➡ From Child Welfare Information Gateway NY: New Warren County administrator, DSS heads named amid questions Post Star - March 16, 2018 Warren County's new county administrator and social services commissioner were officially appointed Friday, but one supervisor questioned whether "political … [Read more...]

➡ From Child Welfare Information Gateway NY: Editorials Spare the children, gov and don't cut kids' funding (Editorial) New York Daily News - March 19, 2018 Just when the city's child welfare agency is making two big breakthroughs transforming kids' lives for the better, Gov. Cuomo is balking … [Read more...]

➡ From Child Welfare Information Gateway DE: Delaware bill would outlaw underage marriages (Includes video) News Journal - March 14, 2018 Underage marriages in Delaware soon could be a thing of the past. A bill introduced in the state House on Tuesday would make it illegal for anyone under the … [Read more...]

➡ From Child Welfare Information Gateway US: New momentum seen in legislative fight to ban child marriage Hill - March 19, 2018 Thousands of children every year are married in the United States, most of them girls wedding older men, in a worrying trend that some advocates say creates a … [Read more...]

➡ From Child Welfare Information Gateway US: U.S. Senate to hold confirmation hearing for county official Lynn Johnson National Association of Counties (NACO) - March 20, 2018 On March 20, the U.S. Senate Finance Committee will consider the nomination of NACo member Lynn Johnson for the post of … [Read more...]

➡ From Child Welfare Information Gateway US: Hidden Heartache: Fetal Alcohol Syndrome's Impact on Adoptive Families Chronicle of Social Change - March 20, 2018 Akila is one of the thousands of children in this country living with FASD, which is the umbrella term for Fetal Alcohol Syndrome … [Read more...]

➡ From Child Welfare Information Gateway US: Feds Planning to Delay New Data on Broken Adoptions, Sexual Orientation of Foster Youth Chronicle of Social Change - March 20, 2018 The Administration for Children and Families (ACF) is planning to delay the collection of new data on foster youth and … [Read more...]

➡ From Child Welfare Information Gateway US: Carson defends delay in LGBT homeless protections (Includes video) Cable News Network (CNN) - March 20, 2018 Housing and Urban Development Secretary Ben Carson defended his agency's delay in instituting regulations to protect transgender individuals … [Read more...]

➡ From Child Welfare Information Gateway US: Black administrators in child welfare: We can no longer ignore that our Black children are dying, too (Opinion) Trice Edney News Wire - March 20, 2018 At the same time, the silence that shrouds the lives of Black children and youth who are losing … [Read more...]

➡ From Child Welfare Information Gateway US: APA Gives Mixed Review to President's Opioid Plan (Press release) American Psychological Association (APA) - March 20, 2018 Following is the statement of Arthur C. Evans Jr., PhD, CEO of the American Psychological Association, regarding President … [Read more...]