Strengthening child agency to prevent and overcome maltreatment
This paper examines the inter-relationship between the rights to protection and to participation that are embodied in the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child.
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Caring for children in child welfare systems: A trauma-informed model of integrated primary care
This article describes a trauma-informed and integrated child welfare model, including information about its development, structure and organization, and programs. It concludes with a discussion of lessons learned and remaining challenges.
Former Foster System Youth: Perspectives on Transitional Supports and Programs
In this pilot study, sixteen youth between ages 18 and 20 participated in semi-structured interviews, support mapping, and resiliency measurements to gather the experiences of the transition from foster care.
The Roles of Campus-Support Programs (CSPs) and Education and Training Vouchers (ETVs) on College Persistence for Youth with Foster Care Histories
This study draws on data from the [STUDY] and the National Student Clearinghouse to examine the roles that Education and Training Vouchers (ETVs) and campus support programs (CSPs) play in promoting college persistence for foster youth.
Second Round Table Expert Meeting on Children’s Care and DHS/MICS Data: Final Meeting Report
This report presents a summary of the presentations, discussions, and decision points made during a two-day round table meeting in New York on 4-5 February 2019, organized by the Better Care Network (BCN) and ICF with support from USAID, to determine how existing population-level surveys could be strengthened to improve global and national data on children’s care and wellbeing.
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Unaccompanied minors in Sicily: promoting conceptualizations of child well-being through children's own subjective realities
Identifying different domains and dimensions of children’s well-being and touching upon its multifaceted nature, this study presents an alternative framework, showing how the quality of the reception path for unaccompanied minors is fundamental to having successful results throughout the entire integration process.
Family Separation in the Sunshine State: Preparing for the Traumatic Impact and Economic Costs of Immigrant Parent Deportation on Florida’s Child Welfare System
This article discusses the implications of the influx of parents into the child welfare system for welfare authorities, using the U.S. state of Florida as an example.
Migrant children and local policies regarding reunified children in Spain
In respect of international migration by children and adolescents, the aims of this chapter are: (1) to present the main trends of migratory dynamics before and during the economic crisis in Spain, migrant children in the educational system, and their career expectations as they become adults; and (2) to analyse local policies towards reunified children in Madrid and Barcelona.
Struggling to Survive: Unaccompanied and separated children travelling the Western Balkans Route
The study ”Struggling to Survive” identifies and deepens the understanding of informal practices used, and experiences of, unaccompanied and separated migrant children during the course of their migration journey.
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