My Life, My Rights: A Guide for Foster Youth
Public Counsel
This resource provides information for transition age foster youth on continuing with their education and finding employment after leaving foster care.
Get the GuideStatistics on Child Well-Being Available Through Kidsdata.org
This website provides statistics on multiple indicators of child well-being for children across the state of California.
Get the StatisticsMigrant Youth, Transnational Families, and the State Care and Contested Interests
University of Pennsylvania Press (2014)
Through interviews with children and their families, attorneys, social workers, policy-makers, law enforcement, and diplomats, anthropologist Lauren Heidbrink foregrounds the voices of migrant children and youth who must navigate the legal and emotional terrain of U.S. immigration policy.
View Textbook InformationThe Impact of Detention and Deportation on Latino Immigrant Children and Families: A Quantitative Exploration
Kalina M. Brabeck and Qingwen Xu, Rhode Island College (July 2010)
This quantitative analysis found that parents with higher levels of legal vulnerability report a greater impact of detention/deportation on the family environment and children’s well-being. It also provides practice and policy implications.
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