This survey of the statutory provisions and case law of all 50 states [of the USA] and the District of Columbia includes the rights of children to parental support, inheritance, and familial association remaining upon termination of parental rights.

This study examines the effects of child welfare, mental health, and drug/alcohol system experiences on jail involvement, as mediated by juvenile justice placement, for Black and White youth/young adults.

This issue brief provides an overview of U.S. national protective factors approaches to prevent child abuse and neglect.

The primary aim of this chapter is to outline the significance of trauma in the lives of parents involved in the child protection system who are sent for forensic psychological evaluations.

This study describes the community-based needs of parents with psychiatric disabilities who experienced legal challenges to their parenting rights.

The present study investigated the relationship of current foster parents’ communication with his/her foster child on foster parents’ perceptions of relational and child well-being.

In this pilot study, sixteen youth between ages 18 and 20 participated in semi-structured interviews, support mapping, and resiliency measurements to gather the experiences of the transition from foster care.

This article discusses the implications of the influx of parents into the child welfare system for welfare authorities, using the U.S. state of Florida as an example.

The purpose of this study was to describe the demographics, state-dependent living situations, and juvenile detention usage of state-dependent commercially sexually exploited youth.

Using a sequential, mixed methods approach, data from 115 sexually active African American youth in foster care (17-20 years old) were analyzed to determine their level of protection and whether gender was a factor in their prevention efforts.