Americas

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Shamra Boel-Studt, Lisa Schelbe, Megan Deichen Hansen, Lauren Tobia - Child & Youth Care Forum,

This mixed methods study examined elements of effective implementation and the effectiveness of an incentive program piloted in a group home serving adolescent boys.

Amanda Holpuch - The Guardian,

Although the US has ended its policy of family separation for families crossing the US border with Mexico, experts state that it may take years to reunify the families that have already been separated at the border due to different obstacles, according to this article from the Guardian.

Alan Carr, Hollie Duff, Fiona Craddock - Trauma, Violence, & Abuse,

The aim of the systematic review described in this article was to determine the outcome of child maltreatment in long-term childcare and the scope of the evidence base in this area.

National Family Support Network,

This webinar, organized by the National Family Support Network, seeks to answer the following questions: (a) What is both the history and current landscape of the Family Support and Strengthening Field in the United States? (b) What is a Family Resource Center and how are they networked across the country? (c) What is the connection of Family Resource Centers to evidence-based practice and what positive outcomes have they achieved for children and families?

Global Social Service Workforce Alliance,

The Global Social Service Workforce Alliance is recruiting a new director.

Angelina Chapin - Huffington Post,

The Center for Human Rights and Constitutional Law has filed a report in a U.S. federal court containing more than 200 accounts of abuse and "horrific conditions" faced by migrant children and their parents in Border Patrol stations, Immigration and Customs Enforcement facilities and detention centers, according to this article from the Huffington Post.

Bianca Wilson - The Chronicle of Social Change,

In this piece for the Chronicle for Social Change, Bianca Wilson, a senior scholar of public policy at the UCLA School of Law’s Williams Institute, argues that there is a need to collect data on the number of LGBTQ youth in the US child welfare system.

Disability Rights International,

Este informe documenta violaciones a derechos humanos, explotación y trata de niñas, niños y adolescentes con y sin discapacidad en instituciones Guatemala.

Disability Rights International,

This report from Disability Rights International documents the human rights violations, exploitation, and trafficking of children with and without disabilities in Guatemala.

Glen Casel - Orlando Sentinel,

In this article, Glen Casel - CEO of Community Based Care of Central Florida - makes a connection between the current family separation crisis at the US border with Mexico and the family separations that occur in the US child welfare system.