Adoption, Child Welfare & Foster Care Headlines: June 30, 2010

Adoption
Nigeria: Hassles of Adoption in Nigeria
Mexico: Mexican Church will continue to resist homosexual adoption, spokesman says

Child Welfare
California: Child's death illustrates LA County's growing problem resolving backlog of ...
Ohio: Cuyahoga child-welfare agency to fingerprint parents
Australia: Reports of child neglect hit 30%

Foster Care
Australia: Foster-care kids suffer at school

Child Welfare & Adoption Headlines: June 29, 2010

Child Welfare
Nation: Department of Labor extends Family and Medical Leave Act coverage to same-sex ...
Texas: Child-abuse task force valiantly faces hurdles
California: OC best at protecting abused kids, report finds
Namibia: Namibia: Mistakes At OmamasMalawi: Malawi parliament passes Child Protection Bill (Includes first-hand account)
India: CCRP calls for child rights sensitisation
United Kingdom: Cuts to the care system would be unkind and unwise

Adoption
Australia: Same-sex adoption to be considered by NSW Parliament

Child Welfare, Foster Care & Adoption Headlines: June 24, 2010

Child Welfare
Colorado: Child welfare reform effort launched
Iowa: Review looks at repeat abuse among kids in DHS system
Wisconsin: Wis. committee approves child care rating system
Zambia: Plan International, Media to Fight Child Trafficking
India: NGOs to meet for statewide consultation on revising National Policy for Children

Foster Care
California: For Foster Care Teens, Graduation is No Celebration
Philadelphia: Groundbreaking for Housing for Post-Foster Care Teens
Utah: Salt Lake County gets funds for new housing
Bulgaria: Bulgaria strives to end plight of abandoned children


Adoption
Pennsylvania: Adoptions in Pennsylvania Reach Record High While Thousands of Children Still ...
Australia: Same-sex adoption bill introduced

Child Welfare, Foster Care & Adoption Headlines: June 22, 2010

Child Welfare
Nation: Gay Workers Will Get Time to Care for Partner's Sick Child
Washington D.C.: USA Swimming partners with child welfare group
New York: MAYOR BLOOMBERG ANNOUNCES CITYWIDE FATHERHOOD INITIATIVE TO STRENGTHEN NEW ...
Tennessee: DRC Launches Statewide Automated Child Welfare System Pilot Program in Tennessee
Rhode Island: DCYF may seek national accreditation
Nation: Expanding the Child Health Safety Net
United Kingdom: Child welfare services need radical changes to guard against abuse
Philippines: Anti-child pornography rules out
India: 'Children's rights should be encouraged'


Foster Care
California: Sacramento CPS: The hostility extends to extended families
Nevada: County agencies to feel strain
Pennsylvania: Parents protest outside Children and Youth office


Adoption
Nation/Russia: Safe and transparent system essential for US adoption in Russia

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Child Welfare & Adoption Headlines: June 10, 2010

Child Welfare
Virginia: Study: Child Quality of Life Declining
Nation: Medicaid: States' $24 billion black hole
Malaysia: Police To Screen Child Carers, Says 10MP Report
Canada: Social workers, foster parents leaving child-welfare system: document
England: Baby P Case Prompts Child Protection Review
Ireland: 'Children's czar' to be recruited abroad
New Zealand: Child poverty rate in NZ too high, Govt told
Worldwide: Gates Foundation Pledges $1.5 Billion to Maternal Health


Adoption
Rhode Island: Fate of adoption bill uncertain in RI Senate
Sierra Leone: Sierra Leone: Gov't to Probe Child Adoption Saga
Buenos Aires: Adopted Children Reject Gay Adoption as "Marriage" Legislation Advances in ...

Adoption, Child Welfare & Foster Care Headlines: June 9, 2010

Adoption
Singapore: S'poreans believe adoption serves its purpose in society: survey
Ireland: Adoption agency says report vindicates expenditure
Argentina: Argentine media heirs face 'adoption' DNA tests

Child Welfare
Manitoba: Report cites 'chaos' in Man. child welfare system
U.K.: British plans to expel Afghan child refugees under attack

Foster Care
Ireland: Fostered children ignored as care jobs left vacant
Colorado: Foster children welcome in courts
Chicago: Lake County CASA gets $75000 grant

Child Welfare, Foster Care & Adoption Headlines: June 8, 2010

Child Welfare
New Jersey: Report Takes Measure of Children's Well-Being, County by County
Ohio: Children Services explores less adversarial approach
Canada: New NL legislation to protect children answers critics' claims of neglect
India: Punjab Gov asks CWC to provide better facilities for overall development of ...

Foster Care
California: Project Homeless Connect Helps Youth "Aged Out" of Foster Care
Connecticut: Growing numbers of children on medication
Pennsylvania: News from the Pennsylvania General Assembly

Adoption
Nation: Children of lesbian parents do better than their peers
Minnesota: Hope Adoption receives grant

Foster Care Headlines: June 7, 2010

Foster Care
Nation: Reforms help states cut foster-care populations
Canada: Alberta foster care system under scrutiny
Ohio: Feds may abolish foster-care waiver
California: Monday Profile: Educational liaison keeps foster youths on the right track

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Child Welfare & Adoption Headlines: June 3, 2010

Child Welfare
New Jersey: Monitor finds progress in NJ child welfare reforms
Wyoming: Freudenthal Addresses Child Welfare and Juvenile Justice Issues
South Africa: UNICEF announces key actions to enhance child protection during the 2010 FIFA ...
China: Child Welfare Week Initiated In China

Adoption
US/Guatemala: US Families Plead for Help in Stalled Guatemalan Adoption Cases

Adoption, Foster Care & Child Welfare Headlines: June 2, 2010

Adoption
Italy: Racist couples barred from adopting

Foster Care
New Jersey: Monitor finds progress in NJ child welfare reforms

Child Welfare
Canada: NB agrees to recommended child-welfare changes on province's First Nations

Child Welfare, Foster Care & Adoption Headlines: June 1, 2010

Child Welfare
England/Wales: Revised child protection guidelines due to be announced
Caribbean: New protocol to deal with child abuse
South Africa: Child sexual abuse register opens
Angola: UNICEF funds training programmes in social sectors
Ireland: Senior clerics monitor protection

Foster Care
Washington: Walmart donates $25000 to Bellingham kids camp
Canada: Grandparents need financial support
Czech Republic: Czechs Find Novel Ways To Care For Abandoned Children

Adoption
South Carolina: Make system work for children
Russia: Russia hopes to get US child adoption
UK: BAAF marks National Family Week with 'adoption champions' scheme