Americas

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List of Organisations

Disability Rights International,

This event, hosted by Disability Rights International (DRI) is the third in a webinar series on human rights of people with disabilities in light of the covid-19 pandemic.

Angela D. L. Cummings, Bethanie S. Van Horne, Elenir B. C. Avritscher, Christopher S. Greeley, Rachael J. Keefe - Children and Youth Services Review,

This study describes healthcare utilization from July 1, 2014 to June 30, 2016 among children in foster care in the greater Houston, Texas area who receive Medicaid coverage through a single Medicaid managed care organization for children in foster care.

Karen de Sá, Sara Tiano and Katarina Sayally - The Chronicle of Social Change,

This article from the Chronicle of Social Change tells the story of Meritsa Sedillo - a young woman in the U.S. who found herself living on the streets after her grandparents, who were her primary caregivers, died in 2017 - and how she got access to the support and foster care services she needed only through the juvenile justice system.

The Alliance for Child Protection in Humanitarian Action,

Este webinario presenta la nota técnica de protección de los niños contra la violencia, el abuso y la negligencia en casa.

BBC News,

"An American Christian missionary has pleaded guilty in a US court to sexually abusing young girls at the orphanage he started in Kenya," says this article from BBC News.

Cindy Blackstock, Muriel Bamblett, Carlina Black - Child Abuse & Neglect,

This paper explores the efficacy of the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child (Convention, UN General Assembly, 1989) through the lens of the over-representation of First Nations children placed in out-of-home care in Canada and Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander children in Australia.

Fred Wulczyn, Arno Parolini, Florie Schmits, Joseph Magruder, Daniel Webster - Children and Youth Services Review,

This study uses longitudinal administrative data from twenty U.S. states to examine the risk of returning to foster care after children are either reunified with their parents or placed with guardians outside the foster care system.

Sara Tiano and Karen de Sá - The Chronicle of Social Change,

The U.S. state of California has "enacted temporary extensions of foster care to ensure young adults aren’t cut off from basic needs benefits, as work, study and much of daily life remains virtually paralyzed," says this article from the Chronicle of Social Change.

Kalah M. Villagrana, Elizabeth H. Mody, Siobhan M. Lawler, Qi Wu, Kristin M. Ferguson - Children and Youth Services Review,

This study explores the factors that are associated with positive educational outcomes for HYA with and without a foster care history.

Lucas A. Gerber, Martin Guggenheim, Yuk C. Pang, Timothy Ross, Yana Mayevskaya, Susan Jacobs, Peter J. Pecora - Children and Youth Services Review,

This study utilizes a qualitative interview-based design to understand how the the interdisciplinary law office approach to parental representation in child welfare, used in the New York City Family Court, works in practice to impact the outcomes of families’ cases.