Americas

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Robin L. Dodds - Child: Care, Health and Development,

This paper reports on the results of an online survey of P2P stakeholders regarding: How text‐based support is being used in P2P programs and whether text‐based support is perceived as providing benefits to parents of children with disabilities.

ECLAC-UNICEF,

This report showcases the centrality and urgency of social protection for families with children and adolescents in the COVID-19 context.

The Representative for Children and Youth,

This report looks at what is known about outcomes for young people in care transitioning into adulthood in British Columbia, with particular focus on the over-involvement of the child welfare system in the lives of First Nations, Métis, Inuit and Urban Indigenous children and youth in care. The report calls on government to enact comprehensive and lasting change for the young people in its care as they transition into adulthood.

Kevin R. White, Nancy Rolock, Laura Marra, Monica Faulkner, Kerrie Ocasio & Rowena Fong - Journal of Public Child Welfare,

This study explored data obtained from surveys of caregivers who had previously adopted or assumed guardianship of a child from foster care in two U.S. states. Descriptive analyses summarized the demographic and wellbeing characteristics of children and families, and multivariate regression models estimated the association between these variables and caregiver commitment.

Tonino Esposito, Martin Chabot, Nico Trocmé, John D. Fluke, Ashleigh Delaye, et al - Child Abuse & Neglect,

This study, the largest of its kind in Canada, examines when and for whom recurring conditions of neglect were most likely to occur for all children involved with child protection in the province of Quebec over a span of fifteen years.

Linda Briheim-Crookall, Olivia Michelmore, Claire Baker, Oluwanifemi Oni, Sarah Taylor, Julie Selwyn,

This report analyses 1,804 care leaver responses collected in 21 English local authorities between 2017 and 2019.

Erin A. King - Children and Youth Services Review,

The objectives of this study include exploring the prevalence of three types of client-perpetrated violence (CPV) and the influence of each type of CPV on mental health outcomes of workers.

Mary Elizabeth Collins, Sarah Baldiga - Journal of Children's Services,

This paper aims to describe how a sense of normalcy for young people in foster care can be critical to their well-being.

Hana Yoo, Stefana Racorean, Victoria Barrows - Qualitative Social Work,

The current study seeks to address the lack of literature including voices of mental health clinicians regarding their work and clients in the child welfare system by exploring clinicians’ views on the issue of child maltreatment and CPS-involved parents’ parenting.

UNICEF,

The purpose of this consultancy is to conduct a comprehensive system-wide evaluation at national and subnational levels which will assess the existing structures and procedures established to provide care and protection for Jamaica’s children.