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AK: Protecting a village

Anne Hillman

April 22, 2016 |

Alaska Public Media |

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Response Location: United States, Kwigillingok, Alaska

Kwigillingok – a village that keeps kids out of foster care by making it unnecessary. Their Child Protection Team intervenes with families before things get out of hand.

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The Secret Lives of Male Sex Abuse Survivors

Joanna Schroeder

January 06, 2016 |

Bright Magazine |

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1500-3000 Words

Response Location: United States, Santa Clarita, California

One in six boys in the United States has experienced sexual abuse before turning 18. With few recovery options in real life, more of them are going online for support.

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Removing Children from Abusive Situations at Home Isn't Always the Answer. This Is

Chris Peak

November 25, 2015 |

NationSwell |

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Response Location: United States, New York, New York

During the early 1990s, New York City had a sky-high number of kids in foster care. Now, it's safely keeping them with their families, placing them in foster care only when necessary.

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Saved from slavery, Nepali girls rebuilding their lives

Deepak Adhikari

November 05, 2015 |

Anadolu Agency |

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800-1500 Words

Response Location: Nepal, Dang

The Nepal Youth Foundation started a movement that from 1999 to 2015 had rescued 13,700 girls who were forced by their families into slavery, some as young as 6 years old. The Kamlaris, the Nepali term for female bonded laborers, came from indigenous Tharu families. Rented out to perform hard physical labor as servants for the country's wealthy, they were emancipated with their families' approval when the Foundation and other charities promised to financially support and educate the girls, and help them start businesses of their own. The campaign included a legal challenge that outlawed the practice in 2006.

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How puppets can stop vulnerable children from becoming sex offenders

Emily Dugan

October 16, 2015 |

The Independent |

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Response Location: United Kingdom, Bristol

Be Safe uses tools like puppets to teach young children who are showing early signs of harmful sexual behavior how to control their sexual urges and what behavior is and isn’t appropriate. The goal is to intervene early to stop the behavior from developing into something more serious. So far, all but one child who graduated from Be Safe’s program has shown a reduction or total elimination of their behavior.

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Arkansas Becomes Fifth State to Regulate Re-Homing in Wake of High-Profile Case

Stefano Montanari

April 10, 2015 |

The Chronicle of Social Change |

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Response Location: United States, Arkansas

Re-homing, or a family giving away their adopted child without the permission of the authorities, was a problem in Arkansas - nine different cases involved children being abused by their new, unapproved families. Two bills in state government have sought to tackle this problem by making re-homing a felony as well as providing post-adoption services to families.

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Better educating parents can save children's lives

Lindsey Anderson

December 13, 2014 |

New Mexico In Depth |

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Response Location: United States, Santa Clara, New Mexico

New Mexico has been among the eight states with the highest number of per-capita child abuse and neglect deaths for four of the past five years. There’s no simple solution for addressing the complex factors that lead to child abuse, but expanding home visiting programs to better educate parents is where New Mexico is starting.

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Protecting Children From Toxic Stress

David Bornstein

October 30, 2013 |

The New York Times |

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Response Location: United States, Connecticut

Child First is a program in Connecticut, where staff members deliver home-based parent guidance and child-parent psychotherapy to help prevent the detrimental physical and mental effects of toxic stress on children. The engagement is guided by an evidence-based methodology called Child-Parent Psychotherapy, which is grounded in collaborative problem solving.

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Home visiting programs are preschool in its earliest form

Michael Alison Chandler

May 13, 2013 |

The Washington Post |

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Response Location: United States, Manassas, Virginia

Through programs across the country, nurses, social workers, or trained mentors offer support to new or expectant parents, imparting skills to help them become better teachers for their children. Through regular home visits with the families, these programs are working to close an achievement gap between rich and poor children that starts as early as just nine months into a child's life.

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The Benefits of Positive Parenting

David Bornstein

February 20, 2013 |

The New York Times |

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Response Location: United States, South Carolina

Improving the way people parent might seem an impossible challenge, given the competing views about what constitutes good parenting - can we influence a behavior that is rooted in upbringing and culture, affected by stress, and occurs mainly in private? Triple P – Positive Parenting Program works to educate parents on how to improve their parenting skills.

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