Americas

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National Family Support Network,

This webinar will explore the US the nationally-adopted Standards of Quality for Family Strengthening & Support. 

Eli Hager and Anna Flagg - Washington Post,

This article from the Washington Post describes how families in the US are often separated permanently due to the incarceration of a parent.

Eva Ruth Moravec & Ginger Thompson - ProPublica,

This article from ProPublica shares the story of Wilder Hilario Maldonado Cabrera, a six year-old boy from Honduras who had to appear in US immigration court alone and unrepresented following his separation from his father upon entering the US along the border with Mexico in June 2018.

Miriam Jordan - New York Times,

This article from the New York Times tells the story of one Guatemalan mother, among others, who migrated to the United States, was separated from her daughter, and now faces the threat of losing custody of her daughter because the girl is a US citizen. 

Jenn Morson - The Atlantic,

This article from the Atlantic explores the practice of "second-chance adoptions," children who were already adopted and whose adoptive family no longer wishes to parent them, in the United States.

April Dinwoodie - The Chronicle of Social Change,

This article from the Chronicle of Social Change explores the work of the Vermont Permanency Survey, a project of the National Quality Improvement Center for Adoption and Guardianship Support and Preservation (QIC-AG).

UNICEF,

UNICEF is seeking a Child Protection Officer in Nicaragua.

Emma Batha - Thomson Reuters Foundation,

"Orphanages have become a lucrative business in developing countries, leading to the trafficking of children to fill them," says this article from Thomson Reuters Foundation.

Center for the Study of Social Policy,

Join the US Center for the Study of Social Policy on November 14, 2018 from 3:00-4:00 p.m. EST to learn more about an innovative survey designed to be used by organizations serving youth and young adults ages 12-26 to measure and improve their well-being.

Joe Heim - Washington Post,

This article from the Washington Post highlights findings from the Annie E. Casey report 'Fostering Youth Transitions,' which investigates the experiences of US youths transitioning from foster care to independent living.