COVID-19 is threatening the lives of migrant children held in US custody

Sahana Kribakaran & Dylan Gee - World Economic Forum

This article from the World Economic Forum describes the impact of the COVID-19 crisis on children in immigration detention in the United States and calls on the US government to take immediate actions to stop the violence against migrant children and families and to protect them from the impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic.

Japanese Translation: Technical Note on the Protection of Children during the COVID-19 Pandemic: Children and Alternative Care

Better Care Network, The Alliance for Child Protection in Humanitarian Action, and UNICEF and Inter-agency Task Force

このテクニカルノートの目的は、COVID-19パンデミックの中     で、分離のリスクにさらされている子どもや社会的養育を受けている     子どもが直面する、児童保護の課題に対し     、児童保護の実践者と政府職員の緊急対応を支援することです。

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機関相互 連携のためのテクニカルノート COVID-19 パンデミック中の子どもの保護: 子どもと代替養育

Better Care Network, The Alliance for Child Protection in Humanitarian Action, UNICEF and an Inter-agency Task Force

This accompanying annex document to the Inter-agency Technical Note on the Protection of Children during the COVID-19 Pandemic: Children and Alternative Care provides helpful tips to promote the engagement and participation of all stakeholders, which is central to maintaining continuity of services for children.

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Three Things to Know About Integrated Cash and Voucher Assistance (CVA) and Child Protection (CP) during the COVID-19 Pandemic

This resource from Save the Children answers the questions: (1) Why should we consider integrating Cash and Voucher Assistance (CVA) and Child Protection (CP) during COVID-19?; (2) What type of CVA & CP programming can be done during COVID-19?; and (3) How can we integrate CVA & CP?

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The Potential of Networks for Families in the Child Protection System: A Systematic Review

Sara Pérez-Hernando and Nuria Fuentes-Peláez - Social Sciences

There has recently been increased interest in the potential for formal and informal networks to aid interventions with biological families in helping them achieve reunification in the context of the child protection system. This article analyzes the conceptualization of social support in order to create social support networks.

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Lampiran Catatan Teknis Antar-Lembaga Tentang Perlindungan Anak Selama Pandemi Covid-19: Anak Dan Pengasuhan Alternatif

Better Care Network, The Alliance for Child Protection in Humanitarian Action, and UNICEF and Inter-agency Task Force

Dokumen Lampiran Catatan Teknis Antar-Lembaga tentang Perlindungan Anak selama Pandemi COVID-19: Anak dan Pengasuhan Alternatif ini memberikan tips yang berguna untuk mendorong keterlibatan dan partisipasi seluruh pemangku kepentingan, yang penting untuk mempertahankan berlanjutnya layanan bagi anak-anak.

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Приложение к Технической Записке Защита Детей во Время Пандемии COVID-19: Дети и Альтернативный Уход

Better Care Network, The Alliance for Child Protection in Humanitarian Action, and UNICEF and Inter-agency Task Force

Данный сопроводительный документ к технической записке «Защита Детей во Время Пандемии COVID-19: Дети и Альтернативный Уход» содержит полезные рекомендации, которые помогут привлечь к участию все заинтересованные стороны.

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Pre-legislative public consultation on financial redress for historical child abuse in care: Analysis of responses

Simon Anderson, Dawn Griesbach, Becki Lancaster, Alison Platts and Jennifer Waterton - Scottish Government

This report presents findings from an independent analysis of the responses to a public consultation issued by the Scottish Government in September 2019, which invited views on its specific proposals for the establishment of a statutory financial redress scheme for victims / survivors of abuse in care.

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Rights in the time of COVID-19 — Lessons from HIV for an effective, community-led response

UNAIDS

UNAIDS has consulted with the HIV and Human Rights Reference Group, experts from civil society, academia and public health and other United Nations agencies to identify key learnings from the HIV response that are critical in ensuring an evidence-informed and effective response to an epidemic.

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The impact of childhood deprivation on adult neuropsychological functioning is associated with ADHD symptom persistence

Dennis Golm, Sagari Sarkar, Nuria Mackes, Graeme Fairchild, Mitul Mehta, Michael Rutter, Edmund Sonuga-Barke - Psychological Medicine

Using 20-year follow-up data from a unique natural experiment – the large scale adoption of children exposed to extreme deprivation in Romanian institutions in the 1980s – the authors of this paper examined, for the first time, whether such deficits are still present in adulthood and whether they are associated with deprivation-related symptoms of attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) and autism spectrum disorder (ASD).

The costs of implementing and sustaining a trauma and mental health screening tool in a state child welfare system

Rebecca L. Butcher, M. Kay Jankowski, Eric D. Slade - Children and Youth Services Review

A cost analysis was conducted as part of a 5-year, federally funded statewide demonstration project to install universal trauma screening in one U.S. state’s child welfare system.