Americas

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UNICEF,

UNICEF is seeking a Senior Child Protection Specialist for Children and Armed Conflict (CAAC).

Maria Polletta - The Republic | azcentral.com,

This report describes the disproportionality of children from racial and ethnic minorities in the foster care system in Arizona and how the overwhelmingly white, Anglo-American makeup of the Foster Care Review Boards leads to cultural bias in ths sytem and can perpetuate this problem.

Tony White, Lionel D. Scott Jr, Michelle R. Munson - Children and Youth Services Review,

This study examined factors associated with extracurricular participation and whether participation in extracurricular activities is associated with completing high school and attending college among a sample of older youth transitioning from foster care.

Heather M. Thompson, Armeda Stevenson Wojciak, Morgan E. Cooley - Children and Youth Services Review,

The purpose of this study was to describe the receipt of independent living services of youth who were formerly in care and who are currently living independently, while also looking at the skills and resources of youth who are currently in foster care in the US. 

Tony White, Lionel D. Scott, Jr, Michelle R. Munson - Children and Youth Services Review,

This study examined factors associated with extracurricular participation and whether participation in extracurricular activities is associated with completing high school and attending college among a sample of older youth transitioning from foster care (n = 312).

Jasmine Spearing Bowen - Tucson Weekly,

This article explores the many obstables and legal challenges that unaccompanied minors are experiencing in the judicial system in the state of Arizona in the US in their efforts to obtain legal status and be granted asylum.

Cameo F. Stanick, Lindsay K. Crosby, Molly K. McDonald - Handbook of DSM-5 Disorders in Children and Adolescents ,

This chapter explores the types of family disruption most commonly associated with various youth diagnostic concerns.

Clio E. Pitula, Carrie E. DePasquale, Shanna B. Mliner, Megan R. Gunnar - Child Development,

Seventy-eight postinstitutionalized (PI) children adopted at ages 17–36 months were assessed 2, 8, 16, and 24 months postadoption on measures of cortisol and parenting quality, and compared to same-aged children adopted from foster care (FC, n = 45) and nonadopted children (NA, n = 45).

Elysia V. Clemens, Kristin Klopfenstein, Matt Tis, Trent L. Lalonde - Children and Youth Services Review,

The purpose of this study was to determine the proportion of school moves that can be reduced through implementation of the educational stability provisions of the Fostering Connections to Success and Increasing Adoptions Act (FCA, 2008) and the Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA, 2015), and to identify opportunities to minimize the number of transitions that children and youth in foster care experience in the US.

Svetlana Shpiegel, Michele Cascardi - Children and Youth Services Review,

In this study, data from the US National Youth in Transition Database were used to evaluate the associations between childbirth at three time points (prior to age 17, ages 17–19, and ages 19–21) and females’ socioeconomic outcomes and risk indicators at age 21 (n = 3173).