Americas

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Andrea J. Hickey & Robert J. Flynn - Children and Youth Services Review,

This randomized control trial aimed to assess how much Teach Your Children Well (TYCW) - a tutoring program that enhances the academic skills of children in care - tutoring is enough to accelerate learning.

HBO Films,

The Finding the Way Home documentary highlights the painful realities of the eight million children living in orphanages and other institutions around the world, telling the stories of six children in Brazil, Bulgaria, Haiti, Nepal, India and Moldova who have found their way into the care of loving families after spending periods of their lives in an institution.

Katrina Taschman & Bertranna A. Muruthi - Contemporary Family Therapy,

This study employed a retrospective lens to explore adult experiences of their family post-deportation. Findings show that family went through a reorganization process after parental deportation which impacted how the child understood the deportation and affected the child’s perceptions and experiences of their parental loss.

Camilo Montoya-Galvez - CBS News,

This article from CBS News describes the situation of a family that was separated upon entry into the U.S. via the border with Mexico, a case that the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) has cited "in a July court filing that accused the [U.S.] administration of exploiting loopholes in last summer's ruling to "systematically" continue separating migrant families."

Kui Hee Song - Journal of Mental Health and Social Behaviour,

This article presents findings and recommendations from the first year of a two-year evaluation of the Local Interagency Network for Children and Family Services (LINCS) program, a part of the Shasta County Department of Social Services in northern California.

Charles V. Izzo, Elliott G. Smith, Deborah E. Sellers, Martha J. Holden, Michael A. Nunno - Children and Youth Services Review,

The current study examined the effects of implementing a new program model on the quality of relationships between direct care providers and residents in group care agencies.

Ruth Soffer-Elnekave, Wendy Haight, Bailey Jader - Children and Youth Services Review,

This qualitative study examines the Minnesota One-Stop for Communities Parent Mentor Program (MPMP). African American parents previously involved in the child welfare system conceptualized and spearheaded this program for parents currently involved in the system to reduce the involvement of families of color in child welfare, provide support and build protective factors.

Robin Marie Harwick, Deanne Unruh, Lauren Lindstrom - Child Abuse & Neglect,

The purpose of the study was to uncover challenges during the transition to adulthood for youth with disabilities who experienced foster care and elucidate the supports most beneficial in addressing these challenges.

Morgan E. Cooley, Bethany Womack, Jacqueline Rush, Kristie Slinskey - Children and Youth Services Review,

The purpose of this study was to examine the occurrence of adverse childhood experiences (ACEs) among a convenience sample of foster parents and explore multiple relationships between foster parent-reported ACEs, resilience, and other indicators of foster parent function and well-being (parental stress, satisfaction as a foster parent, perceived challenges with fostering, intent to continue fostering).

Sherri C Widen, Marlene Orozco, Eileen Lai Horng, Susanna Loeb - Journal of Early Childhood Research,

The authors of this study conducted a qualitative 2-year study to investigate informal caregivers’ motivations, assets, and needs.