Adoption, Foster Care & Child Welfare: January 28, 2010

Adoption
Australia: New adoption laws to come into effect
India: Activists seek a central adoption registry

Foster Care
UK: Long-term care should be last resort, says ADCS president
Indiana: Foster Parents Angry Over Tax Form Confusion
Delaware: Agencies Join Forces to Help Children Exiting Foster Care Get Housing

Child Welfare
Oregon: State: Reports of abuse not investigated prior to girl's death

Adoption & Foster Care Headlines: January 27,2010

Adoption
Florida: Ruling a third strike against Florida's gay adoption ban
Nation: Senators push for updated adoption policies
Utah: Adoption laws tweaked for out-of-state dads
Nation: Departure of Haitian Orphans Covered By Humanitarian Parole

Foster Care
Arkansas: Lawmaker says use surplus to bolster foster care system
Nation: CWLA Reveals Top 5 Child Welfare Challenges and Opportunities for 2010
Ohio: Akron hospital to take over medical clinic for Children Services

Adoption, Foster Care & Child Welfare Headlines January 26, 2010

Adoption
Nation: Black Babies, Boys Less Likely to Be Adopted

Foster Care
Utah: Foster parents worried about DCFS cuts
New Jersey: Newark Kids Count survey shows improvements for city children

Child Welfare
Nation: Welfare rolls up in '09; more enroll in assistance programs

Adoption & Foster Care Headlines: January 25, 2010

Adoption
Colorado: Haitian orphans get a fresh start in Colorado

Foster Care
Georgia: Foster children experiencing 'high' rate of abuse and neglect
Indiana: Judge blocks state cuts in foster care payments

Adoption & Foster Care Headlines: January 21, 2010

Adoption
Haiti: World Vision statement on child adoption from Haiti
Nation: Hilary Clinton: US to speed up Haiti adoption process
UK: Race issues 'delaying adoption process'

Foster Care
Australia: Federal Government to protect children in foster care

Adoption, Foster Care & Child Welfare Headlines: January 20, 2010

Adoption
Nation: Americans eager to embrace Haitian orphans

Foster Care
Ohio: Counseling next for Rifqa, family
Florida: Haiti earthquake: Southwest Florida child welfare agencies may take in orphans
Ireland: Recession blamed for increase in children put in care

Child Welfare
Australia: More children are being reported abused or neglected
Philippines: Children of minor parents gain legitimacy

Child Welfare Headlines: January 19, 2010

Child Welfare
Namibia: Situation of OVC remains dire
Canada: Supreme Court weighs screening of child witnesses

Adoption, Foster Care & Child Welfare Headlines: January 18, 2010

Adoption
Haiti: Several nations aim to speed up pending Haiti adoptions
Germany: German surrogate twins: Can adoption be a way out, court asks

Foster Care
Florida: How a foster care tragedy led to reform
Wales: Foster carer numbers hit critical low point

Child Welfare
Illinois: Abandoned babies: Illinois' extension of 'safe haven' law divides child ...
Florida: Court hears pregnant woman's appeal

Adoption & Foster Care Headlines: January 14, 2010

Adoption
Haiti: Haiti adoptions left in limbo

Foster Care
Kansas: Overhaul of Kansas foster-care system urged
Nation: Army Prosecutes Single Mother For Refusing To Deploy And Put Her Son In Foster ...
Nation: Screening Foster Care Children Doubles Detection Rate of Potential ...

Foster Care & Child Welfare Headlines: January 13, 2010

Foster Care
New York: To Reunite Families, Agencies Try a Holistic Approach

Child welfare
Michigan: Michigan State Government Uses Technology to Enhance Child Protection Services
Michigan: The Connection Between Poverty and Child Abuse, Neglect
Nebraska: Immigrant kids' needs highlighted

Adoption, Foster Care & Child Welfare Headlines: January 12, 2010

Adoption
Nation: INTERNATIONAL DIGEST: Foreign adoptions by Americans hit 13-year low
Australia: Adoption denial angers

Foster Care
Ohio: Wanted: Mentors for UC Partnership to Transform the Lives of Foster Youth
Pakistan: Complaint office asked to improve child protection system

Child Welfare
Ohio: Safeguarding Ohio Children
Our very own Denise St.Clair is quoted in this article.
Canada: Aboriginal child discrimination case delayed again
Nation: More families relying on food stamps to feed their kids

Adoption, Foster Care & Child Welfare Headlines: January 11, 2010

Adoption
India: National fund mooted for repatriated adoptions

Foster Care
Ohio: Bill refocuses child-welfare laws
Our very own Denise St. Clair, executive director of the National Center for Adoption Law and Policy at Capital University Law School in the Discovery District cited in this article.
California: A sense of home: University program aids students who were in foster care

Child Welfare
Indiana: Some wary over new statewide child welfare hotline