Promoting Education for Vulnerable Children by Supporting Families: A Holistic Intervention in Uganda

Stephanie Simmons Zuilkowski & Inbal Alon - Journal of Social Service Research

This article reports on the Western Uganda Bantwana Program, which worked with more than 1,000 HIV/AIDS-affected families with the goals of improving socioeconomic status, psychosocial functioning, and educational participation.

Social images of residential care: How children, youth and residential care institutions are portrayed?

Maria Manuela Calheiros, Margarida Vaz Garrido, Diniz Lopes, Joana Nunes Patrício - Children and Youth Services Review

The current study seeks to examine the social images associated with children and youth in residential care and the respective care institutions in Portugal.

Attitudes, Perceptions, and Utilization of Evidence-Based Practices in Residential Care

Sigrid James, Ronald Thompson, Neal Sternberg, Elizabeth Schnur, Jordan Ross, Linda Butler, Dawn Triplett, Lesley Puett & Jenny Muirhead - Residential Treatment for Children & Youth Volume 32, Issue 2, 2015

This study reports on results of a national survey conducted in the United States about the attitudes, perceptions, and utilization of evidence-based practices (EBPs) in residential care settings.

Information Packet: Deportation and Child Welfare in Mixed Status Families with Unauthorized Parents and Citizen Children

Norah Covarrubias & Alisa Hartman - National Center for Child Welfare Excellence

This information packet provides an overview of deportation of family members in families of mixed immigration status in the United States, as it relates to child welfare.

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Research on institutionalized children: Implications for international child welfare practitioners and policymakers

Robert B. McCall & Christina J. Groark - International Perspectives in Psychology: Research, Practice, Consultation, Vol 4(2)

This paper reviews the empirical literature on the effects of institutionalization on young children’s development from the perspective of global child welfare practice and policy.

Effects of cash transfers on Children’s health and social protection in Sub-Saharan Africa: differences in outcomes based on orphan status and household assets

Thomas M. Crea, Andrew D. Reynolds, Aakanksha Sinha, Jeffrey W. Eaton, Laura A. Robertson, Phyllis Mushati, Lovemore Dumba, Gideon Mavise, J. C. Makoni,Christina M. Schumacher, Constance A. Nyamukapa and Simon Gregson - BMC Public Health

This study, conducted in eastern Zimbabwe, addresses the gap in current understanding about the extent to which household-based cash transfers differentially impact individual children’s outcomes, according to risk or protective factors such as orphan status and household assets.

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Aboriginal Cultural Connections: A Child Protection Resource Guide

Prince Edward Island Community Services and Seniors

This resource guide offers a fairly comprehensive guide to engaging with the Aboriginal community on Prince Edward Island, Canada. It includes a history of the use of residential schools for Aboriginal children, as well as a description of the widespread removal of Aboriginal children from their families and communities for adoption placement in the 1960s through the 1980s.

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