Foster care is often preferred to other placement options for children in the child welfare
system. However, it is not clear how the developmental outcomes of foster children relate to …

Using both historical and contemporary contexts, The Child Welfare Challenge examines
major policy practice and research issues as they jointly shape child welfare practice and its …

Over the past two decades, the foster care system experienced an unprecedented rise in the
number of children in out-of-home care, significant changes in the policy framework guiding …

Re-entry to foster care generally refers to circumstances in which children who have been
discharged from foster care to be reunified with their family of origin, adopted, or provided …

Researchers, practitioners, journalists and politicians increasingly recognise that foster care
throughout the world is in a state of crisis. There are more and more children needing care …

Housing problems present barriers to family unity and reunification among families in the
child welfare system, yet few programs address both child welfare and housing needs. To …

T he authors of" Foster Family Characteristics and Behavior and Emotional Problems of
Foster Children" clearly understand the significant opportunity and public responsibility to …

Abstract The United States relies on the Child Protective Service (CPS) system to protect
children from abuse and neglect. The foundation of this system is reporting—reporting is …

Parents with cognitive disabilities are over-represented in the child protection system.
However, this system is not well prepared for working with them. Biases against their …

Theories regarding the social cognitive origins of parenting risk have recently emerged. This
work not only has implications for the nature of interventions with parents, but also for the …