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David Murphey, PhD and August Aldebot-Green, MA ChildTrends,

This is the executive summary for a longer report, which gives an estimate of the number of immigrant and refugee children who will enter the United States in 2016, where they come from, and the traumas they face. It includes recommendations for policy and practice.

David Murphey, PhD - ChildTrends,

This report gives an estimate of the number of immigrant and refugee children who will enter the United States in 2016, where they come from, and the traumas they face. It includes recommendations for policy and practice.

Frank J. Mautino - Auditor General - Illinois,

This document reports on the status of children who remain in psychiatric hospitals, emergency shelters, and detention facilities in Illinois, US.  In 2015, there were approximately 168 children who were hospitalized beyond medical necessity; 380 children who remained in emergency shelter beyond 30 days, and the audit reported “no available data” on children who remained in a detention facility solely because placement cannot be located.

Catherine A. Solheim, James Ballard - Journal of Family Theory and Review,

This theoretical review explores the usefulness of the ambiguous loss framework for understanding the unique and complex realities of boundary-spanning relationships in transnational families.

Monique B. Mitchell - Journal of Family Theory and Review,

This article explores how a child's psychological family can be affected, challenged, and transformed in the foster care system. When placed into foster care, children are often disconnected from many significant relationships, especially familial relationships (e.g., parents, siblings).

Walter J. Nicholls, Marcel Maussen, Laura Caldas de Mesquita,

This article discusses the legal residency advocacy campaign that occurred in the late 2000s in the Netherlands and the United States on behalf of immigrant youths with precarious legal status.

Michele L. Statz - Sage Publications,

This article examines and discusses the designation of unaccompanied Chinese children as "Unaccompanied Alien Children" and the processes experienced in obtaining such designations.

Lynsay Ayer, Mahlet A. Woldetsadik, Rosalie Malsberger, Lane F. Burgette, and Patricia L. Kohl,

This study investigates the characteristics of men who act as primary caregivers of maltreated children. 

Children's Bureau,

This podcast episode features the Miami CARES project. Funded through a Children's Bureau grant, the Miami CARES project brings more than 10 government and community agencies within Miami-Dade (FL) County together to forge a collaborative, systemic approach to identifying minors who are, or are at risk of becoming, victims of human trafficking.

Jaegoo Lee, Josie Crolley-Simic, M. Elizabeth Vonk - Research on Social Work Practice,

The purpose of this research is to provide an initial validation of a revision of the Transracial Adoption Parenting Scale—Revised (TAPS-R) with international transracial adoptive parents.