PsyD, explain the role of therapy in healing. Helping and Healing Teens Exposed to Trauma. Both teach child … [Read more...]

US: Appeals court hears case on adoptions of Native Americans Associated Press - March 26, 2019 A 1978 law giving preference to Native American families in foster care and adoption proceedings involving American Indian children is an unconstitutional race-based intrusion on state powers that has … [Read more...]

NJ: NJ official touts health benefits of $15 minimum wage (Includes video) (Commentary) NJTV - March 26, 2019 "A landmark study showed that for every dollar minimum wage goes up, low birth weight goes down by 1 to 2 percent, and infant mortality goes down by 4 percent from baseline," Elnahal said. … [Read more...]

➡ From Child Welfare Information Gateway US: As Need Grows, States Try to Entice New Foster Parents Pew Charitable Trust: Stateline - March 01, 2019 Child welfare workers traditionally take an analog approach to recruiting prospective foster parents: They put up yard signs, set up booths at … [Read more...]

➡ From Child Welfare Information Gateway US: Anxiety for US-born Kids of Families Facing Deportation (Includes video) Voice of America - March 01, 2019 In September 2017, the U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) announced it would end the program for six of 10 protected countries. … [Read more...]

➡ From Child Welfare Information Gateway PA: Elevating Awareness of PA Social Workers (Includes audio) Public News Service - March 04, 2019 "Social-work salaries lag behind professions like nursing and teaching," McClain said. "Social workers have the same obligations in terms of student loans, … [Read more...]

➡ From Child Welfare Information Gateway Vatican City: Cardinal admits to Vatican summit that Catholic Church destroyed abuse files National Catholic Reporter - February 23, 2019 A top cardinal has admitted that the global Catholic Church destroyed files to prevent documentation of decades of … [Read more...]

➡ From Child Welfare Information Gateway Vatican City: Francis ends Vatican summit with promise church will 'decisively confront' abuse National Catholic Reporter - February 24, 2019 Pope Francis ended his summit with 190 Catholic bishops on clergy sexual abuse Feb. 24 with a promise the church … [Read more...]

➡ From Child Welfare Information Gateway US: Study shows LGBTQ youth don't fare well in child welfare system Q Notes - February 22, 2019 LGBTQ youth are more likely to end up in foster care or unstable housing and suffer negative outcomes, such as substance abuse or mental health issues, while … [Read more...]

➡ From Child Welfare Information Gateway US: 10 Years In, Lots More Dreams for Juvenile Law Center's Youth Advocacy Program (May require subscription) (Commentary) Youth Today - February 22, 2019 Imagine a program that allows a young person who has been deeply affected by statewide systems to … [Read more...]