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Foster Care Children Need Better Educational Opportunities
This paper argues that early warning signs of many problems are seen in the classroom and consequently foster care children should be provided with school choice options and tuition scholarships to remedy common problems foster children face such as instability and low expectations.
• Category: Children > Foster Home Care
• The Heritage Foundation • June 5, 2007

Providing Better Opportunites for Older Children in the Child Welfare System
This article provides an analysis of the unique challenges faced by older children who are in foster care, and suggests ways in which to help them in their transition from foster care to independent adulthood.
• Category: Children > Foster Home Care
• The Future of Children • 2004

The Evolution of Kinship Care Policy and Practice
This article discusses the benefits and drawbacks of kinship foster care and emphasizes the need for a coherent government policy on this issue in order to ensure that children are receiving the best care possible.
• Category: Children > Foster Home Care
• The Future of Children • 2004

When Children Cannot Return Home: Adoption and Guardianship
This article discusses efforts on the part of governments and welfare agencies to find permanent, stable homes for foster children through adoption and guardianship.
• Category: Children > Foster Home Care
• The Future of Children • 2004

Safety and Stability for Foster Children: The Policy Context
This article discusses the legal provisions relating to foster care in the United States and argues that more reforms are necessary to ensure that all children are placed in safe, stable and nurturing homes.
• Category: Children > Foster Home Care
• The Future of Children • 2004

Safety and Stability for Foster Children: A Developmental Perspective
This article discusses the importance of a safe and stable environment for healthy child development and examines the exposure to maltreatment and instability faced by many children in foster care.
• Category: Children > Foster Home Care
• The Future of Children • 2004

Adoption works well: A synthesis of the literature
The study identifies the benefits of adoption – some of these benefits included better mental, emotional and physical health for children who are adopted, relative to their peers who are not.
• Category: Children > Foster Home Care
• Family Research Council • November 2010

Youth Custody and Community Services in Canada, 2008/2009
This article looks at youth aged 12 to 17 who have spent time under correctional supervision in Canada.
• Category: Children > Foster Home Care
• Statistics Canada • Spring 2010

Building a Future Together: Issues and Outcomes for Transition-Aged Youth
The paper examines the risk factors youth face when leaving the child welfare system.
• Category: Children > Foster Home Care
• Centres of Excellence for Children’s Well-Being • 2006

Outcome for Child Welfare Services in Ontario
This paper discusses the well-being of children who were involved in the child welfare system.
• Category: Children > Foster Home Care
• Bell Canada Children's Welfare Research Unit • October 1999

Pilot Study: The Child Welfare System and Homelessness among Canadian Youth
This study provides an overview of factors that contribute to youth homelessness, and discusses the relationship between homelessness and involvement with the child welfare system.
• Category: Children > Foster Home Care
• National Secretariat on Homelessness of the Government of Canada • December 2002

One in Five...: Housing as a Factor in the Admission of Children to Care
This paper presents the findings of a study that examines the relationship between housing insecurity and the placement of children into care in Toronto.
• Category: Children > Foster Home Care
• Centre for Urban and Community Studies • November 2001

Children in Care in Canada: A Summary of Current Issues and Trends with Recommendations for Future Research
This report highlights trends and patterns in out-of-home care in Canada as a whole, as well as in its provinces and territories individually.
• Category: Children > Foster Home Care
• Child Welfare League of Canada • March 2003

A Road Map for Learning: Improving Educational Outcomes in Foster Care
This book provides a framework to help encourage foster children in school.
• Category: Children > Foster Home Care
• Casey Family Programs • 2004

Improving Family Foster Care: Findings from the Northwest Foster Care Alumni Study
This paper describes findings from the Northwest Foster Care Alumni Study, which observed adults who were placed in foster care as children.
• Category: Children > Foster Home Care
• Casey Family Programs • March 14, 2005

Child Protection Australia 1998-99
This paper investigates child abuse and child protection services in Australia from 1998 to 1999, including protection orders, foster home care, and legal proceedings.
• Category: Children > Foster Home Care
• Australian Institute of Health and Welfare • 2000

