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This is an at-a-glance look at the migration and refugee situation in the U.S., Mexico, and the Northern Triangle of Central America. The document contains general demographic data, as well as an overview of the potential threats that children face in the Nothern Triangle.
This is the executive summary for a longer report, which gives an estimate of the number of immigrant and refugee children who will enter the United States in 2016, where they come from, and the traumas they face. It includes recommendations for policy and practice.
This report gives an estimate of the number of immigrant and refugee children who will enter the United States in 2016, where they come from, and the traumas they face. It includes recommendations for policy and practice.
This document reports on the status of children who remain in psychiatric hospitals, emergency shelters, and detention facilities in Illinois, US. In 2015, there were approximately 168 children who were hospitalized beyond medical necessity; 380 children who remained in emergency shelter beyond 30 days, and the audit reported “no available data” on children who remained in a detention facility solely because placement cannot be located.
This theoretical review explores the usefulness of the ambiguous loss framework for understanding the unique and complex realities of boundary-spanning relationships in transnational families.
This article explores how a child's psychological family can be affected, challenged, and transformed in the foster care system. When placed into foster care, children are often disconnected from many significant relationships, especially familial relationships (e.g., parents, siblings).
Catholic Relief Services is seeking qualified candidates for the position of Project Development and Award Management Officer to support the development, planning, implementation, monitoring, and reporting of country buy-ins and global program implementation, including both programmatic and financial aspects.
Catholic Relief Services is seeking qualified candidates for the position of Senior Technical Advisor, Household Economic Strengthening to provide technical assistance supporting 4Children program design, planning, implementation, monitoring and evaluation.
Catholic Relief Services’ 4Children team is currently searching for an experienced child protection professional to assume the leadership of and provide direction for ‘Keeping Children in Healthy and Protective Families’ (KCHPF) initiative.
Catholic Relief Services is seeking qualified candidates for the position of Senior Technical Advisor, Research and Learning to provide technical assistance and quality assurance supporting the 4Children Project.