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List of Organisations

Save the Children ,

A leaflet for parents on how to help your child cope during an evacuation or relocation in an emergency.

Human Rights Watch,

This 70-page report documents the struggles of foster care youth who become homeless after turning 18, or "aging out" of the state's care, without sufficient preparation or support for adulthood

Children's Hospital - San Diego, Chadwick Center and the National Call to Action ,

An overview of considered best practices in therapy for child survivors of physical and sexual abuse.

Child Trends ,

A new Child Trends fact sheet examines the role that programs for older youth can play in promoting positive development and subsequent self-sufficiency in adulthood.

Annie E. Casey Foundation,

This new report from the Annie E. Casey Foundation outlines initiatives in four sites to help child welfare systems reduce institutional placements, improve outcomes, and support community services by changing the array of services, frontline practice, finances, performance management, and policy

US Department of State,

Statement noting potential dangers associated with ICA in emergencies with specific reference to risk of family separation.

Joint Council on International Children’s Services ,

Online update on concerns around promoting adoption in an emergency context.

Miami Herald,

"The desire of the Haitian people, to the extent that this can be done, is for the children to be cared for in Haiti…That is their preference"

Diane Boyd Rauber,

This article describes several parent partner/advocate programs operating around the United States, including programs that train parents to serve as parent mentors and programs that train parent leaders to sit at the decision-making table and influence child welfare policy.

National Scientific Council on the Developing Child,

This in-depth working paper explains how genes and the environment interact, and gives recommendations for ways that caregivers and policymakers can effectively respond to the science.