The Centre for Refugee Studies at York University (Toronto, Canada) is offering its annual Summer Course on Refugees and Forced Migration from May 9-13, 2016.

The annual Christian Alliance for Orphans Summit gathers more than 2,500 advocates, practitioners, and leaders focused on adoption, foster care, and international OVC care.

This report from the Center on the Developing Child at Harvard University provides an overview of the science of early childhood development, particularly brain development and the impacts that early experiences have on brain development.

This report highlights the research on the disparities that exist between LGBTQ foster youth and their nonLGBTQ peers, as well as the compounding effects these factors have in relation to other intersecting factors including race, ethnicity, culture and language.

This Factsheet from the Child Welfare Information Gateway provides information for families who are reunifying after placement in foster care the US.

In this video from the BBC, Katy Watson tells the story of one mother and daughter who were able to reunite briefly during a 20-minute opening of the US-Mexico border in California. 

ISS-USA is implementing a training in Guatemala on April 28-29th. This training is part of a project to provide coordinated cross border social services for children and families migrating in the Northern Triangle, Mexico, and the U.S.

On April 28, 2016, Equity for Children, in partnership with the Center for New York City Affairs, is organizing a conference with the support of the Fundacion Corona, the Van Leer Foundation, the Global Urban Future

The state of Indiana in the US has just opened the country’s first “baby boxes” at two fire stations in Northern Indiana, according to this article from Wyfi. 

This paper examines whether policies that guide the termination of parental rights correspond to state adoption rate differences in the United States.