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Controversial legislation which would, if enacted, tie the performance of pupils in school to their parents' welfare benefits has passed a critical hurdle in the Tennessee House of Representatives yesterday. House Bill 261 passed the House Health Committee by...
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The United States federal government and 19 state attorneys general from Arizona, Alaska, California, Colorado, Connecticut, Georgia, Idaho, Illinois, Maine, Michigan, Mississippi, Montana, New Mexico, New York, North Dakota, Oregon, Washington, and Wisconsin have joined a broad coalition who filed...
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Same-sex marriage is currently a hot button topic that has attracted significant debate. Now, the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP), which advocates children’s health, has taken a stance in the debate. In a policy statement, the AAP...
Read more Published: December 10, 2012 7:00 PM http://www.abbynews.com/news/182905021.htmlThe story of Derek Hoare and his little girl, Ayn, is a tragic one; one that sadly, is afflicting many Canadian households: Children with disability, such as...
Read moreNovember 29, 1:27 PMhttp://www.winnipegfreepress.com/local/workers-boss-cant-explain-gap-in-contact-181324761.htmlAs I read the headline about the failure of Phoenix Sinclair; how the worker neglected to visit the child and ensure safety, I...
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Ireland’s government is seeking to amend the country’s 1937 constitution in order to secure more rights for children. Adoption issues are a strong focus in the proposed changes. The current constitution does not allow children to...
Read more New York agencies should do a better job of communicating with one another.The Office of Children and Family Services (OCSF), the State agency that oversees the State’s children’s services, recently indicated its support for kinship...
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Connecticut’s head jailer, Corrections Commissioner Leo Arnone has announced that he is in favor of allowing newborns to remain with their incarcerated mothers, and is supporting legislation to study building a nursery at the York Correctional Institution.* This...
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My friend and colleague Daniel Heimpel, a passionate supporter of making positive changes within the foster care system, wrote this story yesterday morning in the Huffington Post. In the years that I have spent chronicling the national movement...
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An expert purports social workers need to return to the juvenile corrections system as youth probation officers and reclaim the role of rehabilitators.Social workers specialize in the biopsychosocial, comprehensive needs of youth offenders which allow them to address the...
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