The current assessment is the fourth in a series of independent assessments examining core systemic issues in Michigan’s child protection system.

Explores the disparity in support given to children in formal foster care in the United States compared to those in informal kin arrangements

In this meta-analysis of 75 studies on more than 3,888 children in 19 different countries, the intellectual development of children living in children's homes (orphanages) was compared with that of children living with their (foster) families.

This issue of A Closer Look examines:

This resource is designed to be used as a guide for those in the Faith community working with orphaned children.

The CWLA National Adoption and Foster Care Training Conference is scheduled for December 10-12, 2007, in New Orleans, Louisiana. The conference will feature workshops and information on all facets of adoption and foster care.

The U.S. Embassy in Vietnam points to poor regulation as the basis for denying intercountry adoptions.

A personal story about adopting a child from Guatemala.

This issue brief discusses the importance of childcare for disaster recovery and provides policy recommendations on how to protect and restore community childcare infrastructure in disasters.

The United States expects to endorse the Hague Convention on Intercountry Adoption, a multilateral treaty intended to protect children by standardizing international adoption procedures, later this year. Guatemalan Congress recently failed to pass a bill recongizing Guatemala's endorsment of the Hague Convention in 2003. Once the United States enforces the Hague Convention (anticipated early 2008), it will refuse permission to adopt Guatemalan children until Guatemala implements the treaty as well.