Child Protection Australia 2000-01
This paper investigates child abuse and child protection services in Australia from 2000 to 2001, including protection orders, foster home care, and legal proceedings.
• Category: Children > Foster Home Care
• Australian Institute of Health and Welfare • 2002

Placement Stability Measure and Diverse Out-of-Home Care Populations
This report discusses a child's placement stability as a way of assessing the child's well-being in the out-of-home care.
• Category: Children > Foster Home Care
• Child Welfare League of America • April 2002

Foster Care Dynamics in Urban and Non-Urban Counties
This report examines the extent to which foster care experiences differ for children and youth depending on whether they are placed in rural or urban counties.
• Category: Children > Foster Home Care
• Assistant Secretary for Planning and Evaluation, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services • February 2002

Meeting the Challenges of Contemporary Foster Care
This article examines the current foster care system and looks at the challenges the system faces, such as the overrepresentation of children from ethnic minority backgrounds, the high attrition of foster parents, high rates of staff turnover, and heavy caseloads.
• Category: Children > Foster Home Care
• The Future of Children • 2004

Family Reunification
This article looks at patterns of children's reunification with their biological family after being placed in foster care.
• Category: Children > Foster Home Care
• The Future of Children • 2004

Post-Permanency Services
This paper presents the need for further services to families facing the permanency of a previously fostered child, whether following reunification with biological parents, permanent kinship care, or adoption.
• Category: Children > Foster Home Care
• Casey Family Programs • 2003

Outcomes of Adoption of Children With Special Needs
This article investigates the well-being of adopted children who have special needs (for example, behavioural, physical, or emotional problems), and finds that most do well in adoptive homes.
• Category: Children > Foster Home Care
• The Future of Children • Spring 1993

When Children Cannot Remain Home: Foster Family Care and Kinship Care
This article discusses the increasing usage of kinship care as a result of such factors as increased demand for foster care, a shortage of available spaces, and expense issues.
• Category: Children > Foster Home Care
• The Future of Children • Spring 1998

Child Abuse and Neglect Fact Sheet
This paper looks at the extent of child abuse and neglect in America and addresses several contributing factors, such as domestic violence and alcoholism.
• Category: Children > Foster Home Care
• Children's Defense Fund • August 2005

Family-Centered Services: Approaches and Effectiveness
This paper discusses the benefits of services designed to promote family preservation among families facing serious problems, such as the removal of their children from the home.
• Category: Children > Foster Home Care
• The Future of Children • Spring 1998

Child Maltreatment Investigations in Canada: Judicial Implications
This report examines the characteristics, prevalence, and short and long term outcomes of child maltreatment cases that are investigated by child welfare authorities.
• Category: Children > Foster Home Care
• Centre of Excellence for Child Welfare • September 25-27, 2002

Breakdown Britain: Fractured Families
This 2006 British state of the nation report examines family breakdown in Britain with all its causes and repercussions.
• Category: Children > Foster Home Care
• Centre for Social Justice • December 2006

Australian Social Trends: Family and Community - Services: Child Protection
This document examines child abuse in Australia and looks specifically at the frequency of the abuse, the child protection services, and foster home care.
• Category: Children > Foster Home Care
• Australian Bureau of Statistics • June 03, 2003

The State of the Children: An Examination of Government-Run Foster Care
This report presents findings on the number of children in foster care, the number of those that are legally adoptable, and gauges the success of finding adoptive homes for foster children.
• Category: Children > Foster Home Care
• National Center for Policy Alternatives • August 01, 1997

The Hidden Migration: Why New York Shelters Are Overflowing With Families
This brief discusses the high numbers of families moving into homeless shelters in New York City.
• Category: Children > Foster Home Care
• Homes for the Homeless/Institute for Children and Poverty • April 2002

Children of Colour in the Child Welfare System
This paper discusses the issues and experiences faced by children of colour in the child welfare system, and looks specifically at rates of child abuse, foster home placements, and adoption of these children.
• Category: Children > Foster Home Care
• Child Welfare League of America • January 2004

