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About Us
Background
During the past five years,
the Department of Children & Family Studies has made sustained efforts
to establish collaborative relationships with U.S. and Latin American
universities and research centers in areas related to the social, cultural,
and mental well-being of Latino and Latin American children, youth, families,
and communities. These efforts have translated into several activities
and initiatives, including the establishment in 2001 of the Matilda Garcia
Initiative for Latino Research and Exchange, a fund with the purpose of
promoting research and exchange with Latin America on issues around children,
families and communities. Other efforts have included:
- Since 1999, the Latin American Track at the Annual
Research Conference "A System of Care for Children's Mental Health"
- Symposia and lectures with Latin American scholars
- Seminars taught at Latin America universities
- Research projects and publications on Latino and
Latin American subject matters
The CFS exchange and collaborative research efforts
have fostered the examination of social issues of relevance for the understanding
of the Latino experience in the United States. Likewise, these efforts
have raised awareness among U.S. researchers of critical aspects facing
children and families of Latin American descent.
Our Goals
- To foster collaboration in applied research between Latin American/Caribbean
and North American universities, research centres, and practitioners,
on issues related to children, families, and communities.
- To promote the exchange of speciliazed knowledge and experience
related to U.S. Latino and Latin American/Caribbean children, families,
and communities.
- To make resources available to the researchers on issues related
to U.S. Latino and Latin American/Caribbean children, families, and
communities.
Our Strategies
- To establish a network of North American and Latin American applied
researcher institutions working on issues related to children and
families from a comprehensive perspective.
- To collect and diseminate information and resources, including policy
briefs, funding sources, bibliographic resources, and descriptive
and analytical data about U.S. Latino and Latin American/Caribbean
children, families, and communities.
- To promote, organize, and implement courses, seminars, workshops,
colloquia, and conferences in the general area of U.S. Latino and
Latin American/Caribbean children, families, and communities.
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