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Shanifa Nasser - CBC New Toronto,

New Canadian child welfare law allows children to have a say in their care.

Dufour, Sarah; Lavergne, Chantal; Gaudet, Judith; Couture, Dominique -- Canadian Psychology/Psychologie Canadienne,

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.

Barbara Lee, Esme Fuller-Thomson, Nico Trocme, Barbara Fallon, and Tara Black -- Children and Youth Services Review,

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.

Joseph P. Ryan, Brian G. Victor, Andrew Moore, Orion Mowbray, and Brian E. Perron -- Children and Youth Services Review,

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. 

Nancy Rolock and Kevin R. White — Children and Youth Services Review,

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

James Bell Associates on behalf of the Children’s Bureau, Administration for Children and Families,

This brief explores challenges and strategies for evaluating systems and organizational change in US child welfare settings.

Alyssa Jeong Perry - The Guardian,

Adam Crapser was adopted and brought to the U.S. from South Korea at four years old.  Now, at 41, he's forced to return to a country he barely knows.

Lalitha Vasudevan & Kristine Rodriguez Kerr - Journal of Adolescent and Adult Literacy,

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.

Brianne H. Kothari, Bowen McBeath, Lew Bank, Paul Sorenson, Jeff Waid, Sara Jade Webb - Research on Social Work Practice,

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.

Global SL,

This October 23 – 25, practitioners, researchers, and administrators will gather for the 4th International Service-Learning Summit at Kansas State University in Manhattan, Kansas.