How Does the Child Welfare System Work?
This fact sheet explains what the child welfare system is and how it deals with victims and perpetrators of child abuse.
• Category: Children > Foster Home Care
• National Clearinghouse on Child Abuse and Neglect Information • Septmber 2003

Déjà Vu: Family Homelessness in New York City
This report examines the characteristics of children and families who enter shelter services in New York City.
• Category: Children > Foster Home Care
• Institute for Children and Poverty/Homes for the Homeless • April 2001

Youth in Foster Care with Adult Mentors During Adolescence have Improved Adult Outcomes
This study found that foster children who had non-parental adult mentors demonstrated better outcomes in employment, education and health as adults.
• Category: Children > Foster Home Care
• American Academy of Pediatrics • January 2008

Vulnerable Youth: Recent Trends
This report examined the progress of different groups of vulnerable youth including youth who suffer abuse, youth living in foster care, teen mothers and teens in juvenile detention centres.
• Category: Children > Foster Home Care
• Child Trends • April 2006

The Adoption Tax Credit: Is it an Effective Approach to Promote Foster Care Adoption?
This brief argues that the United States Adoption Tax Credit established to encourage foster care adoption does little to promote this cause while benefiting foreign and private adoptions, particularly among higher income families.
• Category: Children > Foster Home Care
• Child Trends • 2007

Promising Practices: School to Career and Post-Secondary Education for Foster Care Youth
This study outlines fourteen effective foster care programs, looks at the career and educational services that they provide for foster youth, and suggests ways to help foster youth obtain post-secondary education and high-wage employment.
• Category: Children > Foster Home Care
• The Annie E. Casey Foundation • 2000

Self-Sufficiency of Former Foster Youth in Wisconsin: Analysis of Unemployment Insurance Wage Data and Public Assistance Data
This paper looks at workforce participation, income, and reliance on public assistance among former foster youth who exited foster care at the age of seventeen or older.
• Category: Children > Foster Home Care
• Institute for Research on Poverty • August 01, 2001

The Foster Care Crisis
This paper describes the history and current status of the foster care system and suggests that welfare reform may have unintended negative consequences for the foster care system.
• Category: Children > Foster Home Care
• Institute for Research on Poverty • December 01, 1994

Connected by 25: A Plan for Investing in Successful Futures for Foster Youth
This report discusses the unique challenges faced by young people growing up in foster care.
• Category: Children > Foster Home Care
• The Youth Transition Funders Group Foster Care Work Group with the Finance Project • 2003

Educating Children in Foster Care
This paper explores the academic performance of children in foster care, and looks at various obstacles to their educational achievement, as well as possible causes for their poor educational outcomes.
• Category: Children > Foster Home Care
• The National Conference of State Legislatures • Dececmber 2003

Child Protection Australia 1999-00
This paper investigates child abuse and child protection services in Australia from 1999 to 2000, including protection orders, foster home care, and legal proceedings.
• Category: Children > Foster Home Care
• Australian Institute of Health and Welfare • 2001

Adoptions Australia 2001-02
This paper investigates child abuse and child protection services in Australia from 2001 to 2002, including protection orders, foster home care, and legal proceedings.
• Category: Children > Foster Home Care
• Australian Institute of Health and Welfare • 2003

Child Protection Australia 2003-04
This paper investigates child abuse and child protection services in Australia from 2003 to 2004, including protection orders, foster home care, and legal proceedings.
• Category: Children > Foster Home Care
• Australian Institute of Health and Welfare • 2005

Employment Outcomes for Youth Aging Out of Foster Care: Final Report
This report describes the employment outcomes of youth who left foster care after their eighteenth birthday in California, Illinois, and South Carolina in the 1990s.
• Category: Children > Foster Home Care
• U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Human Services Policy, Assistant Secretary for Planning and Evaluation • March 2002

A Synthesis of Research on Family Preservation and Family Reunification Programs
This report reviews existing research on family preservation programs, in particular those intended to prevent children from being placed in foster care and those which aim to reunify families with children in out-of-home placements.
• Category: Children > Foster Home Care
• Office of the Assistant Secretary for Planning and Evaluation, Department of Health and Human Services • May 1995

