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Jul 16
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The 2018 Edition of the Early Childhood Workforce Index

By | Child Welfare System Research, Child Well-Being, Early Childhood, Research, Research Highlight

The 2018 Edition of the Early Childhood Workforce Index: Tracking Changes in State Workforce Conditions and Policies since 2016

Foundation for Child Development (July 2018)

In 2016, the Center for the Study of Child Care Employment (CSCCE) at University of California at Berkeley created the Early Childhood Workforce Index to shed light on the status of the workforce and to establish a baseline understanding of State early childhood employment conditions and policies in order to strengthen support for the early care and education  (ECE) workforce.  CSCCE recently released the second edition of this biennial report, which provides a comprehensive update on the progress, or lack thereof, made by States to improve ECE workforce conditions and policies since the inaugural edition in 2016.

Jul 10
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Letters to Providers Reuniting Families

By | Child Well-Being, Culture: Issues & Competencies, Deportation, Detention, Early Childhood, Family Separation, Immigrant Youth, Immigration Enforcement, Legal Professionals, Parenting, Practice Highlight, Social Work, Social Workers, Trauma, Youth & Families

Letters to Providers Reuniting Families

University of Michigan and the Alliance for the Advancement of Infant Mental Health (July 2018)

These letters to providers (for case managers, etc) in English and in Spanish describe how children might express their grief and fear and provide suggestions about how to help parents help children in the context of family separation and reunification.

Spanish Version
Jul 10
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Cecilia and the Long Walk (Audio Recordings)

By | Child Well-Being, Culture: Issues & Competencies, Deportation, Detention, Early Childhood, Family Separation, Immigrant Youth, Immigration Enforcement, Parenting, Social Work, Social Workers, Spanish Resources, Trauma, Youth & Families

Cecilia and the Long Walk (Audio Recordings)

Julie Ribaudo, Sara Stein and Paige Safyer, University of Michigan (July 2018)

New English and Spanish resources for use with reunified children and parents, developed by experts in infant mental health and child development at the University of Michigan. These audio books may help parents help their children through the transition and reunification and process the traumatic experience of separation, and may be especially helpful for those agencies that are on the front lines helping to reunify children and parents. There are also accompanying books (English and Spanish) and coloring books (English and Spanish).

Spanish Recording
English Recording
Spanish + English
Jul 10
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Cecilia and the Long Walk (Coloring Books)

By | Child Well-Being, Culture: Issues & Competencies, Deportation, Detention, Early Childhood, Family Separation, Immigration Enforcement, Parenting, Practice, Social Work, Social Workers, Spanish Resources, Trauma, Youth & Families

Cecilia and the Long Walk (Coloring Books)

Julie Ribaudo, Sara Stein and Paige Safyer, University of Michigan (July 2018)

New English and Spanish resources for use with reunified children and parents, developed by experts in infant mental health and child development at the University of Michigan. These coloring books may help parents help their children through the transition and reunification and process the traumatic experience of separation, and may be especially helpful for those agencies that are on the front lines helping to reunify children and parents. There are also accompanying books (English and Spanish) and audio recordings (English, Spanish, and Combo).

English
Spanish
Jul 10
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Cecilia and the Long Walk

By | Child Well-Being, Culture: Issues & Competencies, Deportation, Detention, Early Childhood, Family Separation, Immigrant Youth, Immigration Enforcement, Parenting, Practice, Practice Highlight, Social Work, Social Workers, Spanish Resources, Trauma, Youth & Families

Cecilia and the Long Walk

Julie Ribaudo, Sara Stein and Paige Safyer, University of Michigan (July 2018)

New English and Spanish resources for use with reunified children and parents, developed by experts in infant mental health and child development at the University of Michigan. This book may help parents help their children through the transition and reunification and process the traumatic experience of separation, and may be especially helpful for those agencies that are on the front lines helping to reunify children and parents. There are also accompanying coloring books (English and Spanish) and audio recordings (English, Spanish, and Combo).

English Book
Spanish Book
Jul 10
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Data Tool: Measuring Hispanic Families and Households

By | Child Well-Being, Culture: Issues & Competencies, Early Childhood, Immigrant Families Research, Parenting, Research, Research Highlight, Social Work

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.
Jun 27
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2018 Kids Count Data Book: State Trends in Child Well-Being

By | Child Well-Being, Early Childhood, Immigrant Families Research, Immigrant Youth, Research, Social Work

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.

Jun 02
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Separating Families at the Border — Consequences for Children’s Health and Well-Being

By | Child Well-Being, Early Childhood, Immigrant Families Research, Immigration Enforcement, Research, Research Highlight, Social Work

Separating Families at the Border — Consequences for Children’s Health and Well-Being

Michael J. MacKenzie, Ph.D., M.S.W., Emily Bosk, Ph.D., L.M.S.W., and Charles H. Zeanah, M.D., Zero to Three (May 30, 2018)

Decades of research on child development tells us that children develop best in the context of safe, supportive, nurturing relationships. This article explores this knowledge in the context of family separation due to immigration enforcement.

Jun 01
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Who benefits from universal child care? Estimating marginal returns to early child care attendance

By | Child Well-Being, Early Childhood, Highlighted Resources, Immigrant Families Research, Immigrant Youth, Research, Research Highlight

Who benefits from universal child care? Estimating marginal returns to early child care attendance

Thomas Cornelissen, Christian Dustmann, Anna Raute, Anna Raute, Uta Schönberg, Centre for Research and Analysis on Migration (June 2018)

This paper examines the heterogeneous treatment effects of a universal child care (preschool) program in Germany by exploiting the exogenous variation in attendance caused by a reform that led to a large staggered expansion across municipalities.

May 30
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Association of Maternal Eligibility for the DACA Program With Citizen Children’s Participation in the WIC Program

By | Child Well-Being, Early Childhood, Highlighted Resources, Immigrant Families Research, Parenting, Research, Research Highlight, Social Work

Association of Maternal Eligibility for the DACA Program With Citizen Children’s Participation in the WIC Program

Maya Venkataramani, Craig Evan Pollack, Lisa Ross DeCamp, Kathryn M. Leifheit, Zackary D. Berger, Atheendar S. Venkataramani, JAMA Pediatrics (May 29,2018)

Children with at least 1 undocumented immigrant parent face several disadvantages, reducing lifetime socioeconomic mobility and well-being. One mechanism underlying this could be failure to receive critical public benefits  because undocumented parents may be less likely to apply due to fear of being discovered by immigration authorities.

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