This Data Book from the Annie E. Casey Foundation explores how the child population, and childhood experience, of the US has changed since 1990. It also presents national and state data on 16 indicators of child well-being across four domains — health, education, family and community and economic well-being.

In this blog post for Medium, Sarah Gesiriech, the U.S. Government Special Advisor on Children in Adversity, shares the U.S. Government's whole-of-government commitment to investing in the development, care, dignity, and safety of the world’s most vulnerable children as laid out in Advancing Protection and Care for Children in Adversity: A U.S. Government Strategy for International Assistance (APCCA). "The best investment a country can make to eliminate extreme poverty, boost economic growth, and promote a peaceful society is to invest in its children. When the family unit is strong, all other goals and outcomes for children are well within reach," says Gesiriech.

The aim of this article is to examine the relationship between the timing and chronicity of neglect during childhood and substance use in early adulthood.

This study was aimed at assessing whether the Journey Up Mentorship Program in Salt Lake City improved outcomes for those aging out of foster care in the US state of Utah.

This article describes David Tobis's keynote address at the Family Inclusion Network South East Queensland’s Global Day of Parents Forum and the story of the parents and allies who changed the child protection system in New York City.

The purpose of this study was to determine whether Medicaid expansion is associated with changes in physical abuse and neglect rates of children in the US.

This study investigated foster parent (N = 792) perspectives about the legal representation of foster youth involved in dependency court proceedings in the US.

This episode of "The Weekly," a tv series from the New York Times, tells the story of a 4 month-old boy who was separated from his father at the US border with Mexico as part of the US "zero tolerance" policy.

This study used qualitative telephone interviews with participants sampled from a statewide cohort of newly-hired, frontline child welfare workers. The authors used thematic analysis to consider participants' training experiences and the conditions that facilitated meaning.

The Statistics Officer, Child Protection and Development will work within the Data Analysis Unit to support the statistical, monitoring and reporting work in the areas of Child Protection, ECD, and Child Disability.