On Their Own Terms: Supporting Kinship Care Outside of TANF and Foster Care
This report examines the use of kinship or relative care in the United States, state and federal policies pertaining to kinship care, and the characteristics of alternative kinship care initiatives.
• Category: Children > Foster Home Care
• Assistant Secretary for Planning and Evaluation, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services • September 2001

Evaluation of Family Preservation and Reunification Programs: Final Report
This report evaluates programs in four states which are designed to, where possible, prevent the placement of children in foster care.
• Category: Children > Foster Home Care
• Assistant Secretary for Planning and Evaluation, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services • December 2002

Adoption Dynamics: Comparative Results for Subpopulations
This paper discusses the increasing rate of adoption from foster care in the United States in the 1990s and seeks to determine if any particular population subgroups benefited to a greater or lesser extent from these changes.
• Category: Children > Foster Home Care
• Assistant Secretary for Planning and Evaluation, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services • November 2002

Growth in the Adoption Population
This report examines the possible effects of changes to federal policies on the relative number of children adopted from foster care and remaining in foster care in the United States from 2000 to 2020.
• Category: Children > Foster Home Care
• Assistant Secretary for Planning and Evaluation, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services • March 2002

Progress on Safeguards for Children Living Away from Home
This report looks at the progress that is being made in the United Kingdom towards ensuring the safety and well-being of children and youth who cannot live at home for a variety of reasons, such as abuse, disability, family dysfunction, or delinquency.
• Category: Children > Foster Home Care
• The Joseph Rowntree Foundation • 2004

The Odyssey Project: A Descriptive and Prospective Study of Children and Youth in Residential Group Care and Therapeutic Foster Care
This paper investigates the age, gender, family, behavioural, and mental health characteristics of children in residential group care (RGC) and therapeutic foster care (TFC) programs.
• Category: Children > Foster Home Care
• Child Welfare League of America • 2003

Foster Care National Statistics
This fact sheet provides a profile of foster care in the United States.
• Category: Children > Foster Home Care
• National Clearinghouse on Child Abuse and Neglect Information • June 01, 2003

Fostering Success: An Exploration of the Research Literature in Foster Care
This paper examines past research and literature on the types, purposes, and functions of foster care, its impact on child health and well-being, and the outcomes for children who are raised in foster homes.
• Category: Children > Foster Home Care
• Social Care Institute for Excellence • January 2004

The Adoption of Looked After Children: A Scoping Review of Research
This paper examines literature pertaining to the adoption of children from public care.
• Category: Children > Foster Home Care
• Social Care Institute for Excellence • November 2003

The Mental Health of Children Looked After by Local Authorities in Wales
This paper discusses the prevalence and nature of mental health problems in children who live in foster homes or residential care centers in Wales.
• Category: Children > Foster Home Care
• Office for National Statistics • 2004

Abstract
This paper discusses the prevalence and nature of mental health problems in children who live in foster homes or residential care centers in England.
• Category: Children > Foster Home Care
• Office for National Statistics • 2003

The Mental Health of Young People Looked After by Local Authorities in Scotland
This paper discusses the prevalence and nature of mental health problems in young people who live in foster homes or residential care centers in Scotland.
• Category: Children > Foster Home Care
• Office for National Statistics • 2004

Fertility in South Africa: Current Issues and Prospects for the Future
This paper studies fertility levels and trends, infant and child mortality rates, and living arrangements in South Africa.
• Category: Children > Foster Home Care
• Population Studies Center • February 2003

Child Maltreatment in Foster Care: A Study of Retrospective Reporting
This study attempts to determine the degree to which maltreatment reports from children in foster care are retrospective, and therefore occurred before being placed in foster care.
• Category: Children > Foster Home Care
• Children and Family Research Center • not available

Foster Care: Agencies Face Challenges Securing Stable Homes for Children of Substance Abusers
This report investigates the prevalence and characteristics of parental substance abuse among foster children.
• Category: Children > Foster Home Care
• United States General Accounting Office • September 1998

