Americas

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RELAF,

Este informe presenta información sobre el problema de institucionalización de niños en América Latina y el Caribe.

Oscar E. Firbank - Journal of Comparative Social Work,

This study seeks to understand collaboration dynamics in social services for determining what strategies work best in facilitating collaborative endeavors in specific policy and institutional environments.

Associated Press - Los Angeles Times,

This article from the Los Angeles Times reports migrant children in the government's care were placed in U.S. homes and left vulnerable to human trafficking due to sometimes nonexistent screening by the Department of Health and Human Services. 

Mary Clare Jalonick and Garance Burke, Associated Press,

A recent U.S. bipartisan congressional investigation reported that migrant children in the government's care fell prey to human trafficking.

Chinta Puxley, The Canadian Press,

Cora Morgan, the children's advocate for Manitoba First Nations, says some child-welfare agencies are breaking the law and discriminating against indigenous family members. She claims some agencies are ignoring capable relatives who could care for children who are taken into care, and are instead placing them in the care of strangers.

Juliet Eilperin, The Washington Post,

U.S. President Barack Obama issued executive orders that ban the use of solitary confinement for juveniles in federal prisons.

Eunju Lee, Mi Jin Choi, Michael Clarkson-Henderix - Children and Youth Services Review,

This study tests the psychometric properties and construct validity of the Family Needs Scale using sample of 303 informal kinship families recruited through local child welfare and social services in New York, USA.

Juconi México,

Juconi México is an NGO that provides support to children, young people, and families going through difficult circumstances related to traumatic events. The organization is searching for a new Chief Executive Officer. 

Andrea K. McDaniels, The Baltimore Sun,

Social workers and homeless advocates say it is common among young people on the Eastern Shore in Maryland to age out of the foster care system and have to fend for themselves, often becoming homeless. There are few resources to help them transition out of foster care to living on their own. Thus, there is a growing trend of homeless youth considered too old to be wards of the state, but who are not quite ready to live on their own. 

Capacity Building Center for States,

The Parent Partner Program Navigator guides child welfare administrators, staff, and parent leaders through key components of designing and implementing successful parent partner programs. Developed collaboratively with experienced parent partners and program coordinators, the Navigator offers guidance and capacity building resources based on research, practice experience, and implementation science.