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As the current pandemic upends daily lives, among the families suffering the most are kinship caregivers. This brief explores kinship care and how this critical resource is at risk now and in the future.
Esta infografia demuestra el proceso de integración de niños, niñas, y adolescentes (NNA) en familias de acogimiento temporal en Guatemala durante la pandemia de COVID-19.
This one-page factsheet from the Annie E. Casey Foundation makes the case for supporting kinship care during the COVID-19 pandemic and offers suggestions on how to support kin families, find funding to support these families, and embark on new partnerships. "Kinship care is a better use of system resources because of the natural belonging and healing that occurs," says the factsheet, "and it prevents kids of color from being placed in developmentally inappropriate group facilities, where they are often overrepresented."
El segundo webinar organizado por RELAF en el contexto de la pandemia causada por el COVID-19 tuvo como objetivo proveer herramientas sobre el apoyo y contención; los contactos con sus familias y amigos; el manejo de la información; las estrategias terapéuticas tanto para niños y niñas en residencias, como en familias de acogida y en procesos de vinculación pre adoptiva. El webinar contó con las exposiciones de Jorge Volnovich (médico psicoanalista, Argentina), Kathryn Rock (Key Assets, Canadá), Oscar Melchor y Matilde Luna (Coordinador y Directora de RELAF)
Esta guía se desarrolló para: Ayudar al equipo psicosocial a realizar un seguimiento virtual de los NNA y las familias durante la pandemia de COVID-19. Esta guía incluye guiones telefónicos para ayudar a orientar las conversaciones telefónocas con los recursos familiares y los NNA. Dependiendo de la respuesta y la situación actual de la familia y NNA, se sugieren mensajes o acciones. Esta guía también comprende una plantilla para ayudar al equipo psicosocial a planificar las intervenciones, lo cual incluye la programación de las siguientes llamadas.
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El Consejo Consultivo de RELAF realizó el WEBINAR “LA CONTINGENCIA DEL COVID-19 Y LA PROTECCIÓN DE NIÑOS, NIÑAS Y ADOLESCENTES EN CUIDADO ALTERNATIVO.” En el Conversatorio se trabajó sobre la preparación y acompañamiento de los niños y niñas en hogares de acogida y familias de acogida, los contactos con sus familias y amigos, manejo de la información, entre otros temas.
"In this time of profound uncertainty, child welfare systems face unprecedented challenges to ensuring safety, well-being, and permanency for young people," says this joint statement. "As the public health crisis persists, it is incumbent upon courts and legal professionals to critically assess and safeguard the needs and rights of every young person and family member experiencing dependency court involvement. Judicial officers, attorneys for children, parents, agencies, and tribes, CIPs, CASAs, and court administrators should resist reactive, sweeping policies and insist upon…
This article from the Children's Bureau of the U.S. Administration for Children and Families provides information and resources on the COVID-19 crisis for child welfare workers, children involved in the child welfare system, foster care providers, and more.
People over the age of 60 and those with compromised immune systems are among the highest-risk populations COVID-19 is impacting. While grandparents are being advised to isolate themselves physically from grandchildren, it is nearly impossible for older caregivers to distance themselves from the children they are raising. This factsheet from Generations United provides grandparents who are raising grandchildren with resources and information on how to stay healthy, informed and connected.
In the wake of the health emergency caused by COVID-19, its progression at a regional level and its impact on children, their families and their communities, RELAF is calling on public authorities to take steps to prevent separation and implement adequate care and protection measures. Our public institutions will be tasked with taking decisive action to protect children’s rights put at risk by the pandemic and its implications.
In this complex and unprecedented situation, RELAF asks that governments impose and apply human rights standards, in particular, the preservation of the right…