Educational Attainment of Foster Youth: Achievement and Graduation Outcomes for Children in State Care
This paper presents data on the educational attainment of Washington's foster care children, and finds that these children perform at lower levels academically than non-foster children, with less than 60% graduating from high school.
• Category: Children > Foster Home Care
• Washington State Institute for Public Policy • November 2001

Children 2001-Creating Connected Communities: Policy, Action, Committment
This fact sheet provides American statistics on family issues, including those pertaining to child abuse, foster care, youth crime, child poverty, and parental substance abuse.
• Category: Children > Foster Home Care
• Child Welfare League of America • 2001

National Fact Sheet 2000
This fact sheet examines American statistics on the family, including those pertaining to child abuse, youth crime, child poverty, parental substance abuse, health, and foster care.
• Category: Children > Foster Home Care
• Child Welfare League of America • 2000

National Fact Sheet 2003-Making Children a National Priority: Children, Youth, and Family in the United States
This fact sheet provides American statistics on family issues such as foster care, childcare, welfare, mental health, youth crime, child poverty, homelessness, and parental substance abuse.
• Category: Children > Foster Home Care
• Child Welfare League of America • 2003

Children in Foster Care: How are They Faring?
This paper explores the well-being of children in foster care and looks specifically at their health, developmental, and educational and behavioural outcomes.
• Category: Children > Foster Home Care
• Child Trends • December 2003

Statistics of Education: Care Leavers, 2002–2003, England
This paper provides statistical information pertaining to the educational qualifications of youths who aged out of foster care or other forms of non-parental care.
• Category: Children > Foster Home Care
• Office for National Statistics • November 2003

Sibling Relationship in Out-of-Home Care Literature Review
This literature review examines the importance of sibling relationships in out-of-home care.
• Category: Children > Foster Home Care
• Children and Family Research Center • December 2002

Well-Being Outcomes of Children in Kinship Care Literature Review
This literature review examines the well-being of children in kinship care.
• Category: Children > Foster Home Care
• Children and Family Research Center • June 2003

Caregiving Environments of Kinship Care Literature Review
This paper reviews the available literature about kinship care.
• Category: Children > Foster Home Care
• Children and Family Research Center • July 2003

Placement Stability Study
This study examines the foster care system's ability to place children in stabilized care.
• Category: Children > Foster Home Care
• Children and Family Research Center • June 1999

Evaluating Replacement Childcare Arrangements: Methods for Combining Economic and Child Development Outcome Analyses
This paper discusses the frequent need for nonparental care arrangements in South Africa and proposes a model to aid decision makers in selecting the most appropriate form of care for children in different situations.
• Category: Children > Foster Home Care
• Child, Youth and Family Development, Human Sciences Research Council • 2005

Does Biological Relatedness Affect Survival?
This paper studies child survival in a Ugandan community in which many children are either orphaned or in foster care arrangements.
• Category: Children > Foster Home Care
• Max Planck Institute for Demographic Research • May 07, 2003

Formal and Informal Kinship Care
This report examines the characteristics of children living in kinship care arrangements and describes recent trends in the use of this type of care in the United States.
• Category: Children > Foster Home Care
• Office of the Assistant Secretary for Planning and Evaluation, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services • June 20, 1997

The Well-Being of Older Youth in Out-of-Home Care Who Are Headed to Independence
This paper reports on the employment status, health, educational attainment, delinquency, and social activities of youth who have gained independence from foster care.
• Category: Children > Foster Home Care
• Children and Family Research Center • 2001

Improving the Odds for the Healthy Development of Young Children in Foster Care
This paper discusses the particular risks faced by young children in foster care, suggests ways in which to improve their situation, and emphasizes the importance of finding a permanent home for them.
• Category: Children > Foster Home Care
• The National Center for Children in Poverty • January 01, 2002

Mental Health Service Use for Children in Foster Care in Illinois
This paper discusses the prevalence of mental health problems in the Illinois foster care system, the characteristics of children who develop these problems, and the types of medical services used to treat them.
• Category: Children > Foster Home Care
• Children and Family Research Center • March 13, 2002

