This paper is a systematic review of studies that examined the implementation and/or effectiveness of the Indian Child Welfare Act (ICWA). ICWA was enacted in 1978 in response to the disproportionate number of American Indian children in non-American Indian out-of-home placements and to enhance the stability of American Indian families and tribes.

The resources on this page address ways to advocate for families in the U.S. and include State and local examples.

Relational permanence – a form of social support characterized by the presence of an ongoing caring and supportive person in the context of the foster care system – is the primary type of social relationship that is explored in this article. Regression analyses were conducted examining whether relational permanence predicted later delinquency.

This webpage from the Children's Trust Fund Alliance features research and theory of change, training, and resources on prevention child neglect.

In this first episode of a new special series on child development and COVID-19, Center Director Dr. Jack Shonkoff and host Sally Pfitzer discuss how to support healthy child development during a pandemic, including the importance of caring for caregivers.

This brief report describes social media-based advertising strategies employed to recruit an anonymous sample of young adults who had recently aged out of foster care to participate in an online survey.

Este video explica estrés tóxico y cosas que podemos hacer para defendernos a nosotros y a nuestros hijos de los efectos de incluso el estrés más intenso.

The IDEAS Impact Framework helps people understand the specifics of how a program works, for whom it works (and does not work), and in what contexts it works. The training helps people in a variety of roles gain critical skills and knowledge.

From brain architecture to toxic stress to serve and return, The Brain Architects, a new podcast from the Center on the Developing Child at Harvard University, focuses on the specific, practical questions that often arise for parents and caregivers during the critically important period of early childhood.

The Center on the Developing Child created this Guide to Toxic Stress to clear up the confusion and help you learn the facts about toxic stress step by step.