Background: Compared to residential care, family foster care is the preferable type of
alternative care for neglected or abused children as it provides a familiar context that …

Unaccompanied migrant minors are youth under the age of 18 who migrate alone, traveling
separately from both parents. These youth may be asylum seekers, recognized refugees, or …

The study aimed to investigate relational outcomes of Italian emancipated foster youth
across open-ended reflections about their perceptions of their relationships with the …

Understanding motivations to begin fostering among diverse foster parents is an important
step toward developing effective initiatives for recruitment and retention. This qualitative …

In Ghana, the reform of the child welfare system is shifting the care of orphans and
vulnerable children from residential care to foster care. However, the system has faced …

Research into the reasons that could lead community samples to become foster families is
sparse, as most studies focus on the reasons identified by licensed or prospective foster …

According to government data, there is a slow decline in foster care in Italy, especially for
teenagers, caused by an insufficient number of available foster families. The need to provide …

Research on the subjective experience of transitioning to adulthood among young people
aging out of foster care is scarce. Accordingly, this study investigated 26 Italian care leavers' …

Research in Africa indicates an increasing number of children needing a secure and stable
alternative family environment, yet the commonly used kinship care system is insufficient to …

This review comprehensively analyzes the contemporary Greek legislative foster care
system according to N4538/2018, exploring all the relevant international agreements such …