In examining to what extent poverty reduction policies and family support services mitigate the risk factors associated with out-of-home placement, this study found that absolute poverty influences a child’s risk factors for out of home placement.

Extracting on chronologic data, this book discusses the politics and practice of intercountry adoption starting with the state international adoption to in the 1950s continuing to present-day adoption practice and protections.

The current study examined the impact of transitions on foster children’s adjustment to a new placement in out-of-home care in the US.

This study underscores the fact that visible minority families receiving child protective services are a far from homogeneous group and that there are a number of effective methods that can be used with them.

This study used the 2008 Canadian Incidence Study of Reported Child Abuse and Neglect data to determine the representation of child maltreatment investigations for Asian-Canadian versus White-Canadian children involved in the child welfare system.

This study tests an intervention to improve child welfare outcomes for substance abusing families, specifically the probability of families achieving a stable (at least 12 months) reunification. 

This research examines the long-term stability of legally permanent adoptive and guardianship homes for former foster youth. 

A column from Journal of Adolescent and Adult Literacy reviewing two short films, which feature former foster care youths and their memories of the foster care system.

This article introduces a youth-reported measure (Essential Youth Experiences [EYE]) developed to assess the experiences of foster youth in their home environment and their critical relationships across a number of service systems.

According to this study, mothers who abuse substances are more likely to have impaired parenting and lose custody of their young children.