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How Has COVID-19 Impacted the Most Vulnerable Children in America?
Since early in the COVID-19 pandemic, child advocates have warned that the isolation, economic impact, and other consequences of lockdowns could hit vulnerable children especially hard. Studies on what has...
Guidelines and Resources for Healthy Sponsorship Programs
You’ve seen the images hanging on the wall in your church sanctuary, smiling out from social media squares, or attached with a brightly-colored magnet to your friend’s refrigerator: the precious...
Anxious this Year? Little Choices Can Make a Difference (“Small Matters” Keynote)
I’ve felt the tug of anxiety this year more than ever in my life. I don’t mean the sharp, clinical kind. Rather, it’s more like a low-grade fever. Sometimes the...
Groundbreaking Study on Adults Who Experienced Childhood Separation from Parents
This month, the CAFO Center on Applied Research for Vulnerable Children and Families is launching an expansive new research project on the unique experiences and special strengths of individuals who...
Washington Examiner: US Children Facing Increased Risk of Abuse under COVID
The article Invisible Children in the Washington Examiner explains how COVID lockdowns and closures – while protecting children from catching or spreading the virus – have boosted risks of abuse while decreasing the likelihood...
New: CAFO Study on the Rapid Return of Children in Residential Care to Family as a Result of COVID-19
COVID-19 continues to impact vulnerable children and families around the world. In response to the pandemic, some governments have required residential care providers to rapidly return children to families without...