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Life After ‘The Life': Putting Families Back Together After Children are Trafficked

Sara Tiano

April 11, 2018 |

The Chronicle of Social Change |

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Response Location: United States, Davis, California

A class designed by UC Davis researchers is helping parents of sex-trafficked kids and teens learn the skills necessary for successful reunification. The first class of its kind, it focuses on educating parents through trauma and giving them the tools they need to help both themselves and their children.

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Men half as likely to assault partners after parenting course, study finds

Edward Siddons

April 06, 2018 |

Apolitical |

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Response Location: Rwanda

MenCare is a 15-class course in Rwanda that teaches men about fatherhood, caregiving, and gender roles. A study that evaluated the course found that men who participated in the program were half as likely to use violence against women.

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Children's Cabinet

Roxanne Patel Shepelavy

March 19, 2018 |

The Philadelphia Citizen |

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Response Location: United States, Somerville, Massachusetts

In Somerville, MA, businesses, nonprofits, government officials, and schools take a collaborative and holistic approach to improving children's lives. “Thinking about city budget, priorities, decision-making through the lens of kids ensures good outcomes for everybody,” a director of the initiative notes. Could Philadelphia benefit from breaking down silos and following Somerville's innovative lead?

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How states can help children return to repaired families

Sarah Garrecht Gassen

March 16, 2018 |

Arizona Daily Star |

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Response Location: United States, Tucson, Arizona

When it occurs, the reunification of families who have undergone a child protective services mandated process is cause for celebration. At least, that's what organizers of "reunification day" argue in Michigan, a state where the courts have played a significant role in encouraging education and reunification when possible. Through a bipartisan effort, Michigan now offers comprehensive services that help families remain together and improve quality of life.

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Three years in, an ambitious experiment to improve the odds for kids at one elementary school is scaling back

Ann Schimke

March 08, 2018 |

Chalkbeat Colorado |

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Response Location: United States, Colorado

A Colorado nonprofit takes a "place-based" approach to improving student outcomes. By offering wraparound social and educational services, Blocks of Hope aims "to flood a carefully defined geographic area with services in the hopes of touching a critical mass of residents, usually around 60 percent." On its third anniversary, the trumpeted program has started to lose steam, running up against the realities of a gentrifying neighborhood and funding shortages.

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Less trauma, disruption when relatives get support to raise kids

Emily Bregel

March 08, 2018 |

Arizona Daily Star |

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Response Location: United States, Tucson, Arizona

For many children who would otherwise be placed in foster care, staying with relatives is a better option. However, kinship foster families do not always qualify for the same financial assistance as traditional foster homes. Pittsburgh-based non-profit A Second Chance helps get kinship foster families licensed and financially prepared to care for children.

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Flexible, individualized services found to keep families together

Emily Bregel

March 08, 2018 |

Arizona Daily Star |

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Response Location: United States, Tucson, Arizona

For families involved with child protective services, a one-size-fits all mentality has been replaces with comprehensive and individualized services in some counties across the United States. Service providers in Pittsburgh and Alabama are focusing on in-home services, which have found to be cheaper and often more effective.

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Negative cycles broken as families learn better ways to cope

Patty Machelor

March 02, 2018 |

Arizona Daily Star |

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Response Location: United States, Tucson, Arizona

Communities in Arizona, Washington, and Colorado are creating programs that center collaborations to provide guidance and a listening ear to foster healthy relationships between children and parents. These programs, which include education for parents with addiction and trauma-informed approaches to school discipline, help families live better lives.

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Supporting families so kids aren't pulled from home

Patty Machelor

March 02, 2018 |

Arizona Daily Star |

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Response Location: United States, Tucson, Arizona

To help families stay together and decrease cases of child abuse and neglect, programs around the country are using evidence-based solutions to prevent the crises that require government intervention. Solutions like Arizona's "Healthy Families" provide intense parent education and home visits to help families dealing with poverty and related stresses and traumas.

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Berlin hires migrant women to help families beyond social workers' reach

Odette Chalaby

February 21, 2018 |

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Response Location: Germany, Berlin

In Neukölln, a district in south-Berlin, nearly half of the residents come from migrant backgrounds and 85% of students don't speak German as their first language. To help integrate these population, early childhood - kindergarten, preschool, daycares, etc. - are vital. To encourage parents to enroll their children, the district hires and trains unemployed mothers with migrant backgrounds on a multitude of topics so those women can mentor others.

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