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Child abuse report leaks slammed
Irish Health
Fine Gael has criticised the 'selective release' of the clerical child abuse report, saying it should be published without further delay. ...
Dublin child abuse report due out this week Ireland Online
Report on clerical child abuse claims in archdiocese to be published this week Irish Times
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CHILDREN'S SERVICES IN TROUBLE BECAUSE OF FUNDING SHORTFALLS
Sarnia Observer
Sir: Since 1993, Canadian citizens have marked Nov. 20 as "National Child Day." The United Nations calls us to action through activities devoted to ...
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Bread for World leader urges Congress to step up on hunger, poverty
Martinsville Bulletin
Ending hunger in this country and around the world will take a commitment on a personal level as well as the federal ...
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NHS 'must improve staff access to mental health services'
Health Insurance and Protection Magazine
Early intervention in the musculoskeletal and mental health problems of its own staff should be a priority for the NHS, according to the final report on the ...
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Fears that strike will impact on social welfare payments
Ocean fm
The Department of Social Welfare has warned that tens of thousands of recipients will have their payments delayed by one day. Maternity, illness, jobseekers ...
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Anti-poverty advocate visits Allentown, urges Congress to act against hunger
Allentown Morning Call
More than four decades ago, the Rev. Arthur Simon began preaching the Gospel in New York's Lower East Side. ...
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Burton Mail
Fuel poverty is biting hard
Burton Mail
SCORES of people in Burton and South Derbyshire are “struggling to eat” due to fuel poverty, debt experts say. New figures suggest one in every eight South ...
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Census: one in five Chico students come from families in poverty
Enterprise-Record
Newly released estimates from the US Census bureau say roughly one in five Chico schoolchildren come from "families in poverty." The numbers released this ...
Richland County poverty rates go up Mansfield News Journal
Area school districts see little change in poverty rate Bowling Green Daily News
School officials say poverty count is too low Yakima Herald-Republic
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Record-Searchlight
Volunteers prepare gift boxes, jog for children in need
Record-Searchlight
Sunday was packaging day for Operation Christmas Child, an international effort to send small holiday gift boxes to children in poverty-stricken and ...
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Nandita Das's Charity Work, Events and Causes
Look To The Stars
Nandita's involvement with charitable work began fairly early in life when she did her Masters in Social Work from the reputed Delhi School of Social Work. ...
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Center for Social Justice at USI to host forum
Henderson Gleaner
... diverse partnerships to promote social and economic justice," said Iris Phillips, an associate professor of social work and the center's director. ...
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Mentally ill criminals get new options
Patriot-News
A $250000 federal grant will help pay for a mental health court that looks at treatment programs before jail time. BY EMILY OPILO eopilo@patriot-news.com ...
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Children's Services cuts would be 'painful'
Knoxville News Sentinel
AP NASHVILLE - Tennessee Children's Services Commissioner Viola Miller says proposed additional cuts by Gov. Phil Bredesen would be "very painful. ...
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Man arrested for child abuse
ABC 4
LOGAN, Utah (ABC 4 News) – A North Logan man is in jail after being accused of abusing his four-month old son. The arrest was made at Primary Children's ...
North Logan man arrested for suspected child abuse Deseret News
Cache County man arrested for severe child abuse KSL-TV
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From a Christmas shoebox to a smile on a child's face
News 8 Austin
Operation Christmas Child, one of the largest Christmas projects in the world, sends donations to children in poverty stricken areas in countries, ...
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Poverty in Central Texas school districts
Austin American-Statesman
Austinites love to be heard, and we're giving you a bullhorn. We just ask that you keep things civil. Leave out the personal attacks. Do not use profanity, ...
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Dual use technology key to ending chronic poverty: PM
Times of India
PTI 23 November 2009, 08:55am IST WASHINGTON: Ahead of his talks with US President Barack Obama, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh today said India needs a ...
