This special issue examines the well-being of Latino and Hispanic children in those families that are the subjects of increased stereotypes, biases, and discrimination affecting Latinx communities and resulting in impediments to their basic human rights. There remains a disproportionate representation of Latino and Hispanic children and youth affected by the social conditions in which they are born, grow, live, work, and age across the United States and Puerto Rico. Contributors discuss the extent to which such conditions and systemic responses affect the entrance into child welfare as well as efforts to promote Latino and Hispanic child well-being.
From the Editor: Familismo
Special Foreword: Latinx and Child Welfare: A Status Update
Sociopolitical Indicators that may Influence Latinx Children’s and Youth’s Entry into the Child Welfare System and Services
Jorge A. Velázquez
Porque Me Desahogué: Expressive Writing as a Tool for School-based Trauma Treatment in Central American Adolescents
Stephanie Carnes
Bilinguals Serving Latinx Families in Child Welfare
Vania Buck
The Role of the Foster Care Agency and Foster Parents in the Lives of Children who are Unaccompanied Immigrants from Central America
Kerri Evans, Dominique Culley and Thomas M. Crea
Hispanic Family Resiliencies Improve with a Family-based Prevention Program, ¡Celebrando Familias!
Edward Cohen, Rosemary Tisch, Maria Ramirez and Toni Torres
An Examination of Latinx Immigrant Families’ Social Service Needs Following a Deportation-related Family Separation
Kristina Lovato and Laura S. Abrams
Exploring the Experiences of of Latinx Immigrant Families who are Undocumented during the COVID-19 Pandemic through an Ecosystemic Perspective
Laura Jeannette Ramirez Diaz, Kaeli Flannery, Martie Gillen and Suzanna Smith
Latinx Families During the COVID-19 Pandemic: The Role of Language
Kathryn E. Parr, Mollie Lazar Charter, Juliany Polar, Shireena McGee and Harini Buch
Child Welfare and Latinx Immigration: The Connecticut Experience
Loida Reyes, Carlos A. Torre and Jennifer Avenia
