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 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 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 paper identifies key educational outcomes among young people in care in Ontario (Canada) of pre-school, elementary, secondary, and post-secondary age.

This presentation explores the developmental assessment of young children living in out-of-home care using the Ages and Stages Questionnaires® Third Edition. 

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.

This resource from the National Child Traumatic Stress Network provides key points related to traumatic separation and immigrant and refugee children, adapted from the NCTSN fact sheet Children with Traumatic Separation: Information for Professionals.

This study sought to understand parents' experiences of the supports and barriers to engagement in an evidence‐based parenting intervention (EBPI).

This article introduces Volume 28 of the Journal of Law and Social Policy which focuses on racism and overrepresentation of indigenous and ethnic minority children and youth in the social welfare systems.