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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)
jurisdiction jurisdicción
juvenile juvenil
menor de edad
juvenile court tribunal de menores
tribunal juvenil
juvenile justice justicia juvenil
justicia de menores
juvenile system sistema juvenil
sistema de menores
kinship care cuidado por parientes
menores cuidados por parientes
cuidado por familiares
kinship care placement colocación al cuidado de parientes

law enforcement

hacer valer las leyes
procuración de justicia
aplicación de la ley

lawyer abogado

legislative mandate

mandato legislativo
orden legislativa

licensing standards

estándares de licenciamiento
criterios de licenciamiento

make adoption plan for hacer un plan de adopción
maltreatment maltrato
mandated reporting reporte obligatorio
informe obligatorio
mandatory reporter denunciantes obligados
denunciantes obligatorios
marriage license licencias de matrimonio
maternity maternidad
mediator mediador
mental and developmental disabilities incapacidades mentales y de desarrollo
mental health services servicios de salud mental

mentor

mentor
asesor
consejero

mutual consent registry

registro de consentimiento mutuo
(Registro para que se encuentren los parientes separados por la adopción)

nationality nacionalidad
neglect abandono
descuido
maltrato
negligencia
nonprofit organization organización sin fines de lucro
con fines no lucrativos
sin meta de lucro
nonrecurring adoption assistance asistencia no recurrente de adopción
asistencia no periódica (que no se repite)
office of vital records registro civil
registro
oficina de datos vitales
open adoption registro civil
registro
oficina de datos vitales
out-of-home care adopción abierta

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