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Child Welfare Terms, English to Spanish

Child Welfare Terms:

In the interest of better serving the needs of Spanish-speaking families and professionals who work with them, Child Welfare Information Gateway developed this glossary to ensure consistency and cultural relevance in our publications. By making this document available to others, we hope to support other organizations that are also striving to improve their communications and to promote, where possible, consistency throughout the child welfare field. (read more...)

Child Welfare Terms, English to Spanish (PDF - 277 KB)

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English Child Welfare Term
Corresponding Spanish Term
(primary term in bold)
death certificate

certificado de defunción
acta de defunción

deferred adoption assistance asistencia de la adopción diferida
asistencia diferida
development desarrollo
differential (alternative) response respuesta alternativa
differential response system sistema de respuesta alternativo
sistema alterno de respuesta
sistema diferenciado de respuesta
direct payment assistance asistencia directa en efectivo
dispositional hearing audiencia de disposición

domestic violence

violencia en casa
violencia de género
violencia doméstica

drug addiction adicción a las drogas
adicción a los estupefacientes
drogadicción
early intervention intervención temprana
educational support apoyo educacional
apoyo a la educacion
emergency placement/removal colocación de emergencia
traslado de emergencia
emergency shelter refugio de emergencia
employer empleador
jefe
employment assistance asistencia laboral
asistencia para el empleo
enrollment inscripción
enrolamiento
matrícula/matriculación
ethnicity grupo étnico
etnia
evaluation evaluación
evidence evidencia
pruebas

extended family

familia extendida
clan familiar

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