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International Youth Foundation,

This video presents an exchange of lessons and experiences between youth and adult representatives of Nebraska Children and Families Foundation in the United States and Doncel Asociación Civil in Argentina, highlighting authentic youth engagement in addressing the needs of former foster youth.

Howard A. Zucker & Danielle Greene - JAMA,

This article from JAMA explores the health consequences for children who have been separated from their parents at the U.S. border with Mexico.

Jelena Zumbach, Peter Wetzels, Ute Koglin - Child Abuse & Neglect,

In an explorative manner, the current study investigates variables that influence psychological evaluators’ recommendations in child protection cases.

Elizabeth J. Greenor, Bethany R. Lee, Michelle Tuten, Deborah Harburger - Child and Adolescent Social Work Journal,

This study assesses prevalence of substance use, and the impact of housing instability. and independence preparation on substance use in two samples: youth currently in-care and former foster youth.

Kirsten Sandberg - International Human Rights of Children,

In this chapter children’s rights and state obligations in relation to alternative care are presented, with reference to the UN Alternative Care Guidelines and the general comments and concluding observations of the UN Committee on the Rights of the Child.

Lisa Werkmeister Rozas, Jason Ostrander, and Megan Feely - Social Sciences,

This article demonstrates how structural social work theory and critical consciousness development can be used to help facilitate a transition from a deficit model approach to an inequities perspective in a child welfare system that was working to improve the identification of and services for domestic minor sex trafficked youth (DMST).

Marit Larsen, Valborg Baste, Ragnhild Bjørknes, Trine Myrvold and Stine Lehmann - BMC Health Services Research,

The aim of this study is to examine whether youth in foster care receive services according to need, by using a multi-informant design.

Ann Skelton - South African Journal of Psychology,

In this editorial in the South African Journal of Psychology, Ann Skelton (a member of the Law Faculty at the University of Pretoria) writes about the recent family separation policy enacted at the US border with Mexico in which children of all ages arriving to the country with their parents or other family members were separated and placed into detention facilities.

Global Campaign to End Child Immigration Detention,

Launching on International Youth Day, 12 August 2018, the Global NextGen Index uses annual scorecards to evaluate 22 states on their progress to implement alternatives to child immigration detention.

Maria Zuurmond, Gifty Nyante, Marjolein Baltussen, Janet Seeley, Jedidia Abanga, Tom Shakespeare, Martine Collumbien, Sarah Bernays - Child: care, health and development,

This study explores the impact of a participatory training programme for caregivers delivered through a local support group, with a focus on understanding caregiver wellbeing.