Below is a collection of resources developed and published
by the Resource Center related to children who are abandoned,
or at-risk of abandonment, and their families.
Expediting Permanency for Abandoned Infants: Guidelines
for State Policies and Procedures (Updated - 2007) - $10.00
This monograph reviews state laws regarding abandoned infants;
suggests legal and practice standards regarding “abandonment;” defines
permanency and suggests ways to incorporate this definition
into state law and practice; and identifies best practices
in expediting permanency for infants who are abandoned or
at risk of abandonment. [More
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Boarder Babies, Abandoned Infants, and Discarded
Infants (December 2005) [PDF]
From
the Child's Perspective: A Qualitative Analysis of Kinship Care Placements (2005)
- $5.00
This study was designed to provide a qualitative
analysis of children in kinship care. An attempt was made
to record the knowledge, feelings, and understandings of
youth to create a description of their experience. This
report is a summary of this research and a preliminary
review of the data collected. It is hoped that the child
and family-centered focus of this study will be useful
in informing policy and practice in the area of kinship
care. [PDF]
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Discarded Infants and Neonaticide: A Review of the
Literature (2004) - $5.00
To better understand the problem of women who kill
and/or discard their newborn infants, this document reviews
the existing scholarly literature to provide a description
of the life circumstances of mothers who discard their infants,
including demographics, emotional characteristics, and mental
health. This paper also reviews a number of possible interventions
to address this social problem. [PDF]
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AIA Best Practices: Lessons Learned from a Decade
of Service to Children and Families Affected by HIV and
Substance Abuse (2003) - $10.00
The intent of this volume is to support the application
of the lessons learned from the first decade of experiences
and cross-site evaluations of the AIA program to policy development
and program planning for drug and HIV/AIDS affected infants
and children vulnerable for abandonment and their families.
In the process, the reader will become familiar with the broad
scope of the innovative, national efforts to achieve permanence
for children and will hear from the families who benefited.
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Information] [PDF]
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Celebrating 10 Years of the AIA Program (The Source,
Spring 2001) [PDF]
Addressing the Needs of the Neediest: The First Ten
Years of the Abandoned Infants Assistance Program (2000)
A white paper by: Brian W.C. Forsyth, MB ChB, FRCP(C) [PDF]
Understanding Attachment Disorders in Infants and
Young Children (The Source, Winter 1999) [PDF]
Delivering Culturally Competent Services to Women
and Children Who Are Drug-Affected (1997) - $10.00
The publication is based upon the experiences of AIA practitioners,
administrators, and researchers in their efforts to develop
multicultural competencies in working with ethnically and
culturally diverse families affected by perinatal substance
abuse and HIV. [Order]
AIA Programs: Providing Innovative Responses on Behalf
of Infants and Young Children (1995)
Based on interviews with AlA program directors and staff,
this report reviews the strategies which constitute the core
innovative AIA services with drug-exposed and HIV/AIDS-affected
families. [Order]
Report to Congress: Effective Care Methods for Responding to the Needs
of Abandoned Infants and Young Children (1994)
A report describing effective practices developed by the AIA
projects to provide services to children and families affected
by HIV and substance abuse. [Order]
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