➡ From Child Welfare Information Gateway United Kingdom: Child abuse inquiry says orphanages were places of 'threat and abuse' BBC News - October 11, 2018 Children at Smyllum Park orphanage were sexually abused and beaten with leather straps, hairbrushes and crucifixes, the Scottish Child Abuse … [Read more...]

➡ From Child Welfare Information Gateway Russia: Russian former foster parent sentenced to 22 years for committing over 900 rapes and/or sex attacks Blaze - October 11, 2018 A 37-year-old Russian man who admitted to committing over 900 rapes and/or sex attacks was sentenced to 22 years in jail, … [Read more...]

➡ From Child Welfare Information Gateway US: Secondary Traumatic Stress for Educators: Understanding and Mitigating the Effects KQED - October 07, 2018 Roughly half of American school children have experienced at least some form of trauma - from neglect, to abuse, to violence. In response, … [Read more...]

➡ From Child Welfare Information Gateway US: 1,500+ organizations launch nationwide push against Trump regulation rigging immigration system for the wealthy (Press release) CLASP - October 10, 2018 More than 1,500 national, state, and local advocates representing all 50 states and the District … [Read more...]

➡ From Child Welfare Information Gateway US: 40 years ago we stopped the practice of separating American Indian families. Let's not reverse course (Commentary) Brookings Institution - October 11, 2018 It is difficult to overstate the amount of disruption and harm that this scale of child … [Read more...]

➡ From Child Welfare Information Gateway US: The New Sheriff In Human Trafficking Is Wielding Big Data (Includes video) Forbes - October 11, 2018 Sherrie Caltagirone leads the Global Emancipation Network, a young, nonprofit organization that utilizes data to identify both traffickers and … [Read more...]

➡ From Child Welfare Information Gateway US: Pope accepts embattled DC cardinal's resignation (Includes video) Cable News Network - October 12, 2018 Pope Francis has accepted the resignation of Cardinal Donald Wuerl, the embattled archbishop of Washington, ending weeks of mounting speculation … [Read more...]

➡ From Child Welfare Information Gateway PA: Pa. gets $479,307 in federal funding for kinship navigator program Wilkes-Barre Times Leader - October 11, 2018 In Pennsylvania, an estimated 82,000 grandparents are the sole caregivers of nearly 89,000 grandchildren. On Thursday, Gov. Tom Wolf and … [Read more...]

➡ From Child Welfare Information Gateway United Kingdom: Children waiting to be adopted outnumber adopters by nearly 3 to 1 Cumbria Crack - October 12, 2018 Nationally the need for adoptive families is greater than ever and as more children come into the care system and wait for an adoptive … [Read more...]

➡ From Child Welfare Information Gateway United Kingdom: Hundreds of children not assessed by social workers in time The Detail - October 15, 2018 Hundreds of children across Northern Ireland are not being assessed in time by social services, new figures obtained by The Detail reveal. The … [Read more...]