Americas

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List of Organisations

IRC,

This position provides child protection technical leadership in the design and development of programs for children in countries in conflict, crisis, post-conflict and post-crisis settings across the world, with a specific focus on research, monitoring and evaluation for child protection.

James David Simon; Devon Brooks - Children and Youth Services Review,

This study examines the relationship between different areas of family need and the utilization of home-based, post-investigation services (HBPS) following a child protective services (CPS) investigation.

American Professional Society on the Abuse of Children,

The American Professional Society on the Abuse of Children (APSAC) is now recruiting for the position of Executive Director.

Better Care Network,

This country care review includes the care-related Concluding Observations adopted by the Committee on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities during the sixteenth session (15 Aug 2016 – 2 Sep 2016) of the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities.

Nadine Ajaka - The Atlantic,

The Atlantic reviews the challenges children face in the rural Kentucky.

Joy Gabrielli, Yo Jackson, Shaquanna Brown,

The present study offers examination of the association between severity and chronicity of maltreatment history and SU in youth in foster care. 

Megan Reuther - WHOtv.com,

This story from WHOtv.com features Ruth and Buckel, a couple from Story City, Iowa who adopted 19 teenagers over the course of their relationship.

Jonathan C. Huefner, Gail L. Smith, Jay L. Ringle, Amy L. Stevens, W. Alex Mason, Gilbert R. Parra - Journal of Child and Family Studies,

High levels of psychotropic medication use and polypharmacy are common for emotionally and behaviorally troubled youth entering residential care.

UNHQ,

The UN General Assembly will host a high-level summit to address large movements of refugees and migrants, with the aim of bringing countries together behind a more humane and coordinated approach.

Nancy Rolock and Alfred G Pérez - Qualitative Social Work,

This study used a mixed-methods multiphase, iterative process to illuminate the congruencies and incongruencies between the young adults' accounts of their foster care experiences and the legalistic, system-focused view of their experiences.