Americas

This page contains documents and other resources related to children's care in the Americas. Browse resources by region, country, or category.

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International Organization for Migration (IOM),

This IOM report reveals that there are more than 700,000 people currently displaced within Haiti, 52% of whom are children. Haiti is experiencing an unprecedented crisis that has affected the entire population, including the many orphanages operating there.

The Haitian TImes,

Human rights organizations urge the Dominican Republic to respect treaties and conventions on the deportation of minors, highlighting the severe risks faced by children deported without their parents.

Sara Tiano - The Imprint,

Legislation aimed at better protecting youth sent to residential treatment centers in California — a bill inspired by an Imprint and San Francisco Chronicle investigation — has been signed into law by Gov. Gavin Newsom. 

Changing the Way We Care,

Guatemala, con una población en aumento que proyecta alcanzar los 17.8 millones de habitantes para 2024, enfrenta serios desafíos sociales y económicos, especialmente en áreas vulnerables como el municipio de Zacapa.

Changing the Way We Care,

In Guatemala, the survey in 2023 targeted all families who had participated in a case management process with CTWWC due to a reintegrating child or a child identified as at risk of separation, as well as a sample of households where the caregiver had attended a parenting school.

Cheryl-Ann Sarita Boodram,

This study used a qualitative methodology to explore the lived experiences of five Trinidad and Tobago mothers stranded abroad and shows the ways in which the COVID-19 border closures altered their caregiving practices with children left behind.

Karen Jones-Mason, Vilma Reyes, Monica Noriega, Alicia F. Lieberman,

This paper addresses the consequences of child-parent separation at the U.S. southern border and offers suggestions for supporting these families including child-parent psychotherapy.

This study aimed to analyze the narratives of social educators regarding their practices within a foster care institution for children and adolescents in South Brazil.

United Nations,

The Summit is a high-level event, bringing world leaders together to forge a new international consensus on how we deliver a better present and safeguard the future.

Linda-Jeanne M. Mack, Corey S. Shdaimah, Danielle R. Phillips,

This article provides a unique comparison of four non-professional stakeholder groups involved with dependency courts overseeing child protective services cases in the state of Maryland in the United States.