Americas

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Lucila Pellettieri - Global Press Journal ,

This article from the Global Press Journal explains a new law in Argentina, expected to be implemented in 2018, which would offer support to young people aging out of the care system.

CERIC,

A new resource has been developed to help Canadian educators meet the needs of immigrant and refugee youth in Canadian schools - including those who are unaccompanied or have been separated from their families - according to this article posted by Canadian non-profit, CERIC.

Jeff Lagerquist - CTV News,

An indigenous woman in Ottawa, Canada is preparing a home birthing kit in the fear that her newborn will be taken into the Child and Family Services system if she goes into the hospital to deliver, according to this article from CTV News. 

UNICEF,

UNICEF is seeking a consultant with experience in Child Protection in Emergencies and Knowledge Management.

UNICEF,

UNICEF is seeking a consultant with experience in Child Protection in Emergencies and Knowledge Management.

UNICEF,

UNICEF is seeking a Child Protection Officer in Santiago, Chile. 

Emily Palmer - New York Times,

This piece for the New York Times Neediest Cases Fund tells the story of Charles Louis, a young man who aged out of foster care in the US and the difficulties he experienced in childhood and in foster care as well as in transitioning out of care. 

Kyle Edwards - MSN,

In this video, Reporter Kyle Edwards explains how the government has helped to contribute to the overrepresentation of Indigenous children in Canada's foster care system.

Richard Wexler - Youth Today,

In this piece for Youth Today, Richard Wexler - executive director of the National Coalition for Child Protection Reform - calls out child protection policies in the US for too often unnecessarily removing children from poor families due to parental mental illness and what the child protection agencies deem as inability to raise children "independently." 

Edie Schmierbach - Mankato Free Press,

This article from the Mankato Free Press of Minnesota, USA describes the benefits of a local monthly support group of grandfamilies and other kinship carers and the stories of some of the families who meet once a month to lend one another support.