Americas

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Standing Senate Committee on Social Affairs, Science and Technology,

This report describes Canada's history of forcibly removing children from mothers, particularly unwed mothers, and placing them in adoptive families. It compares this history to the similar Australian context and offers recommendations for offering healing to mothers and children who were harmed by this practice.

Amy Dworsky and Denali Dasgupta - Chapin Hall at the University of Chicago,

This brief begins to address knowledge gaps of best practices for housing young adults in extended care, the housing options currently available to those young adults, and how those options vary across and within states in the US.

Nathanael J. Okpych, Keunhye Park, Huiling Feng, Adrianna Torres García, and Mark E. Courtney - Chapin Hall at the University of Chicago,

This memo investigates two questions that pertain to extended foster care and social support. First, are there differences in the types and sources of social support between young people who remain in care past age 18 and young people who exit care? Second, among nonminor dependents, are there differences in the types and sources of social support between youth living in different placement types?

Child Welfare Information Gateway,

This bulletin for professionals addresses the scope of the problem of child neglect, its consequences, and the importance of prevention.

Renée Spencer, Alison L. Drew, Grace Gowdy, John Paul Horn - Children and Youth Services Review,

This qualitative interview study examined experiences of youth-initiated mentoring relationships (YIM) among youth transitioning out of the foster care system.

Haylee K. DeLuca, Shannon E. Claxton, Manfred H. M. van Dulmen - Journal of Research on Adolescence,

This meta‐analytic review examines the presence and quality of close peer relationships for adoptees and individuals with foster care experience.

J. Jay Miller, Jacquelynn F. Duron, Jessica Donohue-Dioh, Jennifer M.Geiger - Children and Youth Services Review,

This study used Group Concept Mapping (GCM) with a sample of 31 foster youth and alumni to explicate a conceptual framework for effective legal representation.

Dana Dean Connelly, Kristina Rosinsky - Child Trends,

This brief highlights variation among states in child welfare agency spending from federal funding sources.

Sarah A. Font, Kierra M.P. Sattler, Elizabeth T. Gershoff - Children and Youth Services Review,

In this study, the authors used a two-year Texas foster care entry cohort to examine the extent to which children experience “progress moves”, such as moving to a sibling placement or to live with a relative, versus non-progress moves, such as moving due to risk of abuse.

Society for Research in Child Development,

This "Statement of the Evidence" from the Society for Research in Child Development presents the evidence on the harmful impacts of family separation.