The present study employed Interpretative Phenomenological Analysis (IPA) to explore the experiences and meaning of motherhood among teen mothers in foster care in the United States.

In this comment, published in the Houston Law Review, the author, Destinee Roman describes and assesses the practice of “re-homing” adopted children.

The child welfare system was created to care for abused and neglected children. But too often, teenagers are landing in the system because they simply aren’t getting along with their parents. This paper traces Casey’s efforts to learn from communities that are preventing teens from landing in the system by helping families while the teen remains at home. A survey of the states, interviews with experts, secondary research and visits to several communities show common elements of successful programs.The paper presents information on related laws and policies, funding sources and programs for families while including the infrastructure and services needed to support such initiatives.

This study examines the outcomes for children in the U.S. foster care system who have been placed into care due to parental death and parental incarceration.

This study examines the influence of a subset of adverse childhood experiences (ACEs), placement instability, and childhood disability in uniquely predicting mental health outcomes among racially diverse foster care alumni from a private foster care agency in the US.

This thesis paper employed qualitative methods to capture the online interaction of undergraduate volunteers as part of an undergraduate-student mentorship program. This program was developed to provide mentorship and tutoring for at-risk-youth at a foster care institution.

Esta evaluación rápida busca cubrir la escasez de información sobre las políticas y los servicios de las entidades gubernamentales y no gubernamentales encargadas de la protección de los derechos de niños, niñas y adolescentes migrantes retornados a sus sociedades de origen en los países del Triángulo del Norte y México, con un foco en las acciones tendientes a restituir el derecho a la convivencia familiar y la integración comunitaria.

Entre 2013 y 2014, aumentó de manera considerable el número de niños, niñas y adolescentes no acompañados que migran desde los países de América Central hacia México y los Estados Unidos (EU).

The case study, which accompanies the Global Study on Sexual Exploitation of Children in Travel and Tourism, tells the story of Kate, a woman from the US who was sexually exploited as a child.

This article discusses the effect of international migration on the accumulation of human capital among Mexican youths aged 15–18 who are left behind.