➡ From Child Welfare Information Gateway International: Child Trafficking Through International Adoption Continues Despite Regulations Epoch Times - March 15, 2018 Global adoption is a big business, fraught with loose regulations and profit incentives that have made it a target for kidnappers, … [Read more...]

➡ From Child Welfare Information Gateway US: Young runaways, immigrants more likely to become trafficking victims Loquitur - March 16, 2018 According to the Congressional Research Service, there are more than 1 million homeless youth living without supervision on the streets, in abandoned homes … [Read more...]

➡ From Child Welfare Information Gateway US: Data shows more human trafficking cases reported to helplines in 2017 WTTV - March 16, 2018 Polaris, an organization which operates the National Human Trafficking Hotline, reports a 13 percent increase in human trafficking cases reported in 2017 to … [Read more...]

➡ From Child Welfare Information Gateway US: Homeland Security fails decency test (Commentary) Washington Post - March 17, 2018 In a class-action suit, the ACLU asserts that the Trump administration has separated children from their parents in more than 100 cases, even though the department … [Read more...]

➡ From Child Welfare Information Gateway US: Unaccompanied immigrant children could face a return to danger News Observer - March 18, 2018 A decade ago, a bipartisan bill was signed into a law that established child-friendly procedures intended both to protect these children from falling into … [Read more...]

➡ From Child Welfare Information Gateway US: The Safe Sport Act Aims to Protect Young Athletes From Sexual Abuse MS Magazine - March 18, 2018 The Safe Sport Act amends the Victims of Child Abuse Act as well as the Ted Stevens Amateur and Olympic Sports Act to make everyone within the Olympic … [Read more...]

➡ From Child Welfare Information Gateway US: 'Where's Mommy?': This family fled death threats, only to face separation at the border Washington Post - March 18, 2018 They had come so far together, almost 3,000 miles across three countries and three borders: a mother with three children, fleeing … [Read more...]

➡ From Child Welfare Information Gateway US: President has plan for opioid addiction Associated Press - March 19, 2018 President Donald Trump's plan to combat opioid drug addiction calls for stiffer penalties for drug traffickers, including the death penalty where appropriate under current law, … [Read more...]

➡ From Child Welfare Information Gateway US: How #MeToo is leaving child victims behind (Commentary) Week - March 19, 2018 #MeToo has changed that, as more and more survivors of sexual violence and sexual harassment are coming forward to share their stories. But while some of these stories have … [Read more...]

➡ From Child Welfare Information Gateway PA: Philly halts foster placements with 2 faith-based agencies shutting out LGBT couples WHYY - March 16, 2018 The city has stopped placing children with Catholic Social Services and Bethany Christian Services. And Kenney promised an investigation into … [Read more...]