Americas

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Elizabeth Lightfoot, Sharyn DeZelar - Children and Youth Services Review,

The purpose of this study is to examine the experiences and outcomes of children in the foster care system in the United States who were removed from their homes at least partially in relation to their parent's or caretaker's disability. 

Generations United,

The State of Grandfamilies in America 2015 identifies key state laws and policies designed to address barriers and to better support grandparents and other relatives raising children. The report also offers recommendations to help guide the development of supportive federal and state policies and services for grandfamilies. 

Kanisha L. Coleman, Qi Wu - Children and Youth Services Review,

This systematic review identified research studies examining factors associated with service use among kinship caregivers in the US using key search terms in five computerized bibliographic databases and four journals. 

Michelle A. Novelle & Judith G. Gonyea - Children & Youth Services Review,

This qualitative study explores eighteen institutionalized male adolescent Colombian social orphans' perspectives on the nature of their relationships with non-parental adults in their immediate environment.

UNICEF, DONCEL, y FLACSO Argentina,

Las evidencias presentadas en este documento fueron elaboradas a partir de una investigación que se propuso realizar una primera aproximación a la situación de los jóvenes sin cuidados parentales frente al egreso en Argentina.

UNICEF y Ministerio de Desarrollo Social de la Nación,

Este nuevo relevamiento muestra y analiza datos actualizados relativos a la cantidad de niñas, niños y adolescentes (NNyA) sin cuidados parentales en la República Argentina, los lugares de cuidado donde están alojados, las condiciones en las que viven, el organismo que decidió que fueran separados o separadas de su mamá, papá o familia ampliada, los motivos de esta separación, los tiempos de permanencia en las instituciones, los motivos de ingreso y egreso.

DONCEL, FLASCO Argentina, & UNICEF,

Las evidencias presentadas en este documento fueron elaboradas a partir de una investigación que se propuso realizar una primera aproximación a la situación de los jóvenes sin cuidados parentales frente al egreso. 

Svetlana Shpiegel, Kerrie Ocasio - Children and Youth Services Review,

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.

Human Rights Council Side Event,

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

Human Rights Council Side event,

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