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The U.S. National Council of Juvenile and Family Court Judges (NCJFCJ) has issued a statement condemning the U.S. policy of family separation at the border with Mexico.
US officials have begun sending babies and young children, whom they have separated from their parents upon entry into the US over the border with Mexico, to "tender age" shelters, according to this article from the Guardian.
Catholic bishops across the United States have spoken out against the US policy of family separation and detention of children at the border with Mexico, according to this post from Catholic News Service.
This study investigated caregiver-initiated contacts to a statewide, phone-based adoption support program to understand the breadth and range of challenges families experienced during the post-adoption period.
"I know from experience that the Trump-sanctioned brutality at the US border with Mexico will scar its child victims for life," says Yoka Verdoner, a Holocaust survivor, in this opinion piece for the Guardian.
This article from AP describes the shelters in the U.S. that are being used to detain immigrants who have crossed int the country from the border with Mexico, many of whom are children separated from their parents.
This article from the Washington Post highlights the many "catastrophic" developmental and health effects that family separation has on children.
RELAF (la Red Latinoamericana de Acogimiento Familiar) está buscando un oficial de recaudación de fondos que trabaje en su oficina en México o remotamente.
The present study investigated: (a) rates of co-occurrence of pre-adoptive child sexual abuse (CSA) and maltreatment among adopted children, and (b) the relative impact of pre-adoptive CSA and maltreatment on externalizing behaviors at 14 years post-adoption.
This article examines child well-being among African American adolescents in care—a group that is overrepresented within the foster care system. Specific attention is given to relational permanence—the concept of continuous supportive relationships marked by mutual trust and respect.