Americas

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James Bell Associates on behalf of the Children’s Bureau, Administration for Children and Families,

This brief explores challenges and strategies for evaluating systems and organizational change in US child welfare settings.

Alyssa Jeong Perry - The Guardian,

Adam Crapser was adopted and brought to the U.S. from South Korea at four years old.  Now, at 41, he's forced to return to a country he barely knows.

Lalitha Vasudevan & Kristine Rodriguez Kerr - Journal of Adolescent and Adult Literacy,

A column from Journal of Adolescent and Adult Literacy reviewing two short films, which feature former foster care youths and their memories of the foster care system.

Brianne H. Kothari, Bowen McBeath, Lew Bank, Paul Sorenson, Jeff Waid, Sara Jade Webb - Research on Social Work Practice,

This article introduces a youth-reported measure (Essential Youth Experiences [EYE]) developed to assess the experiences of foster youth in their home environment and their critical relationships across a number of service systems.

Global SL,

This October 23 – 25, practitioners, researchers, and administrators will gather for the 4th International Service-Learning Summit at Kansas State University in Manhattan, Kansas. 

Bill Ong Hing,

Bill Ong Hing shares his experiences on running a law school deportation clinic in California. 

Morningstar - Canada Newswire,

Black youth in Canada speak up against systematic racism in the care system.

Linda Lewin, Kathleen Farkas, Maryam Niazi - Journal of the American Psychiatric Nurses Association,

According to this study, mothers who abuse substances are more likely to have impaired parenting and lose custody of their young children. 

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The abstract submission deadline for the 6th Conference of the International Society for Child Indicators has been extended to October 15, 2016.

JoAnn S. Lee, Jennifer L. Romich, Ji Young Kang, Jennifer L. Hook and Maureen O. Marcenko--Children and Youth Services Review,

This study examines the causal role that the source of income plays in reunification.