Research and Policy Perspectives on Separating (and Reconnecting) Children and Parents: Implications for Families on the Border
Zero to Thrive, University of Michigan Center for Human Growth & Development (July 2018)
The report highlights research evidence on the science of early childhood development, stress and trauma, and implications of family separation and reunions for very young children.
The Science is Clear: Separating Families has Long-term Damaging Psychological and Health Consequences for Children, Families, and Communities
Society for Research in Child Development (June 20, 2018)
This Statement of Evidence highlights research and data on the damaging effects of family separation on children, families, and communities.
Who Is Caring for Latino Children? The Characteristics of Early Care and Education Teachers and Caregivers Serving a High Proportion of Hispanic Children
National Research Center on Hispanic Children and Families (July 2018)
This brief examines three aspects of the ECE workforce that are linked with how children learn, their socioemotional development, and classroom environment and quality of care. 1. Training, experience, and education. 2. Attitudes, including motivations for working with children. 3. Linguistic and racial and ethnic diversity.
Trump’s Family Incarceration Policy Threatens Healthy Child Development
Leila Schochet, Center for American Progress (July 12, 2018)
This issue brief outlines how the Trump administration is attempting to roll back important legal protections for children in detention and details how President Trump’s latest policy of detaining families will have negative effects on the health and well-being of immigrant children and their parents.
Data Tool: Measuring Hispanic Families and Households
National Research Center on Hispanic Families and Children (July 2018)
The National Research Center on Hispanic Children & Families just released an interactive data tool to help researchers explore the capacity of 22 large, mostly national surveys to measure Latino families and households. The tool indicates what information is available on family and household composition, family formation and stability, relationship dynamics, and (co)parenting.
Fact Sheet: Top 10 Reasons Family Incarceration is Not a Solution
Human Rights First (June 2018)
The Trump Administration is attempting to replace its failed policy of family separation with the failed policy of family incarceration. ICE already detains families at three facilities in Dilley and Karnes, Texas and Reading, Pennsylvania, but the Trump Administration wants to lock up families even longer and overturn legal rules that protect children from lengthy detention.
Fact Sheet: The Trauma of Childhood Separation
Megan J. Wolff, PhD, MPH; Weill Cornell (July 2, 2018)
The Institute for the History of Psychiatry at Weill Cornell created this tool for those working on behalf of separated families or incarcerated parents. This well-sourced fact sheet details the medical aspects of the trauma of child separation. It’s intended to be of use for journalists, policymakers, lawyers, and anyone else interested or involved in the issue.
2018 Kids Count Data Book: State Trends in Child Well-Being
The Annie E. Casey Foundation (June 27, 2018)
The 2018 KIDS COUNT® Data Book provides important context entering the 2020 census and its potential to under count at least 1 million kids under age 5. It also looks at recent trends in child well-being, including improvements in economic well-being but mixed results in health, education and family and community factors.
Hispanic Couples in the Supporting Healthy Marriage Evaluation: How Representative are they of Low-Income Hispanic Couples in the United States?
Maria A. Ramos-Olazagasti; Lina Guzman; National Research Center on Hispanic Families & Children (June 2018)
This brief assesses the extent to which Hispanic participants in the Supporting Healthy Marriage (SHM) evaluation data set represent the broader U.S. population of Hispanic couples.
