Americas

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Plan International USA,

The CBCP in Emergencies Project Manager will sit within the Resilience Practice Area at Plan International USA. 

CRS 4Children,

Catholic Relief Services is seeking qualified candidates for the position of Project Development & Award Management Officer to support the development, planning, implementation, monitoring, and reporting of country buy-ins and global program implementation, including both programmatic and financial aspects.

Kate Morrissey - San Diego Union-Tribune,

Immigrant rights advocacy groups and non-profits in the US came together to file a complaint in December 2017 with the U.S. Department of Homeland Security in response to the increase in parents separated from their children upon entry into the US along the southwest border. 

UNICEF,

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

Jacqueline Charles - Miami Herald,

This article from the Miami Herald describes the vulnerability of children in Haiti, particularly along the Haitian-Dominican border, to trafficking, abandonment, and family separation and efforts made to combat child trafficking in the country.

Jorge Barrera - CBC News,

This article from CBC News tells the story of Robert Kalkman, a victim of Canada's "Sixties Scoop" who was taken away from his Indigenous mother as a baby by child welfare services and adopted by a non-native family. 

Elizabeth Jane Greeno, Berenice Rushovich, Sarah Catherine Williams, Joshua Brusca, Kantahyanee Murray - International Social Work,

The purpose of this mixed methods study was to assess the experiences of child welfare workers trained in Family Finding and to assess the experiences of the youth who participated in Family Finding. 

Caitlin Dickerson and Ron Nixon - The New York Times,

According to this article from the New York Times, the Trump administration in the US has approved a new policy to separate parents from their children when being detained for illegal entry into the country.

Hyunil Kim, Brett Drake, Melissa Jonson-Reid - Children and Youth Services Review,

This study examined the relationship “Class-Based Visibility Bias” (CBVB) using statewide individual-level data in four states (Idaho, Michigan, Missouri, and New Hampshire) and nationwide county-level data.

Thomas M. Creaa, Anayeli Lopeza, Robert G. Hassona, Kerri Evansa, Caroline Palleschia, Dawnya Underwood - Children and Youth Services Review,

The current qualitative study is designed to address the gaps in the research literature on the needs of unaccompanied children in foster care in the US.