Americas

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List of Organisations

UNICEF,

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.

Whole Child International,

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).

Elizabeth Wall-Wieler, Leslie L. Roos, Janelle Boram Lee, Marcelo L. Urquia, Noralou P. Roos, Sharon Bruce, Marni Brownell - Child Maltreatment,

The current study examined school readiness for children placed in care of child protection services before age 5. This association was assessed using a population-based cohort of children born in Manitoba, Canada, between 2000 and 2009.

Mariana Incarnato, Andrés Segade, Leticia Ivonne López Villareal - Universidad de Monterrey Cátedra por la Infancia,

El objetivo del libro es posicionar regionalmente la situación de los egresados del sistema de protección, demostrando que en los países de latinoamérica hay miles de adolescentes y jóvenes que viven en dispositivos alternativos de cuidado y deben enfrentarse a un egreso de forma abrupta y muchas veces, no planificada.

Hayles, Olivia; Xu, Lihua; Edwards, Oliver W. - School Psychology Forum,

This study examines family structures and children's perceptions regarding family connectedness and perceived life satisfaction (LS) using a nationally representative U.S. sample of 926 students in grades 7–10.

Human Rights Watch and the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU),

Drawing from more than 160 interviews with jailed and formerly jailed mothers, substitute caregivers, children, attorneys, service providers, advocates, jail officials, and child welfare employees, this report shows how pretrial detention can snowball into neverending family separation.

Generations United,

This report from Generations United provides data on the opioid crisis in the US, and its impact on grandfamilies, and offers policy and program recommendations related to recently passed legislation - the Family First Prevention Services Act and the Supporting Grandparents Raising Grandchildren Act.

Marcela Raffaelli, Juliana Prates Santana, Normanda Araujo de Morais, Carlos J. Nieto, Silvia H. Koller - Child Abuse & Neglect,

The current longitudinal study examined the prevalence, overlap, and impact of adverse childhood experiences (ACEs) in a sample of Brazilian children and adolescents who use city streets as spaces for socialization and survival (i.e., street-involved youth).

Debbie Nathan - The Intercept,

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.

Mariette Chartier, Marni Brownell, Nathan Nickel, Rhonda Campbell, Wanda Phillips-Beck, Jennifer Enns, Joykrishna Sarkar, Elaine Burland, Dan Chateau - IJPDS International Journal of Population Data Science,

The objective of this study was to determine Families First Home Visiting Program (FFHV)’s effectiveness at improving outcomes for First Nations children and parents.