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Examiner.com
Two decades on, child poverty persists with no solution in sight
Globe and Mail
Why is it that nearly 10 per cent of Canadian kids live below the poverty line, even as parliament pledged to end child poverty? ...
Rally to end child poverty Examiner.com
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Steve and Julie Hurley: Foster care, adoption an incredible opportunity for ...
TCPalm
Look into the eyes of small children who have been taken from their homes by the state Department of Children and Families, ...
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Child poverty bill in Queen's Speech
Regen.net
A legal duty to eradicate child poverty and new laws to crack down on parents of children who flout antisocial behaviour orders (Asbos) are two measures to ...
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Child abuse rife in Afghanistan: UN
ABC Online
Eight years after the US-led overthrow of the Taliban, children in Afghanistan are suffering disastrous levels of abuse, deprivation and mortality, ...
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Angel Food offers full-meal deals to low-income families
Burlington Hawk Eye
Food drives and assistance programs designed to help feed the hungry aren't all that unusual in Burlington. But the national Angel Food ...
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65 Alameda County foster children find permanent homes
Inside Bay Area
Judge Willie Lott Jr. (center) starts the final paper work as (l to r) Emkay Bosque holds Ally, 3, who was adopted two-years ago, ...
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All's very well with Hawaii's healthy rank
Honolulu Star-Bulletin
Nationally, the percentage of children in poverty went from 18 percent to 19 percent, but that comparison is distorted by the evaluation of poverty by ...
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Mentally ill are losing some of their last refuges
Columbus Dispatch
CHILLICOTHE, Ohio - A state budget cut forced one of Rob Stanley's group homes for the mentally ill into foreclosure - and pushed "Sheriff ...
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Catholic conservatives, liberals battle over anti-poverty funding
Chicago Tribune
In the wake of criticism that the national Catholic Campaign for Human Development has financed organizations that ...
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A message to Manual: People care
Indianapolis Star
She also formerly worked in Ball State University's Department of Social Work. In September, when she read about two students who hope to major in social ...
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Older problem drinkers use more booze than younger counterparts
Daily News & Analysis
Virginia Richardson, professor of social work at Ohio State, who was also a part of the study added, "More often than not, we think of binge drinking as ...
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Adoption event puts emphasis on kids in foster care who need permanency
Pittsburgh Tribune-Review
Starting in 2005, Brad and Jen Thompson adopted five children -- and added a sixth Saturday afternoon. "We saw him and just fell in ...
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Navy veteran helps teens in foster care learn to fend for themselves
Knoxville News Sentinel
Taking turns with a puzzle, LaKeisha's son, T'Zion Perez, 6, left, and LaKeisha cheer as her grandson, Tymere Perez, 2, right, finds where the next puzzle ...
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Since Twin Valley's closing, battle rages over care of mentally ill
Dayton Daily News
Jim Witmer/Staff photographer Margaret Gerken with one of the cats that survived a Sept. 4 fire at her Trotwood home, allegedly set by her son two days ...
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The Star-Ledger - NJ.com
Legendary community organizer, Frank Hutchins dies at 75
The Star-Ledger - NJ.com
Behind Frank Hutchins' soft spoken demeanor lay what friends and proteges call a "warrior" for tenant rights in Newark. ...
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Colorado Law and Mental Illness
YourHub.com
NAMI (National Alliance on Mental Illness) Jeffco proudly presents Deborah Amesbury, LCSW, who will conduct a power point presentation Colorado Law and ...
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WKRG-TV
Children in foster care get 'forever homes'
WHDH-TV
Brockton -- Dozens of families have opened their homes to children on the seventh annual National Adoption Day. National Adoption Day seeks to raise ...
Trumpeting value of foster care adoption GazetteNET
No child should be left behind: Teens in foster care need to be adopted Patriot-News
Adoption Through Foster Care WKRG-TV
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WCBD
Police arrest parents of Liberian rape victim for child abuse
AZFamily
PHOENIX -- Phoenix police arrested the parents of an 8-year-old Liberian girl who was allegedly gang raped in July ...
