Americas

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BBC News,

In this video from the BBC two women from the US, tell their stories of being married as children. 

Patricia Logan-Greene, Annette Semanchin Jones - Child and Family Social Work,

This study contributes to the literature by examining risk and protective factors of chronic neglect.

U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Administration for Children and Families, Administration on Children, Youth and Families, Children's Bureau,

This report provides preliminary estimates of Adoption and Foster Care Analysis and Reporting System (AFCARS) data for FY 2016 in the United States. 

Roos Julie Steens, Koen Hermans, Tine Van Regenmortel - Child & Family Social Work,

The authors of this article performed a multiple case study to gather information about barriers and facilitators in building a working alliance between social workers and families.

Jesse J. Helton, Jill C. Schreiber, Janet Wiley, Rachel Schweitzer - Child & Family Social Work,

The authors used a mixed-methods, cross-sectional design, focused on qualitative results to explore how foster parents in the US utilize daily routines in foster care.

Julie Treinen & Michele Schmidt - Children's Bureau,

This podcast gives listeners an overview of how Arizona Kinship Support Services implements the Family Group Conference (FGC) model.

Tracy Carpenter-Aeby, Victor G Aeby, Amy Cooper, Crystal Kellam and Lacy Salter - ACTA PSYCHOPATHOLOGICA,

The purpose of this systematic literature review is to determine the number of articles and provide a summary of the academic needs of youth in foster care, to explore the barriers those children and caregivers face within the educational system and to highlight to successful interventions. 

Laura Viviano - The Guardian ,

An American couple adopted their baby by posting an advertisement on Craigslist. 

BBC News,

The Canadian government has reached a major settlement with indigenous victims forcibly removed from their homes and placed in state care as children. 

Reuters in Ottowa - The Guardian,

Canada will pay up to C$750m ($598m) in compensation to thousands of aboriginals who were forcibly removed as children from their families decades ago, promising to end “a terrible legacy”.