This study seeks to contribute to the literature on child welfare and parental drug use in the United States by answering several research questions.

The purpose of this article is to provide a summary of the published research addressing the challenges and strengths of Latino grandparents raising grandchildren in the United States. 

This study examines signs of reactive attachment disorder and disinhibited social engagement disorder at age 12 years in 111 children who were abandoned at or shortly after birth and subsequently randomized to care as usual or to high-quality foster care, as well as in 50 comparison children who were never institutionalized. 

This article explores sexuality education and sexual healthcare for female adolescents in foster care with ID/DD and recommends practice guidelines to support and prepare their emergent sexual development.

The present study represents the first large-scale, prospective comparison to test whether aging out of foster care contributes to homelessness risk in emerging adulthood in the USA. 

This paper reviews factors impacting the likelihood that a permanent placement will be attained for a child in care in greater depth, as well as several programs and initiatives implemented to support positive permanency outcomes in the United States.

A case study approach was utilized to investigate individually and as a group, the aging out process of nine sexual minority adults, specifically, lesbian, gay and transgender (LGT) adults who transitioned from a Mid-Atlantic foster care system to adulthood.

This dissertation by Regina Lawson, submitted for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy at Capella University, utilizes a case study approach to investigate the aging out process of nine sexual minority adults, specifically, lesbian, gay and transgender (LGT) adults who transitioned from a Mid-Atlantic foster care system to adulthood. It also explores the extent to which this group of youth, and LGBT youth, perceive their sexual orientation or gender identification impacts their experience of aging out of foster care into adulthood.

This study investigates how the relationship between youth recently emancipated from care and certain key adults affect the youths' lives.

The purpose of this study was to estimate the lifetime prevalence of official investigations for child maltreatment among children in the United States.