This study employed a cluster analysis to identify subpopulations in a large, national sample of 17-year-old youth in the USA based on the following indicators: educational attainment, connection to a supportive adult, adolescent parenthood, homelessness, substance abuse referral and incarceration.

Family Connections, a local non-profit organization in Essex county, New Jersey in the United States, has developed a program called Reunity House, which is designed to help permanently reunify children in foster care with their parents.

Este evento paralelo del Consejo de Derechos Humanos incluyó presentaciones en separación familiar en los contextos africanos, asiáticos, europeos, y latinoamericanos.

This Human Rights Council Side event included presentations on family separation in the African, Asian, European, and Latin American contexts. 

This Human Rights Council Side event included presentations on family separation in the African, Asian, European, and Latin American contexts. 

This article highlights recent research exploring the negative effects parental deportation has on children in the US.

In this report, the US Government Accountability Office (GAO) examined (1) the reasons adoptive families consider unregulated child custody transfers, and services that exist to support these families before they take such an action; (2) what is known about the prevalence of these transfers; and (3) actions selected states and federal agencies have taken to address such transfers. 

This article tells the story of several Guatemalan adoptees and their adoptive parents as they reunite with their birth families in Guatemala.

Institutions are invited to submit a proposal by 10:00 AM EST, 04 September 2015.

The United States Senate Finance Committee Chairman Orrin Hatch (R-Utah) will convene a hearing on Tuesday, August 4, to explore alternatives to help families and children reduce reliance on foster care group homes.