Americas

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Elysia V. Clemens, Kristin Klopfenstein, Matt Tis, Trent L. Lalonde - Children and Youth Services Review,

The purpose of this study was to determine the proportion of school moves that can be reduced through implementation of the educational stability provisions of the Fostering Connections to Success and Increasing Adoptions Act (FCA, 2008) and the Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA, 2015), and to identify opportunities to minimize the number of transitions that children and youth in foster care experience in the US.

Svetlana Shpiegel, Michele Cascardi - Children and Youth Services Review,

In this study, data from the US National Youth in Transition Database were used to evaluate the associations between childbirth at three time points (prior to age 17, ages 17–19, and ages 19–21) and females’ socioeconomic outcomes and risk indicators at age 21 (n = 3173). 

Ane-Marthe Solheim Skar, Lorraine Sherr, Ana Macedo, Stephen von Tetzchner, Knut Inge Fostervold - Journal of Interpersonal Violence,

In this study, the effects of the International Child Development Programme (ICDP) and the specific addition of a violence prevention module were observed in a preidentified population in Colombia where children are experiencing high levels of violence.

HaksoonAhn, Diane DePanfilis, Kevin Frick, Richard P. Barth - Children and Youth Services Review,

The objectives of this study are to: use the methodology of a 2007 study to establish foster care minimum adequate rates for children (MARC) based on the child's age and geographical location in every state; update the MARC with cost of living adjustments to 2016; examine changes in gaps between the MARC and the current foster care rates; and identify states that have made increases to their reimbursement rates, relative to the MARC over time. 

Haksoon Ahn, Diane DePanfilis, Kevin Frick, Richard P. Barth - Children and Youth Services Review,

The objectives of this study are to: use the methodology of a 2007 study to establish foster care minimum adequate rates for children (MARC) based on the child's age and geographical location in every state; update the MARC with cost of living adjustments to 2016; examine changes in gaps between the MARC and the current foster care rates; and identify states that have made increases to their reimbursement rates, relative to the MARC over time. 

Irene Tung, Amanda N. Noroña, Steve S. Lee, Audra K. Langley, Jill M.Waterman - Child Abuse and Neglect,

This study examined predictions of externalizing behaviors (EB) from childhood to adolescence/young adulthood from temperament, preadoption maltreatment, and adoptive family cohesion.

Ellen-ge D. Denton, George J. Musa & Christina Hoven - Journal of Child and Adolescent Mental Health,

Guided by an ideation-to-action theoretical framework for suicide prevention, the goal of the proposed research study is to describe and identify risk and protective factor correlates of youth suicidal behaviour among those at highest risk for suicide – orphans who reside in a low- and middle-income country (LMIC) institutional setting. 

CPC Learning Network,

As debates about immigration roil the national political dialogue in the United States, the CPC Learning Network will host a webinar to discuss the mass exodus of

Children's Bureau,

This data brief presents data highlights that compare the outcomes reported by youth in the second NYTD cohort at ages 17 and 19.

Catholic Relief Services, Changing the Way We Care,

This review is a summary of the literature, from multiple disciplines, on residential child care and its deleterious effects on children.