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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.
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Children > Foster Home Care
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Institute for Children and Poverty/Homes for the Homeless
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April 2001
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.
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Children > Foster Home Care
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The Heritage Foundation
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June 5, 2007
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.
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Category:
Children > Foster Home Care
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American Academy of Pediatrics
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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.
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Category:
Children > Foster Home Care
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Child Trends
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April 2006
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.
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Category:
Children > Foster Home Care
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Centres of Excellence for Children’s Well-Being
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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.
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Children > Foster Home Care
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Child Trends
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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.
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Children > Foster Home Care
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The Annie E. Casey Foundation
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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.
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Category:
Children > Foster Home Care
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Institute for Research on Poverty
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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.
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Category:
Children > Foster Home Care
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Institute for Research on Poverty
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December 01, 1994
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.
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Category:
Children > Foster Home Care
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The Future of Children
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2004
Out of Home Programs: A Global Overview
This paper reviews literature on the effects of foster care and orphanage care on children around the world.
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Category:
Children > Foster Home Care
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Centre for Social Justice and Social Change
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August 20, 2003
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.
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Category:
Children > Foster Home Care
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The Youth Transition Funders Group Foster Care Work Group with the Finance Project
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2003
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.
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Category:
Children > Foster Home Care
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The Future of Children
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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.
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Category:
Children > Foster Home Care
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National Clearinghouse on Child Abuse and Neglect Information
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Septmber 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.
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Category:
Children > Foster Home Care
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The National Conference of State Legislatures
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Dececmber 2003
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.
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Category:
Children > Foster Home Care
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Australian Institute of Health and Welfare
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2000
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.
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Category:
Children > Foster Home Care
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Australian Institute of Health and Welfare
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2001
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.
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Category:
Children > Foster Home Care
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Australian Institute of Health and Welfare
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2002
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.
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Category:
Children > Foster Home Care
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Australian Institute of Health and Welfare
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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.
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Category:
Children > Foster Home Care
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Australian Institute of Health and Welfare
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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.
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Category:
Children > Foster Home Care
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U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Human Services Policy, Assistant Secretary for Planning and Evaluation
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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.
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Category:
Children > Foster Home Care
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Office of the Assistant Secretary for Planning and Evaluation, Department of Health and Human Services
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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.
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Category:
Children > Foster Home Care
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Assistant Secretary for Planning and Evaluation, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
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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.
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Category:
Children > Foster Home Care
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Assistant Secretary for Planning and Evaluation, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
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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.
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Category:
Children > Foster Home Care
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Assistant Secretary for Planning and Evaluation, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
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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.
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Category:
Children > Foster Home Care
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Assistant Secretary for Planning and Evaluation, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
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March 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.
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Category:
Children > Foster Home Care
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Assistant Secretary for Planning and Evaluation, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
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February 2002
Willingness to Care for Children Orphaned by HIV/AIDS: a Study of Foster and Adoptive Parents
This study investigates foster parents' willingness to care for children orphaned as a result of HIV/AIDS in South Africa.
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Category:
Children > Foster Home Care
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NISC
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2004
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.
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Category:
Children > Foster Home Care
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The Joseph Rowntree Foundation
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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.
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Category:
Children > Foster Home Care
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Child Welfare League of America
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2003
Foster Care National Statistics
This fact sheet provides a profile of foster care in the United States.
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Category:
Children > Foster Home Care
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National Clearinghouse on Child Abuse and Neglect Information
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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.
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Category:
Children > Foster Home Care
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Social Care Institute for Excellence
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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.
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Category:
Children > Foster Home Care
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Social Care Institute for Excellence
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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.
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Category:
Children > Foster Home Care
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Office for National Statistics
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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.
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Category:
Children > Foster Home Care
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Office for National Statistics
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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.
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Category:
Children > Foster Home Care
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Office for National Statistics
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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.
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