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Drawing from more than 160 interviews with jailed and formerly jailed mothers, substitute caregivers, children, attorneys, service providers, advocates, jail officials, and child welfare employees, this report shows how pretrial detention can snowball into neverending family separation.
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This report from Generations United provides data on the opioid crisis in the US, and its impact on grandfamilies, and offers policy and program recommendations related to recently passed legislation - the Family First Prevention Services Act and the Supporting Grandparents Raising Grandchildren Act.
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The current longitudinal study examined the prevalence, overlap, and impact of adverse childhood experiences (ACEs) in a sample of Brazilian children and adolescents who use city streets as spaces for socialization and survival (i.e., street-involved youth).
This article from the Intercept describes the impacts of family separation on children and families who were separated at the US border with Mexico and now remain, reuinited, in immigration detention centers.
The objective of this study was to determine Families First Home Visiting Program (FFHV)’s effectiveness at improving outcomes for First Nations children and parents.
This blog post from the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) highlights some of the impacts of the trauma of family separation on children, particularly on children's mental health and wellbeing.
This study linked Child and Family Services (CFS), Justice, and Population Health Registry data to quantify the overlap between having a history of CFS during childhood (0-17 years) and being charged with a crime as a youth (12-17 years).
Using a bevy of administrative data, this article investigates potential risk and protective factors of youth (n = 1420) who aged out of foster care without legal permanency in a southwestern state.
The Alliance for Child Protection in Humanitarian Action and Better Care Network are calling for the prompt reunification of separated children with their families and to provide interim care in accordance with the UN Guidelines for Alternative Care of Children.
The Huu-ay-aht First Nation of Canada "has secured federal funding to help keep their children out of foster care," according to this article from CBC News.