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Faith leaders in Rwanda are being urged to contribute to child protection efforts by engaging families to prevent violence and family separation.
This article from The Black Sea covers the deinstitutionalization process of Georgia which began in 2009. At the time, institutions were shut-down and the government attempted to reunite children with their families. Some families did not remember they had children.
The impetus of deinstitutionalization in Georgia began which its Rose Revolution in 2004, which led to the leadership of Saakashvilli. Tamta Golubiani was appointed head of the Child Protection…
On September 18th, 2014, the U.S. Senate approved bipartisan child welfare legislation aimed at reducing child sex trafficking, increasing adoptions and improving child support collections. The legislation was first approved by the House on July 23, 2014. According to the release issued by The House Ways and Means Committee, the Preventing Sex Trafficking and Strengthening Families Act (H.R. 4980) would encourage states to combat sex trafficking among youth in foster care; promote normalcy for foster youth; help move more children from foster care into adoptive homes or the homes of relatives…