Foster Children Placed with Relatives Often Receive Less Government Help
This paper demonstrates that kin foster parents often receive fewer government services, and are less likely to ask for help, either because they are afraid of losing the child or because they are unaware of the services available.
• Category: Children > Foster Home Care
• Urban Institute • April 01, 2003

Children of Color in Foster Care and the Multiethnic Placement Act: The Experiences of Families Involved in Transracial and Same Race Adoptions in an Illinois Sample (Final Report)
This study looks at the expereinces of transracial adoptive families.
• Category: Children > Foster Home Care
• Children and Family Research Center • May 10, 2000

Child Maltreatment in Out of Home Care: What Do We Know Now?
This paper examines the incidence of abuse and neglect of children in the foster care system, and seeks to identify retrospective allegations of foster care abuse that may have actually occurred before placement.
• Category: Children > Foster Home Care
• Children and Family Research Center • 2001

Preparing Foster Adolescents for Independent Living: A Comparison of Disabled and Nondisabled Youth
This paper compares the approaches taken to prepare disabled and non-disabled foster youth for independent living.
• Category: Children > Foster Home Care
• Children and Family Research Center • June 01, 1998

Getting Noncustodial Dads Involved in the Lives of Foster Children
This report provides evidence that most children in foster care were removed from family homes in which the father was already absent.
• Category: Children > Foster Home Care
• The Urban Institute • November 01, 2003

The Continuing Evolution of State Kinship Care Policies
This paper presents the findings of a 2001 survey that examined states' approaches to kinship care.
• Category: Children > Foster Home Care
• The Urban Institute • December 01, 2002

Kinship Foster Care: Custody, Hardships, and Services
This paper discusses the practice of placing foster children in the custody of relatives, and looks at the difficulties faced by these kinship foster families, as they are often already poor and may face obstacles in receiving important foster care services.
• Category: Children > Foster Home Care
• Urban Institute • November 01, 2003

nhancing Parent-Child Interaction During Foster Care Visits: Experimental Assessment of an Intervention
This report presents the results of an intervention that provided mothers whose children were in foster care with strategies for supporting and separating from their children at the end of a visit.
• Category: Children > Foster Home Care
• Children and Family Research Center • 2003

Children Looked After in England: 2002-2003
This paper presents statistical information pertaining to the number of children in nonparental care, the reasons for removal from their homes, and the ethnic makeup and characteristics of these children.
• Category: Children > Foster Home Care
• Office for National Statistics Department for Education and Skills • November 01, 2003

Health Care for Our Troubled Youth: Provision of Services in the Foster Care and Juvenile Justice Systems of California
This paper discusses the physical and mental health needs of young people involved in foster care and juvenile justice systems.
• Category: Children > Foster Home Care
• National Council on Crime and Delinquency • March 15, 2002

The Well-Being of Children Involved With the Child Welfare System: A National Overview
This paper looks at the child welfare system and evaluates its impact on children's health, behaviour, school involvement, academic achievement, and emotional well-being.
• Category: Children > Foster Home Care
• The Urban Institute • January 01, 2002

Child Protection Australia 2002–03
This paper investigates child abuse and child protection services in Australia, including protection orders, foster home care, and legal proceedings.
• Category: Children > Foster Home Care
• The Australian Institute of Health and Welfare • 2004

Impact of TANF on State Kinship Foster Care Program
This paper looks at the way in which the 1996 welfare reforms and the Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) program affected state kinship foster care policies, the foster care caseload, and the well-being of children in kinship foster care.
• Category: Children > Foster Home Care
• Children and Family Research Center • February 01, 2001

Youth Who “Age Out” of Foster Care: Troubled Lives, Troubling Prospects
This paper discusses the many emotional, behavioural, and developmental problems that are common of foster children, and examines the many problems faced by youth who "age out" of foster care.
• Category: Children > Foster Home Care
• Child Trends • December 01, 2002

Finding Permanent Homes for Foster Children: Issues Raised by Kinship Care
This paper examines the impact of kinship care on a child's likelihood of being adopted.
• Category: Children > Foster Home Care
• The Urban Institute • April 01, 2003

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