Parents of Liberian Girl Arrested for Child Abuse My Fox Boston
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Police training assists cases of mental illness
Cherry Hill Courier Post
Officers Jared Bradley and Kristen Cassario-Smith took the call Thursday for a frantic woman ...
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Officers trained on mental illness
York Weekly
YORK, Maine — An inmate in a minimum-security facility has barricaded herself in her room. She's beyond angry; she's raging. ...
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Faculty has 'no confidence' in CSU Stanislaus president
The Turlock Journal
... work and to sacrifice on behalf of the university, we've demonstrated that consistently here for 50 years,” said John Garcia, professor of Social Work. ...
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ENERGY: State's utilities cutting power to more poor families, regulator reports
North County Times
In a sign of deepening recession, state officials report a surge this year in the number of poor families whose power was cut off by their utility because ...
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ENERGY: Regulator reports Edison pulling plug on more low-income families
North County Times
In a sign of deepening recession, state officials report a surge this year in the number of poor families whose power was cut off by Southern California ...
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Moms start backpack food program to help poor families
9NEWS.com
DENVER - When Tracy Edwards Konkol started investigating the needs of low income families, she could not believe what was happening at her school and others ...
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Channel 4 News
Government faces criticism over children's rights
Channel 4 News
According to the United Nation's children's organisation, UNICEF, there are 4m children in poverty. Less than 25 per cent of children with mental health ...
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Mass. families adopt 244 foster children
Boston Globe
CAMBRIDGE, Mass.—Dozens of Massachusetts families have opened their homes to more than 240 children as the state marks the seventh annual National Adoption ...
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West Hawaii Child Welfare Services hit hard by layoffs
Honolulu Advertiser
Once again, the children of Hawaii are being short-changed. But this time it is potentially endangering them in their own homes. ...
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Child devp week concludes
Times of India
The event was organized by the department of social welfare in association with some NGOs. Jean Rodrigues, president, Indian Council for Child Welfare, ...
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Older Problem Drinkers Use More Alcohol Than Do Their Younger Counterparts
Science Daily (press release)
Ginzer, who conducted the research as part of her dissertation, did the study with Virginia Richardson, professor of social work at Ohio State. ...
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Savings program offered for low-income families
Emporia Gazette
A higher-education savings plan for low-income families has been added to the state's Learning Quest 529 Education Savings Program ...
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Gambia: ADG Celebrates World Child Abuse Day
AllAfrica.com
Banjul — Africa for Democracy and Good Governance (ADG), recently embarked on a weeklong celebration of worldÂ's campaign for the prevention of child abuse ...
World Day for the Prevention of Child Abuse Celebrated Foroyaa online
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Bath children's services face massive cuts
Children & Young People Now
Children's services in Bath are facing cuts in the region of £3.4m over the next three years. Members of the Bath and North East Somerset ...
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Judge orders details on child welfare checks in Coffee County
WHNT
By AP MANCHESTER, Tenn. (AP) — A judge in Middle Tennessee ordered all state child welfare workers in his county to show proof of recent home visits and ...
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Mauritius launches Poverty Observatory
Afrique en Ligue
Child poverty - Mauritian Industry and Science and Research Minister Dharam Gokhool launched the Mauritius Poverty Observatory Thursday night in a bid to ...
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New partnership plans to increase utility assistance for low-income families
Chatham Star Tribune
As energy costs continue to rise at a time when many household budgets are not, Appalachian Power announces a new partnership with Dollar Energy Fund, ...
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Region's home-care boss quits post
Ottawa Citizen
"Sheila's departure is not a good sign," said Hugh Armstrong, a social-work professor at Carleton University and a former CCAC board member. ...
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National Research Study Finds Senior Hunger on the Rise; Six Million at Risk
SYS-CON Media (press release)
... Ph.D., director of the Center for Poverty Research of the University of Kentucky and Craig Gundersen, Ph.D., associate professor in the Department of ...
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