More households with children had difficulty paying for usual household expenses after Child Tax Credit (CTC) payments ended in December, according to new Household Pulse Survey (HPS) results.

CENTENNIAL, Colo. — Standing in a room filled with pictures, Judy Winger explains what may drive adults to want to adopt a child. "I think everyone has their reasons. But it's exposure and understanding that these children are really in need of permanency," she said. As someone who has adopted, she understands the willingness.

The purpose of this analysis was to compare perspectives of frontline workers, administrators, and experts in child abuse and neglect in a system with mandatory reporting (Colorado, United States) and one without mandatory reporting (The Netherlands).

Predators think no one will look for these missing kids in foster care. Today, unfortunately, they are right.

“Engaging Fathers – Putting Lessons Into Practice” is a three-part series to share strategies implemented from three of the five State or county agencies: Los Angeles County, California; Hartford, Connecticut; and Prowers County, Colorado.

High Court applications to deprive children of their liberty by placing them in unregulated settings saw an unprecedented rise in a three-year period, a study shows.

“Engaging Fathers – Putting Lessons Into Practice” is a three-part series to share strategies implemented from three of the five State or county agencies: Los Angeles county, California; Hartford, Connecticut; and Prowers county, Colorado. Part one focuses on the strategies developed within Hartford, Connecticut.

Although long-term fostering has existed for many years as an important part of the foster care service, it was only in 2015 that the government issued the first regulations and guidance on longterm foster care. The introduction of these Department for Education regulations and guidance supports long-term foster care with both kinship and non-kinship carers as a positive permanence option. The aim of this study was to investigate their implementation.

A new report from Coram Voice has found that during the Covid pandemic, care leavers’ well-being did not decline and in some areas improved slightly, suggesting additional support made available at this time made a valuable difference to young people’s lives.