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Carrie Kahn - NPR,

In this radio segment from NRP, the host follows up with a Guatemalan family who spent three months in detention in the US and have since returned to Guatemala, discussing the impacts that family separation has had on them one year later.

Allison L. West, Sarah Dauber, Laina Gagliardi, Leeya Correll, Alexandra Cirillo Lilli, Jane Daniels - Child Maltreatment,

The purpose of this systematic review is to synthesize existing research on community- and home-based interventions designed to improve parenting and reduce risk of maltreatment for families with substance-exposed newborns (SENs), applying a program logic framework.

Jesse J. Helton, Yit Mui Khoo, Cara L. Wallace, Ashley Whitehead, Caroline Kebbe - Child & Family Social Work,

This study examined foster parent physical and mental health over time.

Elisa Romano, Jessie Moorman, Véronique Bonneville, Carl Newton, Robert Flynn - Developmental Child Welfare,

The current study examines past adverse experiences and current functioning of adolescent males in out-of-home care, relying on data from the Assessment and Action Record—second Canadian version for a representative sample of 508 12- to 17-year-olds in out-of-home care across the province of Ontario (Canada).

Rebecca Carabez & Jung Eun Kim - Public Health Nursing,

The purpose of this study was to describe the role of Public Health Nurses (PHN) addressing the needs of children and adolescents in foster care.

Mary V. Greiner, Sarah J. Beal, Judith W. Dexheimer, Parth Divekar, Vikash Patel, Eric S. Hall - Pediatrics,

In this case study, the authors address a critical component of health care delivery for a vulnerable population by describing a process of developing an information sharing system between health care and child welfare organizations in collaboration with child protection community partners in the US.

QIC-AG,

The National Quality Improvement Center for Adoption and Guardianship Support and Preservation (QIC-AG) is a five-year project working with eight sites that will implement evidence-based interventions or develop and test promising practices which if proven effective can be replicated or adapted in other child welfare jurisdictions. This webinar presented learning from the project related to staffing and staff support, recruitment and retention, cost/sustainability, stakeholder collaboration, and logistics.

Tom D. Kennedy, Yuri Flach, David Detullio, Danielle H. Millen, Nicole Englebert, W. Alex Edmonds - Journal of Child and Family Studies,

The primary aim of this study was to explore individual characteristics that could predict the quality of life and level of distress of foster care alumni.

Peter J. Pecora and Paul DiLorenzo - Casey Family Programs,

This document from Casey Family Programs reviews data on Family Resource Centers and other family support services in the US.

Jason Brown, Aamena Kapasi, Samantha Weindels, Vanessa Eyre - Contemporary Family Therapy,

Peer support is a form of support where foster parents connect formally with other foster parents with experience who can provide knowledge, emotional and practical help. The purpose of the present study was to identify what the needs are of foster parents in that peer support role from the views of peer support volunteers themselves.