Americas

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PR Newswire,

The Lutheran Immigration and Refugee Service (LIRS) has released a comprehensive set of policy recommendations for the care and protection of unaccompanied children in the United States.

Disability Rights International,

This report from Disability Rights International (DRI) outlines the findings from a two-year investigation into the treatment of children and adults with mental disabilities in Mexico City, particularly those in the care of state-funded and private residential facilities.

Karine Dubois-Comtois, Annie Bernier, George M. Tarabulsy, Chantal Cyr, Diane St-Laurent, Anne-Sophie Lanctôt, Janie St-Onge, Ellen Moss, Marie-Julie Béliveau - Child Abuse & Neglect,

This study investigated different environmental and contextual factors associated with maltreated children's adjustment in foster care in Quebec, Canada.

Tracy Sherlock and Lori Culbert - Vancouver Sun,

This article shares the stories of adoptive families in British Columbia, Canada who have entered into “open adoptions,” meaning the adopted children and their adoptive parents maintain contact with the children’s biological parents.

Vivian Yee - New York Times,

This article from the New York Times, recounts several stories of children in foster care in New York City, and the ways in which the foster care system has failed them.

Hilary Chester, Nathalie Lummert, and Anne Mullooly,

This paper presents the features of the Unaccompanied Refugee Minor (URM) program model that most effectively meets the specialized needs of foreign-born child victims of human trafficking.

Lumos,

This video reveals the adverse conditions in the many unregistered orphanages in Haiti

Stell Simonton - Youth Today,

A new bill has recently been introduced in the United States Senate which would require school districts and child welfare agencies to work together to keep children in their original school when it is in their best interest.

USAID and FHI 360,

After more than seven years of program implementation and research, the STRIVE program is coming to an end. To mark the end of this program, USAID and FHI 360 are hosting a closing event that will reflect on program learning.