This article from the Washington Post tells the story of Geard Mitchell, a foster youth who spent part of his childhood in a juvenile detention center.

The aim of this paper is to examine the effects of Treatment Foster Care on youth with serious behavior problems.

This study reports on trans adults’ fears of discrimination and openness to child characteristics in the adoption/foster care process in the U.S., relative to cisgender sexual minority parents.

This episode of the Mobituaries podcast describes the "Orphan Train" movement of the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries - an initiative that sent 250,000 orphaned children from the crowded cities of the East Coast of the United States and sent to the rural Western United States from 1854 to 1929.

This randomized control trial aimed to assess how much Teach Your Children Well (TYCW) - a tutoring program that enhances the academic skills of children in care - tutoring is enough to accelerate learning.

This study employed a retrospective lens to explore adult experiences of their family post-deportation. Findings show that family went through a reorganization process after parental deportation which impacted how the child understood the deportation and affected the child’s perceptions and experiences of their parental loss.

This article from CBS News describes the situation of a family that was separated upon entry into the U.S. via the border with Mexico, a case that the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) has cited "in a July court filing that accused the [U.S.] administration of exploiting loopholes in last summer's ruling to "systematically" continue separating migrant families."

This article presents findings and recommendations from the first year of a two-year evaluation of the Local Interagency Network for Children and Family Services (LINCS) program, a part of the Shasta County Department of Social Services in northern California.

The current study examined the effects of implementing a new program model on the quality of relationships between direct care providers and residents in group care agencies.

This qualitative study examines the Minnesota One-Stop for Communities Parent Mentor Program (MPMP). African American parents previously involved in the child welfare system conceptualized and spearheaded this program for parents currently involved in the system to reduce the involvement of families of color in child welfare, provide support and build protective factors.