Assisting the least among us: Social work's historical response to unaccompanied immigrant and refugee youth

Jayshree S. Jani & Michael Reisch - Children and Youth Services Review

Based on primary and secondary source materials, this article traces the evolution of the US social work field's response to the needs of unaccompanied immigrant and refugee youth during the past two centuries.

Localising De-institutionalistion: The Potentials of Article 20 of the Convention on the Rights of the Child in the Context of Rajasthan, India

Therese Boje Mortensen - Asia in Focus

This study contributes to a body of scholarship on ‘localising children’s rights’ by presenting findings from an ethnographic case study of an institution for HIV-infected/affected children in Rajasthan, India.

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A Child’s Right to a Family: Deinstitutionalization – In the Best Interest of the Child

Asha Bajpai - Journal of the National Human Rights Commission

Using national and international law, court observations, and field experiences, this paper argues a case for deinstitutionalization of children in India, by empowering the families, thereby protecting children's right to a family and preventing abuse and exploitation.

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Caseworkers' insights and experiences with successful reunification

Merav Jedwab, Anusha Chatterjee, Terry V. Shaw - Children and Youth Services Review

The current study presents findings from a survey of child welfare caseworkers' experiences with reunifications and focuses on practices and key factors at the casework practice and at the system-environment level to assist in achieving successful reunification.

Predictive Analytics in Child Welfare An Assessment of Current Efforts, Challenges and Opportunities

Christopher Teixeira and Matthew Boyas - MITRE Corporation

This document explores the state of the use of predictive analytics in child welfare by conducting an environmental scan of child welfare agencies, academia, nonprofit organizations, and for-profit vendors in the United States.

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