What do we know about birth match?
A few jurisdictions are using birth match as a data-based strategy to predict future risk and harm of infants, but ethical tensions exist.
Youth outcomes
Addressing Unaddressed Needs: Helping Agencies Target Services to Children and Caregivers in Child Welfare
Children and caregivers in the child welfare system have a high degree of unmet service needs.
PBS explores programs that support foster youths’ educational success
One of the most important supports that helps students succeed in school is a deeply involved and caring adult.
How do youth placed in foster care fare once they grow up?
The Northwest Foster Care Alumni Study provided a clearer picture of how alumni were functioning after they left care.
Child Protective Services Reintegration Project: Permanency Outcomes for Youth with Complex Mental Health Needs
The CPS Reintegration Project provides an extensive network of services to caregivers of youth in foster care who have at least one DSM-IV diagnosis.
Child welfare funding: Align it with best practices
Dr. William C. Bell speaks to the Congressional Subcommittee on Income Security and Family Support.