This paper provides an overview of the violence perpetrated by gangs and other criminal organizations in Mexico and Central America which compels many children to flee their communities. The paper also describes the US government’s obligations to protect unaccompanied children upon arrival, and good practices of other governments relating to the protection of child migrants and refugees.

This paper describes a study that examined the economic challenges faced by low-income, unmarried parents in the United States who participated in the Strong Couples - Strong Children (SC - SC) program, a federally funded initiative intended to help strengthen relationships of fragile families by providing relationship education programs.

A couple in the US is suing an adoption agency that they claim misled them about two children they adopted from Russia. The judge in their case has made a preemptive decision to bar the couple from using the “black market” to rehome the children if he rules not to allow the parents to vacate the adoption.

This article explores some of the reasons behind the US’s failure to ratify the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child.

This document, published by Catholic Relief Services, urges members of the Catholic faith community to consider the best interests of the child when partnering, or “twinning” with parishes in Haiti and undertaking charitable activities.

This Unified Resolution from the Twenty-First Pan-American Child and Adolescent Congress highlights resolutions and recommendations relevant to violence against children, recognizes achievements made by Member States in addressing violence against children, and presents 17 specific resolutions related to ending and preventing violence against children in the Americas.

Dan Rather, a news anchor and investigative reporter from the U.S. recently produced and aired a documentary special on the phenomenon of “re-homing” internationally adopted children in the United States.

In advance of the 21st Pan American Child and Adolescent Congress, an international consultation on the elimination of violence against children in alternative care was convened. This position statement from the consultation was presented at the 21st Pan American Child and Adolescent Congress.

This article, from NBC News, speaks to the experiences of those who were adopted from Vietnam to the United States and the history of Vietnamese adoption in the United States.

The Star Tribune, a newspaper based in Minnesota, USA, reports on a program designed to match older “orphans” from Colombia to adoptive families in Minnesota through a week-long camp which allows for in-person introductions and interactions.