Americas

This page contains documents and other resources related to children's care in the Americas. Browse resources by region, country, or category.

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Jordan M. Braciszewski, Golfo K. Tzilos Wernette, Roland S. Moore, Tanya B. Tran, Beth C. Bock, Robert L. Stout, Patricia Chamberlain, Adam Vose-O’Neal - Child Abuse & Neglect,

This study examines a program (iHeLP) for substance use reduction in foster youth aging out of care.

Jessica Serrano, Julia M. Crouch, Katie Albertson, Kym R. Ahrens - Children and Youth Services Review,

This study explored stakeholder perceptions of barriers and facilitators to conversations about sexual health between foster/kinship caregivers and youth in foster care, with the goal of developing a brief, scalable sexual health training for caregivers.

Delores E. McNair & Stacy Heldman‐Holguin - New Directions for Community Colleges,

This issue of the New Directions for Community Colleges journal is focused on higher education opportunities for foster youth.

Sabrina M Richardson, Tuppett M Yates - Journal of Social Work,

This study examined communication between 51 transition-aged foster youth and their social workers as related to perceived relationship quality and satisfaction with care receipt/provision.

Laura Radel, Melinda Baldwin, Ph.D., Gilbert Crouse, Ph.D., Robin Ghertner and Annette Waters, Ph.D. - U.S. Department of Health and Human Services ,

This brief presents key takeaway messages from a mixed methods study examining how substance use affects child welfare systems across the country.

Abhishek Pandey, Kerry Littlewood, Larry Cooper, Julie McCrae, Michelle Rosenthal, Angelique Day, Liliana Hernandez - Journal of Women & Aging,

This study utilizes self-report data from one kinship navigator federal demonstration project, which used a randomized control trial, to examine demographic characteristics for grandmothers under and over 55 years of age, whether grandmother caregivers (≥55 years) improve family resilience, social support, and caregiver self-efficacy, and which interventions improved outcomes for grandmothers (≥55 years).

Parolini A, Shlonsky A, Magruder J, Eastman AL, Wulczyn F, Webster D - Child Abuse & Neglect,

This study examines the factors associated with guardianship breakdown for children who exited foster care to kinship guardianship in California between 2003 and 2010.

Jennifer Clarke, Sonia Mills Minster, Leyland Gudge - Today’s Youth and Mental Health,

This chapter explores the factors that are hidden behind the disproportionate numbers and considers the mental health impact of child removal on Black children, youth, and families in Ontario.

Melissa Hardesty - Social Service Review,

This ethnographic study of a foster care adoption program shows how board payments elicit commodification anxiety at this local site, and in American culture more broadly.

Human Rights Watch,

Este informe examina el cumplimiento por parte de las autoridades estadounidenses de las protecciones específicas que deben otorgarse a los niños, basándose en 110 entrevistas a niños y mujeres detenidas con sus hijos.