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This consultancy aims to provide the humanitarian child protection sector with an overarching definition and measurement framework of child wellbeing (short-term and long-term), and its key factors, that can be adapted according to context and used to define strategic objectives within humanitarian responses.
The Chief of Party is the point person for the 5 year, 7.2 million USAID project in El Salvador (4.9 from USAID, 2.3 from WCI).
This article from the Intercept describes the impacts of family separation on children and families who were separated at the US border with Mexico and now remain, reuinited, in immigration detention centers.
This blog post from the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) highlights some of the impacts of the trauma of family separation on children, particularly on children's mental health and wellbeing.
The Alliance for Child Protection in Humanitarian Action and Better Care Network are calling for the prompt reunification of separated children with their families and to provide interim care in accordance with the UN Guidelines for Alternative Care of Children.
The Huu-ay-aht First Nation of Canada "has secured federal funding to help keep their children out of foster care," according to this article from CBC News.
The Director - Research Services has responsibility for leading evaluation studies for the team within Research Services at Casey Family Programs.
The Sr. Research Associate will independently manage and oversee a variety of research projects and dissemination activities and collaborate with others in the field to support a broad research agenda to advance policy, practice, and systems change in child welfare.
A youth-led organization, Oregon Foster Youth Connection, in the state of Oregon, USA has "announced recommendations designed to improve the state’s foster care system as it prepares to introduce legislation during the next legislative session" at their biannual conference
This video presents an exchange of lessons and experiences between youth and adult representatives of Nebraska Children and Families Foundation in the United States and Doncel Asociación Civil in Argentina, highlighting authentic youth engagement in addressing the needs of former foster youth.
