Americas

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List of Organisations

Associated Press,

The United Nations human rights office has called on the United States to "immediately halt" its current policy of separating parents and children who enter into the country without authorization.

Association of Family and Conciliation Courts,

This conference will focus on addressing the role of trauma in family courts and the judicial system and advancing the system’s response to the needs of families. It will be held in Washington, DC on 6-9 June 2018.

International Social Service-USA (ISS-USA), MK Family Law, The George Washington University School of Law, and Leslie Ellen Shear, Attorney and Counselor at Law,

This day-long conference, Cross-Border Family Mediation: Dispute Resolution for International Families In Your Community, will be held on June 5, 2018 in Washington, D.C.

Yanfeng Xu, Charlotte Lyn Bright - Children and Youth Services Review,

The purpose of this systematic review is to compare the associations of kinship care and non-kinship care with children's mental health and to examine the factors associated with children's mental health in kinship care and non-kinship foster care.

Anna E. Austin, Jared W. Parrish, Meghan E. Shanahan - Child Abuse & Neglect,

This study examined preconception and prenatal predictors of time to first child protective services (CPS) contact among Alaska children.

Save the Children & Fundasil,

El objetivo de este estudio es visibilizar la problemática de la niñez y adolescencia víctima de violencia generalizada en condición de desplazamiento interno en El Salvador.

Colleen E. Bennet, M. Katherine Henry, Joanne N. Wood - Foster Care,

This paper reviews the development, behavioral, and mental health needs of children in foster care.

Omama Altaleb - Islamic Horizons,

This cover story from the Islamic Society of North America's Islamic Horizons publication highlights the need for more Muslim foster families in the US.

Doncel ,

En este documento se presentan los principales resultados de una investigación se propuso conocer las dinámicas y trayectorias de transición del sistema de cuidados alternativos a la autonomía de los y las jóvenes que vivieron en instituciones de cuidado residencial de la Ciudad de Buenos Aires, Argentina.

Amy Dworsky, Elissa Gitlow, Kristen Ethier - Chapin Hall at the University of Chicago,

This report presents preliminary results from an evaluation of the Home Visiting Pilot Program, serving pregnant or parenting youth in foster care.