Americas

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Steve Lopez - Los Angeles Times,

This article from the Los Angeles Times tells the story of Linda Huff, a grandmother of four trying to get take on the care of her four grandchildren who are currently in foster care.

Hannah Long-Higgins - BBC News,

This video shares the stories of two "grandfamilies" in the US and a new affordable housing program in Washington, DC designed to house grandparents raising their grandchildren.

The Field Center for Children’s Policy, Practice and Research,

The 'One Child, Many Hands: A Multidisciplinary Conference on Child Welfare' is issuing a Call for Presentations.

Katie Hyslop - The Tyee,

This article from the Tyee highlights a new report with recommendations for supporting foster youth in transitioning to independent living, which was co-researched by 8 youth from care and a a McGill University social work PhD student, Melanie Doucet.

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).