This publication outlines five clear steps that child welfare agency leaders in the United States can take to build and maintain a strong, stable frontline workforce.

This paper reflects on: what’s better or not after 30 years; whether legislation and financing are aligned with child welfare’s goals of safety, permanency and well-being; and what remains to be done to improve the outcomes of children and youth in foster care or otherwise involved with child welfare.

The 2018 Home Visiting Yearbook uses 2017 data to present the most up-to-date look at home visiting on the US national and state levels.

The Data Supplement to the 2017 Home Visiting Yearbook presents 2016 data on early childhood home visiting, a proven service delivery strategy that helps children and families thrive.

This factsheet for families offers tips for helping a child transition from foster care to adoption.

This bulletin for professionals explores concurrent planning, which is an approach that seeks to reduce the amount of time children spend in foster care by considering all reasonable permanency options the moment a child enters the system.

Two senators from the US have introduced S.Res. 606, which calls on the US Congress to recognize the harmful impact that violence has on the healthy development of children and youth, a decision applauded by ChildFund, Futures Without Violence, Save the Children and World Vision, according to this press release from Save the Children.

This article explores current child protection services and programs in the United States and offers suggestions for development of new child protection programming to further meet the needs of vulnerable children.

This report from the Annie E. Casey Foundation reminds policymakers and child advocates in the US of the barriers that young families face. It examines national and state-level trends — highlighting areas of opportunity and concern — and then shares potential solutions that can help these families thrive.

This article from Children's Legal Rights Journal discusses the statistics and data regarding foster youth who are commercially exploited for sex, and examines the various reasons why foster care children represent such a large proportion of the victims.