Promoting Adoption Reform: Congress Can Give Children Another Chance
This paper looks at current adoption legislation, and what Congress can do to improve the laws and policies by removing some of the uneccessary barriers involved in this procedure.
• Category: Children > Institutional Care
• The Heritage Foundation • July 27, 1995

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 > Institutional Care
• The Heritage Foundation • June 5, 2007

Care of Children With Special Health Care Needs
This study looks at the nature of children who need special health care, the programs available to serve them, and the difficulties and opportunities faced in providing them with high quality care.
• Category: Children > Institutional Care
• The Future of Children • Spring 2003

A strategic approach and policy document to address the needs of families of offenders
This paper asserts that the family of an offender is an asset which should be encouraged as part of the prisoner's rehabilitation process rather than a problem to be dealt with by the correctional authorities.
• Category: Children > Institutional Care
• Canadian Families and Corrections Network • 2003

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 > Institutional Care
• Centres of Excellence for Children’s Well-Being • 2006

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 > Institutional Care
• National Secretariat on Homelessness of the Government of Canada • December 2002

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 > Institutional Care
• Child Welfare League of Canada • March 2003

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 > Institutional Care
• Child Welfare League of America • April 2002

Keeping Adolescents Out of Prison
Research shows that harsh punishment in adult facilities increases the probability for youth to commit future violent crimes regardless of the crime committed.
• Category: Children > Institutional Care
• The Future of Children • Fall 2008

Abuse of Children in Residential Care
This paper explores the dynamics of child abuse in residential institutions in the United Kingdom.
• Category: Children > Institutional Care
• National Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children • October 01, 2003

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 > Institutional Care
• American Academy of Pediatrics • January 2008

Child and Family Services Act
The purpose of this Act is to promote the best interests, protection and well being of children in Canada.
• Category: Children > Institutional Care
• Government of Ontario • 1990

A Report on Mental Illnesses in Canada
This report discusses the widespread impact of mental illness not only on those who suffer from it but also the effect it has on family and friends.
• Category: Children > Institutional Care
• Health Canada • October 01, 2002

Sterilisation and Other Medical Procedures on Children A report to the Attorney-General
This paper make recommendations intended to prevent eugenic sterilization of minors, particularly disabled minors.
• Category: Children > Institutional Care
• Attorney General of Australia • November 01, 1994

National Data Sets: Sources of Information for Canadian Child Care Data
This paper offers descriptions of Canadian national survey data sets that could be useful in examining issues related to child care use in Canada.
• Category: Children > Institutional Care
• Health Analysis and Measurement Group, Statistics Canada • June 2006

Children in Bulgaria: Growing Impoverishment and Unequal Opportunities
This paper examines the effects of Bulgaria's economic transition on children's economic well-being, health, and education.
• Category: Children > Institutional Care
• UNICEF Innocenti Research Centre • January 2001

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 > Institutional Care
• The Joseph Rowntree Foundation • 2004

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 > Institutional 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 > Institutional 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 > Institutional Care
• Office for National Statistics • 2004

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 > Institutional Care
• Washington State Institute for Public Policy • November 2001

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 > Institutional Care
• Office for National Statistics • November 2003

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 > Institutional Care
• Child, Youth and Family Development, Human Sciences Research Council • 2005