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Rhina Guidos - Catholic News Service,

Catholic bishops across the United States have spoken out against the US policy of family separation and detention of children at the border with Mexico, according to this post from Catholic News Service. 

Jeffrey Waid, Emily Alewine - Children and Youth Services Review,

This study investigated caregiver-initiated contacts to a statewide, phone-based adoption support program to understand the breadth and range of challenges families experienced during the post-adoption period.

Yoka Verdoner - The Guardian,

"I know from experience that the Trump-sanctioned brutality at the US border with Mexico will scar its child victims for life," says Yoka Verdoner, a Holocaust survivor, in this opinion piece for the Guardian.

Nomaan Merchant,

This article from AP describes the shelters in the U.S. that are being used to detain immigrants who have crossed int the country from the border with Mexico, many of whom are children separated from their parents.

William Wan - The Washington Post,

This article from the Washington Post highlights the many "catastrophic" developmental and health effects that family separation has on children.

RELAF (la Red Latinoamericana de Acogimiento Familiar),

RELAF (la Red Latinoamericana de Acogimiento Familiar) está buscando un oficial de recaudación de fondos que trabaje en su oficina en México o remotamente. 

Thomas M. Crea, Scott D. Easton, Judith Florio, Richard P. Barth - Child Abuse & Neglect,

The present study investigated: (a) rates of co-occurrence of pre-adoptive child sexual abuse (CSA) and maltreatment among adopted children, and (b) the relative impact of pre-adoptive CSA and maltreatment on externalizing behaviors at 14 years post-adoption.

Abigail Williams-Butler Joseph P. Ryan, Vonnie C. McLoyd, John E. Schulenberg, Pamela E. Davis-Kean - Journal of Child and Family Studies,

This article examines child well-being among African American adolescents in care—a group that is overrepresented within the foster care system. Specific attention is given to relational permanence—the concept of continuous supportive relationships marked by mutual trust and respect.

Changing the Way We Care, CRS,

Catholic Relief Services and the CTWWC consortium is seeking a qualified and dynamic Global Director to lead the CTWWC vision, team, and platform forward over the coming five+ years.

Catherine E. Shoichet - CNN,

Several organizations representing over 250,000 doctors in the United States have issued statements condemning the new US policy of separating immigrant children from their parents when crossing the US border with Mexico, according to this article from CNN.