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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 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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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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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
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Comprehensive School Safety (CSS) Policy Case Studies Report
Throughout the world, countries have been developing and implementing Comprehensive School Safety (CSS) policies that address safer learning facilities, school disaster management, and risk reduction and resilience education. The following case studies do
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Building Viable and Resilient Systems for Health: Save the Children Department of Global Health Strategic Orientations 2017-2020
Save the Children US’ Department of Global Health (SCUS DGH) has identified Health Systems Strengthening (HSS) as one of its priority areas for 2017-2020, and a key contribution to advancing the goals of Universal Health Coverage (UHC), Every Woman Every
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Comprehensive School Safety (CSS) Policy Case Study: Developing school plans and performing drills in Los Angeles
With a high regional risk of earthquakes, fires, and school violence, Los Angeles developed and incorporated Standardized Emergency Management System (SEMS) into emergency planning, mandated regular earthquake and other emergency drills, and developed a S
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Children on the Move: A crisis in the Northern Triangle, Mexico and USA
In the past two years, there has been a considerable increase in the number of unaccompanied children and adolescents from the Northern Triangle who migrate to the USA, and in the number of migrant families with children, particularly young women with chi
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Broken Dreams: Central American children's dangerous journey to the United States
Broken Dreams: Central American children's dangerous journey to the United States shares the obstacles and dangers that children and adolescents face as they journey to the United States. UNICEF reports that in the first six months of 2016, almost 26,000
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Still at Risk: U.S. Children 10 Years After Hurricane Katrina
Ten years ago, in August 2005, Hurricane Katrina wreaked havoc along the U.S. Gulf Coast, leaving 1,833 dead, driving more than 1 million people from their homes, and forcing more than 300,000 children to enroll in new schools around the country, sometime
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Childhood and Migration in Central and North America: Causes, Policies, Practices and Challenges
This book analyzes the conditions for children and adolescents in Central and North America who are affected by migration. Every stage of the process is explored and analyzed, including their countries of origin, during transit, in destination countries,