Child Welfare
Volume 84, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 791-812

Bridging refugee youth and children's services: A case study of cross-service training (Article)

Morland L.* , Duncan J. , Hoebing J. , Kirschke J. , Schmidt L.
  • a BRYCS, Children's Services, Refugee Programs, and Migration and Refugee Services, U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops, Washington, DC, United States
  • b Children's Services, Refugee Programs, and Migration and Refugee Services, U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops, United States
  • c Organizational Capacity Building Unit, Lutheran Immigration and Refugee Services, Baltimore, MD, United States
  • d BRYCS, Lutheran Immigration and Refugee Services, United States
  • e BRYCS, Lutheran Immigration and Refugee Services, United States

Abstract

Bridging Refugee Youth and Children's Services(BRYCS), a public-private partnership between the federal Office of Refugee Resettlement, Lutheran Immigration and Refugee Service, and the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops, provides national technical assistance to public child welfare. After a series of "community conversations," BRYCS identified a lack of knowledge among child welfare staff about newcomer refugees, negative stereotypes, and a fear of child protective services among refugees. BRYCS initiated a number of technical assistance initiatives, including a pilot cross-service training project in St. Louis to strengthen collaboration between child welfare and refugee-serving agencies. This article details the lessons learned from this training and recommends changes in policy and practice. © 2005 Child Welfare League of America.

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education Missouri cultural anthropology Cultural Diversity social psychology cooperation refugee psychological aspect Stereotyping human Refugees Christianity ethnology Social Work religion Professional Competence program development United States Humans Adolescent male female Child Welfare Interinstitutional Relations Article program evaluation health care quality Cooperative Behavior public relations Child
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ISSN: 00094021
Cited by: 15
Original Language: English