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Gender Equality Strategy 2019-2021
As Save the Children enters its second century of change, we are doing whatever it takes to ensure all children grow up the way they deserve – healthy, educated and safe. If we are to create positive, lasting change for children, we need an ambitious plan
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FRESH School Health and Nutrition (SHN) Webinar: Programming for Children's Social and Emotional Well-being- Lessons from Iraq- September 2019
What is social-emotional learning and how does it happen in schools in Iraq? How do we measure children's social and emotional skills and well-being in emergency and tenuous environments? What tools can we use to evaluate the effect of social-emotional le
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"We Can't Help You Here": US returns of Asylum Seekers to Mexico
The present report by Human Rights Watch provides findings from in-depth interviews with asylum-seekers, government officials, local activists, and attorneys on the "Migrant Protection Protocols" Program in the United States and Mexico. Of the 15 079 asyl
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Growing Up in Rural America: U.S. complement to the End of Childhood report 2018
Across America, the experiences shaping children’s lives are starkly different. Many children are getting the daily opportunities to learn and develop that they need, as well as an abundance of healthy food on their tables, and regular chances to play saf
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Change for Children: 2018 Annual Report
At Save the Children, we believe that even small acts of generosity can create lasting change that ripples throughout children’s lives, their families, their communities and our world. Ultimately, transforming the future we all share. Our extraordinary hi
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2018 Prevention Resource Guide: Keeping children safe and families strong in supportive communities
This Resource Guide is a joint product of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services’ Children’s Bureau, its Child Welfare Information Gateway, and the FRIENDS National Center for Community-Based Child Abuse Prevention. The annual guide is one of th
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Child Protective Services: A guide for caseworkers 2018
Child Protective Services: A Guide for Caseworkers provides a comprehensive view of the child welfare process. This manual examines the roles and responsibilities of child protective services (CPS) workers, who are at the center of every community’s child
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A Call to Action: Reimagining social work practice with unaccompanied minors
In the decade leading up to 2012, approximately 8,000 Unaccompanied Minors (UAM) arrived annually at the Southwestern border of the United States. Since then, the number of arrivals has drastically increased, surpassing 14,000 between October 1, 2017 and
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Supplemental Literacy Programs Catch Children Up: Effective strategies to reduce achievement gap faced by students in rural america, a randomized control trial study
Children who are not reading on grade level by the end of third grade are at greater risk of dropping out of high school than their peers who have reached this essential milestone. Children who are living in poverty and not reading on grade level by the e
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Child Protection in Families Experiencing Domestic Violence (2nd ed.)
With the recognized co-occurrence between child maltreatment and domestic violence, the second edition of Child Protection in Families Experiencing Domestic Violence seeks to inform child welfare agencies of updated demographics and practices to identify
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Save the Children 2018 Farm Bill and Food Security Policy Priorities
Save the Children urges Congress to maintain gains in the 2014 Farm Bill and to continue to support programs that help reduce food insecurity for families in difficult circumstances around the globe and to provide maximum flexibility for using the best to
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Perspectives from Community-Based Organizational Managers on Implementing and Sustaining Evidence-Based Interventions in Child Welfare
The managers of community-based organizations that are contracted to deliver publicly funded programs, such as in the child welfare sector, occupy a crucial role in the implementation and sustainment of evidence-based interventions to improve the effectiv