Americas

This page contains documents and other resources related to children's care in the Americas. Browse resources by region, country, or category.

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James Bell Associates and the Urban Institute - National Home Visiting Resource Center,

The 2018 Home Visiting Yearbook uses 2017 data to present the most up-to-date look at home visiting on the US national and state levels.

James Bell Associates and the Urban Institute - National Home Visiting Resource Center,

The Data Supplement to the 2017 Home Visiting Yearbook presents 2016 data on early childhood home visiting, a proven service delivery strategy that helps children and families thrive.

Child Welfare Information Gateway,

This factsheet for families offers tips for helping a child transition from foster care to adoption.

Child Welfare Information Gateway,

This bulletin for professionals explores concurrent planning, which is an approach that seeks to reduce the amount of time children spend in foster care by considering all reasonable permanency options the moment a child enters the system.

Save the Children,

Two senators from the US have introduced S.Res. 606, which calls on the US Congress to recognize the harmful impact that violence has on the healthy development of children and youth, a decision applauded by ChildFund, Futures Without Violence, Save the Children and World Vision, according to this press release from Save the Children.

Kayla McLaughlin, Kaley Greenman, Dr. Cindy Greenman - Journal of Advances in Social Science and Humanities,

This article explores current child protection services and programs in the United States and offers suggestions for development of new child protection programming to further meet the needs of vulnerable children.

Flynn, Robert J.; Miller, Meagan; Greenberg, Barbara; Michael, Erik; Vincent, Cynthia - University of Ottowa,

This paper identifies key educational outcomes among young people in care in Ontario (Canada) of pre-school, elementary, secondary, and post-secondary age.

Ruth Irmgard Bärtschi Gabatz, Eda Schwartz, Viviane Marten Milbrath, Hudson Cristiano Wander de CarvalhoI, Celmira Lange, Marilu Correa Soares - Revista Brasileira de Enfermagem,

The purpose of this study was to understand the perspective of caregivers about the formation and disruption of bonds with institutionalized children in Brazil.

SOS Children's Villages International,

The aim of this report from SOS Children's Villages is to increase the knowledge and understanding of the needs and rights of young people ageing out of alternative care around the world, in order to inform strategies, policies and services to improve their life chances and outcomes through appropriate preparation for leaving care as well as after-care support.

Greenberg, Barbara; Miller, Meagan; Michael, Erik; Flynn, Robert J. - University of Ottawa,

This exploratory paper’s purpose is to determine the effect of demographic, risk, and protective factors on social-emotional development, as measured by the Ages and Stages Questionnaire Social Emotional (ASQ:SE), in children age 8 months to 5 years in out-of-home care in Ontario, Canada.